The Real Meaning of the Prodigal Son

In studying Luke 15 for a while, I decided I needed to congeal what I was learning about the prodigal son and Jesus’ attitudes toward him into something smaller and easier to digest. There is a LOT of things to consider in the story of the prodigal son. It’s an extremely dense parable, and one that everyone should spend some time really digging into.

If you are interested, please check out my article on Associated Content about the prodigal son HERE.

Also, for more about the stories that preceed the parable of the prodigal son, the parables of the lost coin and the lost sheep, please read my other article HERE.

McDonald’s Drive-Thru Greeter and Jesus

McDonald’s is serving up fast food sermons these days. I’ll take my Big Mac with a side of Jesus. Or is it the other way around?

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I go to McDonald’s way too much for breakfast.  It is probably the reason that I have this growing belly, and have recently started running again.  However there is one thing that drives me nuts about the fast food chain: the automated recording of a little old lady trying to sell me even more food when I have already determined what I would like to eat.  I sit and wait while the recording wastes a bit of my tim and the time of those in line behind me, and then I place my order a little more irritated than I started off.

However, there are things to be gleaned from my daily morning irritation.  To find out what the McDonald’s Drive-Thru greeter has to do with Jesus, please…

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Losing What You Value Most in the Parables of the Lost Coin and the Lost Sheep

Raise your hand if you’ve ever lost something important to you. Put it back down if what you lost actually walked away from you, knowing full well it knew what it was doing.  People walked away from God, and continue to walk away from God, even though He has established Himself as being full of love and mercy.  God seeks us even more fervently than we seek all of our worldly things, and His search is carried out with pure motives.

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Please read my article on the Parables of the Lost Sheep and the Lost Coin to learn more:

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Also, for more about the unchangeable love of God, please read

How Can I Trust God is Unchangeable

How Can I Trust God is Unchangeable?

We can know from the Bible that God in unchangeable, and that as a result we can trust Him to follow through with His promises to us.

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What is Modalism?

A short explanation of Modalism, and a refutation of it based on the text of Scripture.

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Did the Early Church Really Believe Jesus was God?

A short examination of the Christian claim that Jesus is God through the early church’s understanding of Jesus’ deity.

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Why Are the Jews God’s Chosen People?

The big question for Christians: what does it really mean that the Jews are “God’s chosen people?”

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Critical Review of William P. Young’s The Shack

The Shack is fast becoming one of the most talked about books for both Christians and non-Christians. Find out what the controversy is, and whether the controversy is deserved.

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Sanctification Equals Resignation of Life

What is sanctification, and what does it require from us? Is it some measurable goal? Read this article on Associated Content to find out more…

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