Tag: Luke 15
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Parables of Priorities on the Way to Jerusalem (Luke 15)
In Luke 15, Jesus tells three parables about lost things—a sheep, a coin, and a son. Each story ends the same way: with rejoicing when what was lost is found. But the most famous of these stories, often called the Prodigal Son, reveals something even deeper about God’s priorities. The younger son is lost in…
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Day 300: Proximity to Power (Luke 14:7-11)
8 “When you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, do not sit down in a place of honor, lest someone more distinguished than you be invited by him, 9 and he who invited you both will come and say to you, ‘Give your place to this person,’ and then you will begin with…
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Day 300: What Does “Prodigal” Actually Mean? (Luke 15)
We call him the “prodigal son,” but that word never appears in the story. “Prodigal” doesn’t mean “wayward”—it means “recklessly extravagant.” And that makes the real prodigal in this story not the son, but the Father.
