When the prodigal returns to his father’s house in the Lord’s parable in Luke 15, his motive is quite self-serving and pragmatic. “I perish here with hunger.” For all the insight we have into his thought processes, his resolve to confess his sin to his father may have had more to do with his empty stomach than an abiding sense of guilt or an accurate assessment of the scale of his own perfidy.
“God is interested in our willing participation in his plan for our lives, not in micro-managing helpless automatons.” — Tom
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Showing posts with label Prodigal Son. Show all posts
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Wednesday, August 29, 2018
Novelty for Novelty’s Sake
Everybody loves novelty — even Christians. Not infrequently, to almost everyone’s regret, Bible
teachers feel compelled to give it to them. Nothing gets the attention of a
jaded or even a mature audience like a new twist on an old theme, or flipping a
well-known phrase so that it jars the ears.
Have you heard about the “Prodigal Father”? No prizes for
correctly guessing which parable of Christ is getting a pair of truly original online treatments this time.
Yep, you nailed it.
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