Amy-Jill Levine, in her excellent book Short Stories by Jesus, offers an examination of Jesus’ parable of the two sons, traditionally known as the parable of the prodigal son. In her study she ...

The Parable of the Two Sons is a gospel reading that we have encountered many Sundays past and it is back as today’s gospel reading. You can find it in Matt.21: 28-32. [Jesus said to the chief ...

Let’s consider the three sons found in this parable. The parable begins in verse 11 (ESV): And He (Jesus) said, “There was a man who had two sons.” These two sons personify the audiences to ...

Which of the two did the will of his father?" -- Matthew 21:28-30 Jesus’ parable of the two sons invites us to reflect upon our yeas and our nays. Ambivalence is a part of each of our lives.

Themes: Christianity; The Parable of the Two Sons; stories Jesus told; responsibility; 'don’t judge a book by its cover'. Summary: This assembly, which is suitable for an act of collective ...

Yet, during August, there is still time to linger outside, to listen to baseball on the radio, and to read books that are ... the crux of Luke’s parable of the prodigal son as well as the ...

The younger of a man's two sons, planning to ... writes in a commentary in the book, the collection expresses a new kind of piety taught by Jesus through the parable, "a piety of forgiveness ...

I just finished a book ... parable of the "Good Samaritan." Modern readers of Luke 10: 29-37 may miss the fact that the Jews and the Samaritans despised each other. We might also miss that the two ...

Today’s Sunday Gospel teaching is about the Parable of the Two Sons, which is a very interesting story that surely one way or the other have happened to us. You can find in Matt.21:28-32.