Sermons on San Lucas 15:29:

The Prodigal Son

Contributed by Alan Perkins on May 5, 2002

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

Scripture: Luke 15:11-32

Denomination: Baptist

Heaven's Party Series

Contributed by Darren Ethier on May 21, 2002

Part 9 of 10 of the series, Supernatural Transformation. Three stories about something lost and something found reveal when Christ is the happiest. Jesus is happiest when the lost are found. How does this affect your life?

HEAVEN’S PARTY Luke 15:1-32 Read at beginning of service: Psalm 96:1-3 (NIV) 1 Sing to the LORD a new song; sing to the LORD, all the earth. 2 Sing to the LORD, praise his name; proclaim his salvation day after day. 3 Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous deeds among all ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:1-32, Psalm 96:1-3

Denomination: Pentecostal

Never Unloved Series

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jun 2, 2002

Some receive love, but reject it; others never know that they are loved. In either case, the Cross is evidence that we have never been unloved.

We need to think not only about the way we relate to other people, but also about how we receive them. It is not enough simply to be friendly and cordial. We also need to look at how we receive people when they extend themselves to us. I went to a meeting this week, where all the ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:11-32, John 14:18-24

Denomination: Baptist

Jurrasic Park 2

Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on Jun 4, 2002

God Cares Most about finding the lost

Jurassic Park 2: The Lost World GOD CARES MOST ABOUT FINDING THE LOST Sermon - March 1, 1998 Steve Simala Grant Think of the one thing that is the absolute most precious thing to you. Decide what it is. Now hold that thought in your mind, or jot it down on the sermon notes page, and we’ll ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:1-32

Denomination: Baptist

The Example Of The Father

Contributed by Steve Yarber on Jun 14, 2002

Fathers are crucial in family life. They set the standard and provide the role model for their daughters, by how they treat their wives. They provide the role model for their sons in how they work and manage the family.

Fathers are crucial in family life. They set the standard and provide the role model for their daughters, by how they treat their wives. They provide the role model for their sons in how they work and manage the family. If the father is godly, the family will tend to be godly. If the father ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:11-32, Exodus 20:12

Denomination: Baptist

The Prodigal's Father

Contributed by Dr. C. David White on Jun 15, 2002

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

Scripture: Luke 15:11-32

Denomination: Baptist

Diez Puntos Del Padre Ideal

Contributed by Nestor Menjivar on Jun 15, 2002

Jesus nos da una vista a como debe de ser un padre ideal en la parabula del hijo prodigo.

Diez puntos del padre ideal Lucas 15: 11-31 Podemos ver varias cosas en la historia del hijo prodigo que nos ayudan a definir que es un padre ideal. Vamos a ver 10 cosas de este padre: - Lo primero que vemos es que el esta en el hogar o El evangelista Bill Glass tiene un ministerio para ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:11-31

Denomination: Baptist

There's No Place Like Home!

Contributed by Steve Steve on Mar 9, 2002

A good homecoming sermon to illustrate the point that their truly is no place like home as seen through the eyes of the prodigal son in Luke chapter fifteen.

Today we celebrate homecoming. For many of you it is a coming home. I am happy and ecstatic that I have the opportunity today to share with you a little from my heart. I want to share with you what I feel homecoming is really about. So my title for today’s sermon is, “There’s no place like ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:11-32

Denomination: Church Of God

Luke Chapter 15, Three Parables Are One

Contributed by Bruce Landry on Apr 2, 2002

This is a paper on the relationships between the parable of the lost sheep, coin, and prodigal son. It looks at common theme and whether the parables should be taken as one extended parable.

Lost Sheep, Coin, and Son, Three Parables or One Parables of Jesus By: Bruce P. Landry I. What are the Three Parables? The parables in Luke Chapter 15 are really great parables to teach us the value of things that we are placed in stewardship over, and where we should place our ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:1-32

Denomination: Baptist

The Parable Of The Prodigal Father: A Parable Of Extravagant Love Series

Contributed by Joey Nelson on Apr 21, 2002

“Prodigal” means extravagant, lavish, unrestrained, and even to the point of being what some would consider being wasteful. Watch the father in this story. It was the father who threw himself into the prodigal land of extravagance and unrestrained love fo

INTRODUCTION Opening Statement: In Luke 15, Luke gives a series of three parables in response to the criticism of the scribes and Pharisees that Jesus received unbelieving people and even ate with them. Evidently, His love and vulnerability attracted lost people from all classes and lifestyles. He ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:11-32

Why Men Are Lost

Contributed by William Young on Aug 25, 2001

This is an attempt to understand why some men are lost for eternity.

“WHY MEN ARE LOST” LUKE 15 Thesis: to come to a fuller understanding of what causes some to be lost. Introduction: 1. A great question that travels throughout the ages, never to rest is “Why are some men lost” 2. This question was just as prominent in the days the Lord walked the earth as ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:24-32, Luke 15:1-10

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Lessons On The Lost

Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on Sep 11, 2001

What can we learn about lost people?

INTRODUCTION MARK 2:16-17 When the scribes of the Pharisees saw that He was eating with the sinners and tax collectors, they said to His disciples, "Why is He eating and drinking with tax collectors and sinners?" And hearing this, Jesus *said to them, "it is not those who are healthy who need a ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:1-32

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

God’s Love Will Never...!

Contributed by Melvin Newland on Jan 11, 2001

God’s love will never let you down. God’s love will never let you off. God’s love will never end!

MELVIN M. NEWLAND, MINISTER RIDGE CHAPEL, KANSAS, OK TEXT: Hebrews 1:3; John 14:7-9 After the end of Word War II the American Bible Society published a little pamphlet written by a soldier, Clarence Hall, who had been a part of the invasion of Okinawa. It was entitled, “What I ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:1-31, Luke 1:45-56

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Our Purpose - Seeking The Lost Series

Contributed by Melvin Newland on Jan 31, 2001

Let’s understand why we seek the lost. Secondly, let’s look at how we seek the lost. Thirdly, let’s see the reward of searching.

MELVIN M. NEWLAND, MINISTER RIDGE CHAPEL, KANSAS, OK A. During the next few weeks I want to speak on subjects that we, as a congregation, need to consider again, messages that deal with our purpose, why we are a church, & why God has called us to do the things ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:1-32

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Loving, Waiting Father Series

Contributed by Garth Wehrfritz- Hanson on Mar 2, 2001

The parable of the prodigal son is equally as much a parable of the Loving, Waiting God, whom we call Father.

Sermon for IV Lent, Year C Based on Lk. 15:1-3, 11-32 By Pastor Garth Wehrfritz-Hanson “The Waiting, Loving Father” Today’s parable is regarded by many as the greatest parable Jesus ever told. It is a parable that fits in well with one of the favourite themes of Luke’s Gospel, namely: that ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:1-32

Denomination: Lutheran