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Luke 16:1-9: The Dishonest Manager

August 9, 2025

Nehemiah 1-2, Proverbs 9, Luke 16:1-9, 1 Timothy 6:1-10  Luke 16:1-9: Many people have wrestled with the meaning of this parable, but the important point to remember is that it is a parable. That is, as most parables (though not all), it has one main point which the story is used to illustrate. It is not an allegory, where character…

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