Jesus, the Teacher: The Parable of the Prodigal Son

March 10, 2019 Max Frazier Series: The Thread of Redemption

Of the more than seventy parables that the Gospel writers record, the Parable of the Prodigal Son is, perhaps, the most familiar.  There are three central characters in this story: the father, the older son, and the younger son.  Our focus will be upon the father for I believe he is the key to understanding this parable.  What was the relationship between the father and his younger son? How did this relationship impact that son after his life became desperate?  And what was the relationship between the father and his older son?  What spiritual lessons are we to learn from this powerful story Jesus told?