ONCE UPON A PARABLE
A younger son demands his inheritance early, hits rock bottom, and finds open arms at home.
What is the Prodigal Son? (Luke 15:11–32)
Shield, suit, hammer, and Hulk team up to stop a portal over NYC.
What is The Avengers?
Hell lost another one / I am free, I am free, I am free.
What is “I Thank God”?
Who was sworn in as U.S. President on January 20, 2025?
Who is Donald Trump?
A snack-delivering shepherd skips the armor and drops a giant with a sling.
What is David & Goliath?
A traveler is beaten and ignored by passersby until help comes from someone unexpected.
What is the Good Samaritan? (Luke 10:25–37)
Four bikes, one missing friend, Christmas lights that talk, girl with a buzzcut.
What is Stranger Things?
And Heaven meets earth like a sloppy wet kiss / And my heart turns violently inside of my chest.
What is “How He Loves”?
Which pop star announced an August 2025 engagement to NFL tight end Travis Kelce?
Who is Taylor Swift?
A runaway prophet gets rerouted by a great fish to preach to a hostile capital.
Who is Jonah?
A master hands out “bags of gold”; two invest and multiply, one buries it and faces a tough audit.
What is the Parable of the Talents? (Matthew 25:14–30)
1955 ↔︎ 1985, a stalled clock tower, 88 MPH saves a family timeline.
What is Back to the Future?
Lamb of God, Anointed One / Who was and is and is to come / Seated on the throne above / Holy, holy.
What is “Who Else”?
At a viral July 2025 “kiss-cam” scandal, what band was onstage when a tech CEO was caught with a colleague?
Who is Coldplay?
A Persian queen risks everything; a sleepless king flips the script on a massacre.
Who is Esther?
One prays a résumé; one prays for rescue. Only one goes home justified.
What is the Pharisee and the Tax Collector? (Luke 18:9–14)
In a plastic-perfect, pastel utopia, a resident suddenly thinks about death. A trip to L.A. later, she chooses the mess of real life.
What is Barbie (2023)?
More than silver, more than gold / You are the treasure that I hold / Now that I’ve tasted of Your goodness / Nothing else will satisfy.
What is “Give Me Jesus”?
What name did Cardinal Robert Prevost take after being elected pope on May 8, 2025?
Who is Pope Leo XIV?
Midnight jail concert: two missionaries sing, walls shake, shackles fall.
Who are Paul & Silas in Philippi?
A speaker pushes the same message to four audience segments. Only one truly listens.
What is the Parable of the Sower? (Matthew 13:3–23)
A poor teacher starts a quiet revolution by calling outsiders to follow him—insisting he’s doing his Father’s work even when crowds and authorities turn against him.
What is The Chosen?
You didn’t want heaven without us / So Jesus, You brought heaven down.
What is “What a Beautiful Name”?
Which club won the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup final in New Jersey this July?
Who is Chelsea F.C.?
In a dry camp, a weary leader is told to solve the crisis with a word; instead he lifts the old staff and repeats yesterday’s move—water flows, but at a great cost to him.
What is Moses striking the rock at Meribah?