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Faith & The Father' Heart Series

Contributed by Steve Lawson on Jan 7, 2004

based on 7 ratings

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We can trust God’s heart towards us.

One night a wife found her husband standing over their newborn baby’s crib. Silently she watched him. As he stood looking down at the sleeping infant, she saw on his face a mixture of emotions: disbelief, doubt, delight, amazement, enchantment, skepticism. He would stand back, shake his head and ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:20-24

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Second Chances

Contributed by Nate Barbour on Feb 2, 2004

based on 30 ratings

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Grace so amazing that it offers second chances. Learn about the unfairness of God’s grace and get some relief!

Second Chances The Unfairness of Grace 12/03/03 I. Introduction In Medieval Persia, Earth’s mightiest and most mysterious kingdom, a king and his son defeat the powerful Maharajah, looting his palace of priceless treasure, including an extravagant hourglass and a mysterious dagger. What the Prince ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:11-20

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Looking For What's Lost, Pt. Ii Series

Contributed by Timothy Archer on Feb 10, 2004

based on 24 ratings

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In the story of the Prodigal Son we learn lessons for the prodigals and for the "faithful sons."

Looking for What’s Lost, Part II Luke 15:11-32 Continuing our study of Luke, we find ourselves in Chapter 15. I want to invite you to be turning there. We previously looked at the first part of this chapter. Jesus was being criticized by some of the Jewish leaders because he was eating and ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:11-32

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Buscando Lo Perdido, Segunda Parte Series

Contributed by Timothy Archer on Feb 10, 2004

based on 28 ratings

| 4,892 views

Por ver la historia del Hijo Pródigo, podemos aprender lecciones para los pródigos y para los hijos fieles.

Buscando Lo Perdido, Segunda Parte Lucas 15.11-32 Seguimos con nuestro estudio de Lucas, estando ahora en el capítulo 15. Quiero invitarles a buscar ese pasaje. Antes nosotros estudiamos la primera parte de este capítulo. Jesús fue criticado por los líderes de los judíos porque comía y bebía con ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:11-32

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Is Your God Too Small?

Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Feb 20, 2004

based on 16 ratings

| 4,604 views

Is our God too small? Do we labor under misconceptions about what he is really like? Isn’t it time that we seek to be more like God and give up trying to make him more like us?

First Presbyterian Church Wichita Falls, Texas March 25, 2001 IS YOUR GOD TOO SMALL? Isaac Butterworth Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 (NRSV) 1/ Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming near to listen to him. 2/ And the Pharisees and the scribes were grumbling and saying, “This ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:11-32

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

The Prodigal Son

Contributed by Rick Kallstrom on Jan 27, 2003

based on 75 ratings

| 26,003 views

This is a story of a son’s repentance and a father’s great love and forgiveness. I hope that in hearing this familiar scripture that your hearts will, once again, be filled with the type of joy and happiness that only God can provide.

This morning God has laid it on my heart to deliver a message from the gospel according to Luke. This is a parable that you have likely heard many times before, and surely will again. It is a story of a son’s repentance and a father’s great love and forgiveness. I hope that in hearing this ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:11-24

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Waving Bedsheets In Glory

Contributed by Michael Dephillips on Feb 8, 2003

based on 7 ratings

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The complete and total forgiveness of God at the return of a prodigal

"Waving Bedsheets in Glory" Luke 15:11-24 Not very many times in my short ministry that I’ve struggled with knowing what the will of my Master is for a message to preach from the pulpit. At times I may have desired to preach a different message than what Christ has led me to, but this ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:11-24

Denomination: Baptist

The God Of The Second Chance

Contributed by Keith Manry on Mar 4, 2003

based on 59 ratings

| 8,738 views

This is a sermon outlining six steps to forgiveness and is based on the story of the Prodigal Son.

“The God of the Second Chance” Luke 15:11-32 Simon Wiesenthal was a Jewish prisoner in a concentration camp during World War II. He suffered much at the hands of the Nazis but not as much as some of his friends and family who lost their lives in very cruel ways. One particular day Simon was taken ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:11-32

Denomination: Methodist

Time To Come Home

Contributed by Jefferson Williams on Mar 6, 2003

based on 64 ratings

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God’s heart is for lost things to be found and ruptured relationships to be reconciled.

Dec. 30, 2001 Scripture Text: Luke 15:1-32 Speaker: Jeff Williams Good morning! My neighbors must have thought I was crazy. I was standing in the dumpster. I was not looking in the dumpster. I was standing knee deep in their trash. One of my boys had been playing with my keys and the ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:1-32

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Lost Son Series

Contributed by Billy Kryger on Mar 7, 2003

based on 89 ratings

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Third message in the series "God’s Lost and Found from Luke 15. This message deals with the prodigal son and the fact that when we stray awy from God we don’t cease being His child. He welcomes us home with open arms.

We started, several weeks ago, a series of messages on God’s Lost and Found from Luke chapter 15. We came to realize that this is not three separate parables, but rather one parable with three different parts, or examples that each illustrates the love of the Lord Jesus for those that are ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:11-24

Denomination: Baptist

How To Seek And Save The Lost

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Nov 22, 2003

based on 49 ratings

| 11,372 views

Here are some guidelines for how to seek and save the lost as Jesus taught in the three parables of the lost sheep, the lost coin and the lost son.

How to Seek and Save the Lost (Luke 15:1-32) Too many Christians fail to remember that it was said of Jesus, "For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save those who are lost." (Luke 19:10) If we want to be like Jesus then we have to share the same purpose, passion and plan of the one who went ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:1-32

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Heart For The Lost

Contributed by Sean Lester on Dec 4, 2003

based on 15 ratings

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What Jesus taught about how people get lost, how they are restored, and the joy that comes from restoration.

A Heart for the Lost Rev. Sean Lester December 7, 2003 morning service Text: Luke 15:1-24 Introduction A. There was an attitude of disdain among the religious faithful toward those who were crowding around Jesus in the city of Jerusalem. An attitude not unlike how people who have been faithful ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:1-24

Denomination: Pentecostal

Inventory In The Pig Pen Series

Contributed by Pastor Dempsey Daniels on Dec 4, 2003

based on 34 ratings

| 7,630 views

Inventory in the Pig Pen

Introduction A. Inventory Time 1.When a businessman must take time to count all his possessions 2. The time when the facts are must be faced for profit or loss B. The young man who took inventory in a pig pen 1. When all was counted, he found he had great loss 2. His resolution, "I will arise and ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:11-24

Denomination: Baptist

What Happens When You Come To Church Series

Contributed by Tony Mccreery on Dec 6, 2003

based on 8 ratings

| 5,067 views

The Third and final sermon in a series on church.

THE WHO, WHAT, AND WHY’S OF GOING TO CHURCH “WHAT” HAPPENS WHEN YOU COME TO CHURCH LUKE 15:11-31 Have you ever found yourself in God’s lost and found box? You see this boy found himself in the father’s lost and found box. He stepped out of his father’s protection, and ended up lost. He needed ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:11-31

Denomination: Baptist

Being Optimistic In A Pessimistic World

Contributed by Ray Scott on Aug 7, 2003

based on 38 ratings

| 16,894 views

We live in a negative world. The Bible is full of positives. In the parable of the Prodigal Son & the Elder Brother, we see both optimism & pessimism.

“Being Optimistic In A Pessimistic World” INTRODUCTION: There are many books on POSITIVE THINKING. The book “The Power Of Positive Thinking” by Norman Vincent Peale was required reading when I was a student at Trinity College. There are all kinds of “helps” out there to help us maintain a ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:11-32

Denomination: Baptist

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