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  • Alan Perkins avatar

    The Prodigal Son

    Contributed by Alan Perkins on May 5, 2002
    based on 108 ratings
     | 40,115 views

    The younger son wanted blessing without relationship. So did the elder son. And so do we today.

    This morning, we continue our journey through the parables of Christ. As we’ve noted before, a parable is a short story which is intended to teach or illustrate some spiritual truth. Parables are small but powerful, and this is demonstrated by their familiarity. Few of us, I imagine, could explain ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jerry Fenter avatar

    The Prodigal Savior Series

    Contributed by Jerry Fenter on May 23, 2002
    based on 108 ratings
     | 5,494 views

    The reckless extravagance of love, especially God’s love.

    Portraits of Jesus The Prodigal Savior Mark 14:1-9 Has it ever occurred to you that one of the characteristics of love is wastefulness? Maybe wastefulness isn’t such a good word; perhaps extravagance is a better word. Has it ever occurred to you that Jesus displayed some of the traits of a ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Dr. C. David White avatar

    The Prodigal's Father

    Contributed by Dr. C. David White on Jun 15, 2002
    based on 15 ratings
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    Our world is in desperate need of godly fathers.

    The Prodigal’s Father "There was a man who had two sons. 12 The younger one said to his father, `Father, give me my share of the estate.’ So he divided his property between them. 13 "Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a distant country and there squandered ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Clark Tanner avatar

    The Parable Of The Prodigal

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Jul 3, 2002
    based on 29 ratings
     | 2,775 views

    an outline, useful for youth bible studies

    THE SETTING OF THE TELLING Who is Jesus talking to? (vs 1,2) What was the attitude of each group? THE SON AND HIS LEAVING What was he given? (vs 12) Where did he go? (vs 13) What did he do? (vs 13,14) THE SON AND HIS SUFFERING What was his folly? (vs 14) Where were his friends? (vs ...read more

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    Denomination: Orthodox

  • Lindsey Mann avatar

    The Prodigal Son

    Contributed by Lindsey Mann on Jul 24, 2002
    based on 55 ratings
     | 30,754 views

    When the prodigal returned he was given five very special gifts: they each symbolise what we have in Christ as believers.

    THE PRODIGAL SON Luke 15:11-32 And he said, A certain man had two sons: And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. Jesus was responding to the criticisms of the spiritual leaders of Israel. He had been eating with sinners. He did not ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Rick Kallstrom avatar

    The Prodigal Son

    Contributed by Rick Kallstrom on Jan 27, 2003
    based on 75 ratings
     | 25,623 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

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Michael Deutsch avatar

    The Prodigal Prophet

    Contributed by Michael Deutsch on Nov 11, 2002
    based on 60 ratings
     | 4,071 views

    God calls us not to do what we want, but what He knows will build His kingdom. The question is, will we do it or run like Jonah?

    First Baptist Church The Prodigal Prophet Jonah 1:1 - 16 July 7, 2002 When I am told to do something I don’t want to do, you know what I do . . . I rebel. I do everything but what I’m supposed to do. I see that all the time with Joshua and Zachary — Joshua go to the bathroom, Joshua get your ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Robert Leroe avatar

    The Prodigal Prophet Series

    Contributed by Robert Leroe on Sep 28, 2003
    based on 20 ratings
     | 4,756 views

    We can be so obsessed with what was going on inside that fish that we can miss seeing the drama inside Jonah.

    Jonah, the Prodigal Prophet, ch 1:4-17 Pastor Bob Leroe, Cliftondale Congregational Church, Saugus, Massachusetts We last saw Jonah boarding a ship headed for Tarshish. He pays his fare, gets his one-way ticket, and settles down in the hold--thinking he has made it impossible for God’s will to ...read more

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    Denomination: Congregational

  • Mark Opperman avatar

    The Prodigal Father

    Contributed by Mark Opperman on Jun 10, 2008
    based on 8 ratings
     | 14,077 views

    The love that our heavenly Father has for us is recklessly extravagant, and is able to fill the Father hunger within us.

    THE PRODIGAL FATHER [Read Luke 15:11-24] -Maybe you’ve heard another version of this story of the Prodigal Son: The Prodigal Son in "F" Feeling footloose and frisky, a featherbrained fellow forced his fond father to fork over the farthings, and flew far to foreign fields and frittered his ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Scott Kircher avatar

    The Prodigal Son Series

    Contributed by Scott Kircher on Jun 15, 2008
    based on 40 ratings
     | 52,804 views

    Sermon on the prodigal son. Good for Father’s Day.

    Tell Me a Story The Prodigal Son Slide Happy Father’s Day to all the Dad’s here this morning. To all of you wives and kids, honor your husbands and Dad’s today for the difficult job they have been given. They may not be perfect but give them the honor they are due for the role they have been ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Ajai Prakash avatar

    Who Is The Prodigal?

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Jul 12, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,704 views

    Retrospect your own lives, whether we need change and transformation {not that mine is perfect}. For God the most important thing is the condition of our heart & soul. Are we concerned about it too? Just the way God is deeply concerned about it. We need t

    Opening Illustration: The United States Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice is a preacher’s kid. She grew up in church. But in her mid-20s, she found she had drifted from her Christian faith. Rice told this story at a Sunday school class at National Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C. in August ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Robert Higgins avatar

    Prodigal Love Series

    Contributed by Robert Higgins on Apr 15, 2008
     | 3,978 views

    If the devil can convince you that your core identity is a sinner then you will live and act like it for the rest of your life. He knows that your actions arise from your identity, so he will try to convince you that your identity arises from your action

    Review We have been examining what it means to “be” the family of God. The past couple of weeks and this week we are looking at what it means to be a child of God. I think that we are all a bit stumped when it comes to recognizing our identity as a child of God. We are used to seeing ourselves ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Revd. Martin Dale avatar

    The Prodigal Son

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Mar 18, 2007
    based on 5 ratings
     | 9,046 views

    Jesus told the story to reveal God’s love to saints and sinners alike

    NR 17-03-07 ES Lk 15:1-3 and 11-32 If we really want to understand the Parable of the Prodigal Son, we need to look at the context of the story. Why did Jesus tell the story? And we find the answer to that question in the opening verses of Luke 15. Let me read them to you: Tax collectors and ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

  • Scott Bayles avatar

    The Prodigal Son

    Contributed by Scott Bayles on Nov 2, 2004
    based on 28 ratings
     | 18,372 views

    Jesus tells of God’s wonderful grace and His all-encompassing love by relating the three experiences of the wasteful son: Rebellion, Repentance, and Rejoicing!

    The Prodigal Son by Scott R. Bayles (after Warren Wiersbe) Church of Christ Several years back, during a conference on comparative religions, experts from around the world debated, what--if any--belief was unique to the Christian faith. The debate went on for some time, until C.S. Lewis wandered ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

  • Mike Wilkins avatar

    The Prodigal Son

    Contributed by Mike Wilkins on Jun 14, 2004
    based on 28 ratings
     | 11,319 views

    Before we can become the father, we must deal with our prodigal nature

    Luke 15:11-32 June 13, 2004 The Return of the Prodigal Returning to the Father Over the Last few weeks we have been looking at this story of the Prodigal Son with the emphasis that we are all called to become the father in the story. But I also recognize that unless we deal with our own ...read more

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