The real prodigal: 2 Corinthians 5:16-21; Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 "A man had two sons . . .” was a common way to begin a parable, especially one comparing good and bad sons. Matthew uses it to contrast ...

Sinners liked Jesus. But the Pharisees and religious people didn't approve. And so they grumbled about him. But Jesus doesn't call it that. He begins the story by saying, “There was a man who ...

Destruction's nickname is, of course, a reference to the "prodigal son." In the Bible, the Parable of the Prodigal Son centers on a father and his two sons.The younger child asks for a portion of ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Faith Time is our weekly conversation on matters of faith. Joining us this morning is Justin Driver with Forward Church. We want to talk about one of the most famous Bible ...

The Prodigal Son. This assembly ... Let pupils know that they're going to watch a short video - an adaptation of a well-known story from the Bible - in which forgiveness is the key theme. 3.

Daniel Smith, 23, arrived as a freshman at Cedarville University in 2008. Outwardly he was a Christian, but inwardly he was a prodigal. Doubting some essential doctrines, he was afraid to ask ...

The story of the prodigal son and godly father of Luke 15 is a good reminder this Father's Day. James C. Johnson. Special to the News Journal.

A certain man had a son, who went away into a far country. There he became miserably poor. The father, however, grew rich, and accumulated much gold and treasure, and many storehouses and elephants.

Art. Doug Adams, "Changing Perceptions of Jesus' Parables through Art History: Polyvalency in Paint", from Reluctant Partners: Art and Religion in Dialogue, ed. Ena G. Heller (The Gallery at the ...

The Prodigal’s coming-home gala was for both sons. Growing up in Sunday school, I was very familiar with the Prodigal Son—at least as he was rendered in flannelgraph. I disapproved of his ...

On September 11, 2001, for instance, he happened to be working on an illumination of the prodigal son, the parable of a father's enduring love and forgiveness toward a wayward son. Donald Jackson ...