Tag: Evangilium in Evangelio
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Household: Theological Implications of the Parable of the Compassionate Father (Part 1)
Kenneth Bailey lists eleven major theological implications of "The Parable of the Compassionate Father" (Luke 15:11-32) in Finding the Lost: Cultural Keys to Luke 15. (190-192) Sin. The parable exhibits two types of sin. One is the sin of the law-breaker and the other sin of the law-keeper. Each centers on a broken relationship. One…
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Household: The Older Son, Luke 15:25-32
Jesus concludes the first eight stanzas of the parable with a celebration getting underway. The father is celebrating his successful work in "finding" his son. In the ninth stanza, Jesus shifts the focus to the older son. As you will recall, the older son was silent when the younger son did the unthinkable, asking his…
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Household: The Prodigal Son, Luke 15:11-24 (Part 2)
At the end of the last post, we left the parable at the point the prodigal son has "returned (or come) to himself," but not to his father. He has come to his senses about his situation and is now plotting how he might return to his father's house. 18 I will get up and…
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Household: The Prodigal Son, Luke 15:11-24 (Part 1)
Kenneth Bailey points out that when he began (in the 1950s) to study the story we traditionally call the Parable of the Prodigal Son, he came across records of debates between medieval Christian and Muslim scholars about the nature of this story. The Muslims argued that the story is about a young man who gets…