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Homily: The Prodigal Son, The Lost Sheep, and the RavenFr. Marc BoulosSunday, February 8, 2026In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.Today's Gospel (Luke 15:11-32) forms a diptych with the parable of the Lost Sheep (Luke 15:3-7), which unfortunately is used systematically by the followers of Epstein, or, more accurately, by those captivated by the mentality of Epstein ecclesiology: the business model of church growth that treats the neighbor as a commodity.Which is everyone.Because if you are an American, or a European, or anyone who subscribes to the ideology of the elite class, the success ideology, the growth ideology, the manifestation ideology, you ultimately view your neighbor as property, as lesser, as acquisition. Or, as Satan has taught the Church in the West to say, you refer to your neighbor as a “giving unit.” It is a disgusting phrase.No less ugly than what they used to say when I was a child. They claimed to count souls, but they were counting giving units.Now, the key to hearing the parable of the Lost Sheep is to hear the accusation of the Pharisees and the scribes that prompted the parable, and to hear it in the context of Noah, which governs Luke. Jesus gives the parable of the Lost Sheep because he is accused of receiving:“This man receives sinners and eats with them.” (Luke 15:2)That is the key. He is accused of receiving sinners. What is returned to him from the wilderness is what is received.The prodigal, as you should know by now, is not praised for coming back. He simply returns. The parable of the Lost Sheep is about instruction, about remaining under command whether inside the fold or outside it. This is what is at stake when the follower says “No.”It is also what is at stake with the two birds in the account of the flood. You have a raven (Genesis 8:7) and you have a dove (Genesis 8:8-12).For those of you who study what I teach, you know the significance of the raven. For those who do not, the work is here. The rest is between you and God.In Hebrew, the word often associated with the raven is derived from three consonants, ʿayin, resh, bet. It refers to a migratory, nomadic bird, associated with the locality of the ʿArabah, the Syro-Arabian wilderness known to you as Mesopotamia, encompassing Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, and Iraq. The raven is nomadic in a very specific biblical sense. It pertains to peoples who mix among tribes and who come out at night. These are the tribes that fed Elijah. That is the raven Noah sends out.The word used is “release.” It corresponds to the same verb Jesus uses when he sends out the Twelve to proclaim the judgment of the Kingdom in Luke chapter 9, verse 2. He releases them under instruction.What is interesting is that this corresponds to the usage of the word “Bedouin” in the Qur'an. You have heard me speak about Bedouins, and many of you assume I am speaking about Arab culture. I could not care less about culture. I am speaking about Scripture.The Bedouins appear in the Bible and in the Qur'an, and they have a function. In Genesis 8:6-12, Noah sends out the raven before the Lord breaks his silence. The Lord had not spoken since the flood began, when he shut the ark with his own hand behind Noah (Genesis 7:16). He does not speak again until Genesis 8:15. There is release from Noah, but there is no command from God. The raven goes out into a world not yet ordered by divine speech. Noah releases the raven into disorder in anticipation of God's instruction, which alone can establish order. The same is true of the dove. Both are sent out, released in hope that they might return. It is not demanded. It is a free gesture. That is how it works.In this absence, the dove's return unfolds within divine silence, not compelled by a new command but moving in anticipation of the word by which God alone restores order. The decisive reality is the command of God, not human initiative.The prodigal, sitting on the dung heap, cannot boast, “I came back.” He came back because he was hungry. In the house of the Father, every voice is silenced before the obedience of Jesus (Philippians 2:6-11).In the Qur'an, the striking thing about the Bedouins is their obstinacy. (Rise, Andalus, p. 53; Sūrat al-Tawbah, “The Repentance, The Return” 9:97) They exist on the edge. That is why this question of sinners among the peoples on the boundaries, in the night watches, matters. Those are the ones Jesus receives. That is what angers the Pharisees and the scribes in Luke. Those whom they despise, the ravens, exist on the edge, beyond the proclamation of what is read aloud. And now they are stepping within range of that proclamation.The word Qur'an means “what is read aloud,” the proclamation of the word of God. It is rooted in Arabic, a Semitic tongue like Hebrew. Those on the margins live beyond the reach of that proclamation. The lost are released, sometimes under instruction, sometimes in hope of the instruction that alone can call them back.So for Jesus, the concern is whether the sinners and the tax collectors are within reach of the proclamation. What is truly problematic is that the scribes and Pharisees complain when the prodigals return from the edges to hear what Jesus is announcing.That is the issue.But the problem with the Epstein business model of church growth is that it does not care what Jesus is saying. In that model, the neighbor is a giving unit. So it cannot let the prodigal go.In the parable of The Prodigal (Luke 15:11-32), the father never compels the son to return. In Paul's teaching, you are never permitted to force someone to remain married to you (1 Corinthians 7:15). It is forbidden. This teaching carries over into the Qur'an as well: you are not allowed to compel anyone (Sūrat al-Baqarah 2:256; see also 4:19; 2:231).But in the Epstein model of church growth, it does not work that way. In that model, it is the opposite of what we heard today, namely, that your body does not belong to you:“You are not your own.” (1 Corinthians 6:19)The body to which Paul refers is the body politic of Jesus Christ. You are not permitted to sin against it for profit. You may not exploit any living soul for gain, least of all your own. Not according to the parable of the Lost Sheep.According to that same instruction, a sheep may be sent away and allowed to go until it heeds the call and returns, and is then received with joy according to the command, but never chased or coerced. Some sheep may even be handed over to Satan for a time, unto destruction, if they jeopardize the fold (1 Corinthians 5:5;1 Timothy 1:20). But not in the Epstein model of church growth, which cares only about security, growth, and success.God does not care about buildings, institutions, or church growth. He does not care about constitutions, or borders, or nations, or tribes. He cares about your living, breathing, precious soul.“For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his soul? For what can a man give in return for his soul?” (Mark 8:36-37)I am not God. But I am responsible to teach what God has commanded us to teach.May we submit to God's instruction like the dove, returning in hope of the word by which God alone establishes order.To him alone be the glory, the dominion, and the majesty, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen....

