The Upside Down Kingdom, Part 1: Shaking 'Em Up

This should more appropriately be called "Let's Shake Things Up a Little".  We're beginning a series on the parables Jesus gave. A question: Exactly when did He begin speaking in parables and why?  What motivated Him to do so?

I was tempted to make the title of this message something to the effect of 'you really don't want to tick Him off', but that was getting too close to sounding irreverent so I didn't go there.  As you listen I think you'll get the idea.