Joy – Part 9

Joy – Part 9

Luke 15 v 24. “For this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.”   The words the father uses to describe his son bear another look. Here the father gives us the reason for his son’s attitude, his rebellion, his wasteful ways and his...
Joy – Part 8

Joy – Part 8

Luke 15 verses 22 & 23. “But the father said to his servants, ‘Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet. Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let’s have a feast and celebrate.” Like most people who have wronged...
Joy – Part 7

Joy – Part 7

Luke 15 v 20. “So he got up and went to his father. “But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him.” Up to this point in this story there has not been much...
Joy – Part 6

Joy – Part 6

Luke 15 v 17. “When he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired men have food to spare, and here I am starving to death!” Hello! What’s a nice Jewish boy like you doing in a pigsty? That could well have been the question anybody could have asked the...
Joy – Part 5

Joy – Part 5

Luke 15 verses 15 & 16. “So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs. He longed to fill his stomach with the pods that the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything.” Now, here is a dilemma that...