The Sunday gospel lectionary reading for Lent 4 in Year C is the parable of the prodigal son in Luke 15.1–3 and 11b–32, though it is perhaps as well called the parable of the loving father, or the ...

Like many of his contemporaries - including Jesus - the gospel author Luke was deeply familiar with narratives in the Hebrew ...

“Luke 15 is the premise of everything. We just set that out in front of the churches and went ‘look here’s the stories,‘” Western Hills Church Lead Pastor Grant English said. “There’s three stories in ...

Good humor is healthy. The Bible teaches that a merry heart does good like a medicine. The Book of all ages also shows us ...

The older brother in the parable of the prodigal son voices a common ... and kissed him tenderly. (Luke 15:20.) We could be this son or daughter where we have taken something and misused it ...

The father does the opposite and rejoices that his son is home, throwing a big party for him. The elder son and brother of the prodigal comes home from the fields and is insulted ...

This Sunday in our Lectionary of readings, we proclaim the parable of the Prodigal Son. When I taught World Religions at Carroll College years ago, I remember our text used Luke 15/11-32 (the ...