Volumes of sermons are legion, but this is a book that is in a class by itself. Great scholars are often poor preachers, and great preachers are sometimes indifferent scholars, but the author of this remarkable book is both an outstanding scholar - a former rector of Hamburg University - and a preacher of world renown. This is great preaching Biblical, relevant, urgent, and reminiscent of Luther and of Kierkegaard. Thielickes challenging interpretation of the parables brings them to life and gives them a new relevance for today.