We have observed that Jesus told these stories in such a way that at some level the shock value of the story is what arrested the attention of the listeners. That is certainly true in the parable before us today.

Today, we deal with what might be the hardest parable. When I say hard, I don’t mean hard to understand. I mean hard to accept its meaning. You will quickly understand why. It deals with forgiveness.

Today, I want to share with you my favorite parable. I often share from this text at weddings because I think this story has an obvious application to marriage and families. This story also has an application to our nation and that is how I want to...

It would seem odd to have a series on the Parables of Jesus without considering the most familiar of all of the parables, so “Come and Listen” to the Parable of the Prodigal Son or as I prefer to call it “The Parable of the Lost Son.”