Tell Me a Story: Devotions From Time of Grace MinistryPrimjer

STORY #4: The Talents This powerful story has had a huge impact on its centuries of hearers. It even brought a new word into English. In the original Greek, a talenton was a unit of wealth, an ingot of precious metal, either gold or silver. Thanks to the obvious meaning of this parable, a “talent” today now refers to skills or abilities that an individual possesses. But just as it was clear that the wealth these servants were using came from the master, so our skills and talents today are trusts from a gracious God. Read on . . .