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Fisher, Neal Floyd was born on April 4, 1936 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Floyd Russell and Florence Alice (Williams) Fisher.
(The parables allude to the Age to Come which is a happeni...)
The parables allude to the Age to Come which is a happening which forever alludes us and yet is near at hand. They unveil a future which already is making an impact upon the present. Rather than listing a set of moral precepts, the parables yield a glimpse of an age in which an entirely new stance is appropriate. Just as a natural disaster, a wedding, a funeral or a war requires distinctive behavior, so the parables set forth the context of the Reign of God which authorizes a whole new approach to life. The parables do not detail what we are to do, they suggest what is possible and fitting now that God has acted decisively in history and the powers of Satan, though still amply in evidence, are in principle undone. In this study we shall look at the parables first to discover as nearly as we can what Jesus actually said and meant when he spoke to His first hearers. We shall also look at what these parables reveal to us. In other words, we shall seek both to interpret the parables and allow them to interpret us.
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Fisher, Neal Floyd was born on April 4, 1936 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Floyd Russell and Florence Alice (Williams) Fisher.
AB, DePauw University, 1957. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), DePauw University, 1982. Master of Divinity, Boston University, 1960.
Doctor of Philosophy, Boston University, 1966. STD, MacMurray College, Jacksonville, Illinois, 1991. Doctor of Divinity, Coe College, 1994.
Ordained to ministry, United Methodist Church, 1958;
pastor, 1st United Methodist Church, Revere, Massachusetts, 1960-1963;
pastor, 1st United Methodist Church, North Andover, Massachusetts, 1963-1968;
planning associate, United Methodist Board Global Ministries, New York City, 1968-1973;
director planning, United Methodist Board Global Ministries, 1973-1977;
associate dean, assistant professor theology and society, Boston University School Theology, 1977-1980;
president, professor theology and society, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, Evanston, Illinois, since 1980. Mendenhall lecturer DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana, 1982, Willson lecturer, Nashville, 1983, Voigt lecturer McKendree College, 1984, McKendree Blairlectr. MacMurray College, 1986, Henry Martin Loud lecturer University of Michigan, AnnArbor, 1987.
Wright lecturer Morningside College, 1991. Chaplain, preacher, Chautauqua, New York, 1984, 88, Lakeside, Ohio, 1996. Member theological education commission United Methodist Church, since 1992, former member university senate.
Member board Northern Illinois Conference United Methodist Church. Chairman of Commission on academic affairs DePauw University Board Trustees.
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Trustee DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana, 1996-2000. Member board visitors Boston University School Theology, 2002-2005, board overseers, since 2006. Member Association United Methodist Sciences, Association Chicago Theological Schools (president 1985-1987, 95-97).
Married Ila Alexander, August 18, 1957. Children: Edwin Kirk, Julia Bryn.