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We all know the parable of the Prodigal Son, but what is the final outcome of the older brother. The parable leaves us hanging without a conclusion. The question is WHY? Jesus knew what He was doing when he did this. This parable is the last of three parables Jesus tells in succession, and the punch line is the key in the Prodigal Son. Listen why.

Pastor Michael continues our "Expanding the Table" sermon series, preaching for Father's Day on the parable of the prodigal. How does the father in this story create new social imaginaries by rejecting the gender binary? How does this parable grant us a more expansive view of the revolutionary act of parenthood?

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Revival Of The Prodigal - Luke 15.11-24 - Travis Reed

Preached for the Fourth Sunday in Lent (2022-03-27). Readings: Joshua 5:9-12 | 2 Corinthians 5:16-21 | Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 | Psalm 32

So often when we hear the parable of the Prodigal Son, we think that it is all about the two sons. However, in the broader context of Luke 15, Jesus is driving home why we should celebrate when repentant sinners come home and it isn't because they come home! The celebration is for the one who receives them, our gracious Father in heaven who has made a way for us to come to him!Image: The Return of the Prodigal Son, from The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, license: CCO 1.0 Dedication. Location: https://nypl.getarchive.net/media/the-return-of-the-prodigal-son-213284www.gracegastonia.com/sermon-blog/2022/3/27/re-understanding-the-prodigal-luke-1511-32

Fourth Sunday In Lent March 27, 2022

The Parable of the Prodigal Son — One of the most well known parables in the Bible. The younger son squanders his inheritance in a foreign land. Broke, broken and starving, he devises a plan to convince his father to take him back as a hired hand. Upon his return, he begins reciting his speech only to have his overjoyed father cut him off to start the celebration. His older brother, who was still out working in the field, feels betrayed that his little brother gets the party that he deserves for working hard all these years. But as you'll hear Dr. Chris Croghan and Lars Olson teach us in this week's conversation, it's the little details between these well known pillars of the story that demonstrate the incredible gift that is God's grace towards us. Questions Adam, Kiri and Mason ask:How can you give their share of inheritance early?Who is represented by each character?How will God celebrate us?Interested in sponsoring an episode of Scripture First? Email Sarah: sstenson@augie.eduSupport the show (https://www.lutherhouseofstudy.org/donate)

Peter, Elizabeth, and Justin read through the well-known parable of "The Prodigal Son". They discuss how, in our effort to be good, we can sometimes become like the very people we criticize. Maybe the question to ask isn't which character we relate to but how we're like all of them.You can still join one of our Rev'd Up for Sunday Maranatha House Churches (in-person and on Zoom) by visiting https://www.stmarksnewcanaan.org/go-deeper/maranatha-house-churches-2019/#Luke15 #episcopal #episcopalchurch #episcopalian #church #jesusmovement #wayoflove #christian #anglican #allarewelcome #christianity #prayer #jesus #iglesiaepiscopal #caminodelamor #history #churchhistory #theology #anglicanchurch #holyspririt #faith #stmarksnewcanaaan #revpeterwalsh  #revjustincrisp #revelizabethgarnsey #ens #ecct #spirituality #bible #scriptures #joy #peace #grace #hope

