One important aspect of Modern Parables is the individual study materials found in the Study Book. In an attempt to supplement personal study, we’re now offering a set of downloads of all six films designed specifically for participants who either are going through or have gone through the class. These downloads include: 1) all six MP films, 2) special chapters on understanding and living the parables, and 3) questions for use in family study. We’re pricing the films to make them affordable to individuals: $10 for all six films in SD quality and $6 for all six films in iPod quality. If you’ve been a part of an MP class (or you’re a regular follower of our site), you can go to our participant download page and use this code (2B6B8D) to purchase the films for your personal use.* We hope you enjoy them!
*These downloads are for personal or family use only, not for teaching a class. To purchase a set licensed for teaching, go to modernparable.com.
We are in the process of creating some additional study materials for people going through the Modern Parables class. In doing so, we updated two of our initial essays on “Understanding the Parables” and “Living the Parables” (currently only found in the Modern Parables’ Leaders’ Guide and at moderparable.com). If you are interested, you can download both essays here. These additional study materials provide an overview of the theology behind the parables as well our perspective on their intersection with the Kingdom of God.
When we first created our iPod/iPhone versions of the Modern Parables films, the iPod nano had just been released. To match that format, we encoded our films at 320×180 resolution. We recently decided it was time to update the quality of our iPod versions (available for free whenever you purchase a Modern Parables study in digital format). We increased the resolution to match the ubiquitous iPhone/iPod Touch screen size (480×270 in 16:9). To mark our update, we’re offering the complete iPod/iPhone version of our film Hidden Treasure as a free download. If you haven’t seen it yet, we hope you enjoy it: it’s a light comedy in the vein of Frank Capra.
When we re-uploaded the trailers to Vimeo, we also re-encoded them at a higher resolution for the new iPod Touch and iPhone. If you’d like to carry the six MP trailers around with you to show them to people, you can download them for free.