Stories are central to the human experience; we love to tell them and love to listen to them, and we tend to walk away from them having been changed in some way. Jesus was a master storyteller: He had a way of telling stories (the Bible calls them parables) that forced His audience to ask profound and relevant questions about their lives. We've all got an idea of who God is: a judge, a teacher, an impersonal force. Yet the picture of God that Jesus gives us is radically different than the pictures of other human religions and, as it turns out, far more transformative. Listen as Pastor Clint explores the Parable of the Loving Father, and what this tells us all about God. Sermon Resources: 1. "For over fifteen years I have been asking people of all walks of life from Morocco to India and from Turkey to Sudan about the implications of a son's request for his inheritance while the father is still living. The answer has always been emphatically the same...the conversation runs as follows: Has anyone ever made such a request in your village? Never! Could anyone ever make such a request? Impossible! If anyone ever did, what would happen? His father would beat him, of course! Why? The request means--he wants his father to die.” -Kenneth Bailey, from "The Cross and the Prodigal: Luke 15 Through The Eyes of Middle Eastern Peasants" 2. “Leaving home is living as though I do not yet have a home and must look far and wide to find one…I leave home every time I lose faith in the voice that calls me the Beloved and follow the voices that offer a great variety of ways to win the love I so much desire.” -Henri Nouwen, "The Return of the Prodigal Son" Join or follow us below: Facebook: www.facebook.com/thespringmid...​ Instagram: www.instagram.com/midtown.pres/ Website: www.midtownpres.org/ Community Groups: www.midtownpres.org/community-groups Sunday Services: www.midtownpres.org/

Subscribe for more Videos: http://www.youtube.com/c/PlantationSDAChurchTV In Episode 44 of the Bible Unmasked, Pastor Kevin McKoy and Olivia Smith discuss Luke 7 to 24. The book of Luke reveals that God kept His promise through the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Date: October 31, 2021 Questions in this episode:Why did Jesus call the 12 disciples apostles? Is there a difference between the two?The stories of the Prodigal Son and of the Good Samaritan are only told by Luke. What should we make of that?In what ways can we love our enemies and do good to those who hate us?What role did the women who traveled with Jesus play in his ministry? Does this verse support women’s ordination? Was the boy described in this passage epileptic or demon possessed? Could some similar diseases be a manifestation of demon possession in today’s world? Why are scientists reluctant to label diseases as such?Jesus often speaks of judgment. Has it already taken place? Tags: #psdatv #BibleUnmasked #disciples #apostles #Samaritan #Jesus #demon possessed #diseases #forgiven #Holy Spirit #judgment #Mark #scientists #Prodigal #Luke #enemies #epileptic For more life lessons and inspirational content, please visit us at http://www.plantationsda.tv. For more information on the Bible Unmasked, please visit us at https://bibleunmasked.plantationsda.tv For more information on the Bible Unmasked Audio Podcast, please visit us at https://www.plantationsda.tv/bible-unmasked-podcast Church Copyright License (CCLI)License Number: 1659090 CCLI Stream LicenseLicense Number: CSPL079645Support the show: https://adventistgiving.org/#/org/ANTBMV/envelope/startSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Subscribe for more Videos: http://www.youtube.com/c/PlantationSDAChurchTV In Episode 44 of the Bible Unmasked, Pastor Kevin McKoy and Olivia Smith discuss Luke 7 to 24. The book of Luke reveals that God kept His promise through the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Date: October 31, 2021 Questions in this episode: Why did Jesus call the 12 disciples apostles? Is there a difference between the two? The stories of the Prodigal Son and of the Good Samaritan are only told by Luke. What  should we make of that? In what ways can we love our enemies and do good to those who hate us? What role did the women who traveled with Jesus play in his ministry? Does this verse  support women's ordination?  Was the boy described in this passage epileptic or demon possessed?  Could some  similar diseases be a manifestation of demon possession in today's world?  Why are  scientists reluctant to label diseases as such? Jesus often speaks of judgment. Has it already taken place? Tags: #psdatv #BibleUnmasked #disciples #apostles #Samaritan #Jesus #demon possessed #diseases #forgiven #Holy Spirit #judgment #Mark #scientists #Prodigal #Luke #enemies #epileptic For more life lessons and inspirational content, please visit us at http://www.plantationsda.tv. For more information on the Bible Unmasked, please visit us at  https://bibleunmasked.plantationsda.tv For more information on the Bible Unmasked Audio Podcast, please visit us at https://www.plantationsda.tv/bible-unmasked-podcast Church Copyright License (CCLI) License Number: 1659090 CCLI Stream License License Number: CSPL079645 Support the show: https://adventistgiving.org/#/org/ANTBMV/envelope/start See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Pastor & Author Terry Bailey is the Senior Minister of Indian Run Christian Church in East Canton Ohio. You can reach Pastor Terry at the Church at (330) 488-2938.  Check out our website too at… www.ChristForEastCanton.com. In this episode Pastor Terry preaches a Message he has entitled "Prodigal?" and preaches from Luke 15:11-24. We encourage you to share this message with friends and family.

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Praying though the Prodigal Son Parable and continuing as we pray through the themes of Humility , Self Knowledge and forgiveness, all themes of this parable --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/shawn-odendhaldap/message

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Prodigal-Luke 15 Sermon by Tim Harris, Senior Pastor Woodburn Baptist Church, Woodburn, KY www.woodburnbaptist.org

Prodigal-Luke 15 Sermon by Tim Harris, Senior Pastor Woodburn Baptist Church, Woodburn, KY www.woodburnbaptist.org

We are in a series called Story FORMED, looking at how the biblical storyline shapes what we believe, who we are, and how we live.This week we explore Jesus parable about the two sons from Luke 15:11-32Intro music by Beautiful Eulogy and Alert 312 Check them out here: http://www.humblebeast.com/beautiful-eulogy/

Parable #9 Part 1 - The Parable of the Prodigal Son 1. The RUIN of the Prodigal Three Things That Led to the Demise of the Prodigal: 1) He was DISRESPECTFUL of His Father's Leadership - Luke 15:12 2) He was DISTRUSTFUL of His Father's Restraint - Luke 15:12; Genesis 3:5 3) He was DISDAINFUL of His Father's Provision - Luke 15:13 Six Characteristics of the Ruins of Sin: • A Sinful Life is a DEPARTING Life - Luke 15:13 • A Sinful Life is a SPENDING Life - Luke 15:13 • A Sinful Life is a WANTING Life - Luke 15:14 • A Sinful Life is an ENSLAVING Life - Luke 15:15; John 8:34 • A Sinful Life is a DISSATISFYING Life - Luke 15:16 • A Sinful Life is an UNBALANCING Life - Luke 15:17 2. The RETURN of the Prodigal - Luke 15:17; Ezekiel 18:28 Four Steps in Returning to God: 1) He CONFESSED His Fault – “I have sinned” Luke 15:18 2) He REALIZED the Seriousness – “I have sinned against heaven” Luke 15:18 3) He ACKNOWLEDGED What was Forfeited – “I am no more worthy” Luke 15:19 4) He ACTED on His Decision – “He arose” Luke 15:20a

#9 Part II – The Parable of the Prodigal Son 1 The Ruin of the Prodigal 2. The Return of the Prodigal 3. The Reception of the Prodigal – Luke 15:20 • There were EYES of Mercy – 1 Samuel 16:7; James 4:8 • There was a HEART of Mercy – Luke 15:20; Judges 10:16 • There are FEET of Mercy – Luke 15:20 • There were ARMS of Mercy – Luke 15:20 • There were LIPS of Mercy – Luke 15:20 Two Thing we Notice About God the Father: 1) He Came Home In Rags, and His Father Not Only CLOTHED Him, but CELEBRATED Him – Luke 15:22; Romans 4:5 2) He Came Home Hungry, and His Father Not Only FED Him, but FEASTED Him – Luke 15:23-24 4. The Reproof of the Brother – Luke 15:25-28 Three Mistakes of the Elder Brother: √ He CLAIMED His Own Virtue – Luke 15:29; Lamentations 3:22 √ He COMPLAINED of His Father – Luke 15:29 √ He CRITICIZED His Brother – Luke 15:30, 18:11, 15:31-32; Psalm 85:10

Preached by Colin Adam on 5th May 2019 AM at Bo'ness Baptist Church

The story of the prodigal son is perhaps the most well known of Jesus' parables. Many tell it as a beautiful story of repentance and forgiveness, but could it be more than that? In this week's episode, Emily and Bethany explore what this story says not only about the wayward son, but also the father who welcomes him home and the older son who is less than gracious. Tune in to hear this classic parable told in a different light.Find us on InstagramFind us on FacebookResources:• "The Cross & the Prodigal: Luke 15 Through the Eyes of Middle Eastern Peasants" by Kenneth Bailey

Through Their Eyes: Prodigal - Luke 15 by Risen Church NC

Keith parker discusses why the son in Luke 15 is called the Prodigal.

LIFE STORY: Rick Gasser BIBLE STUDY: Kyle Rodgers “So, Who Really is the Prodigal?” Luke 15:11-20 Our Father’s insatiable love for us is reckless, indulgent, dangerous, lavish and truly extravagant. God’s love is truly prodigal!

Homecoming of the Prodigal | Luke 15 | 6/3/2018 by John Spring

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