The Prodigal Son (1) A Father’s Love
Tom Cammenga, an elder at Faith PRC in Jenison, Michigan, provides an exegetical and theological exposition of Jesus's parable of the Prodigal Son from Luke 15, emphasizing God's boundless love and mercy toward sinners. The article demonstrates how Christ's teaching addresses the self-righteousness of the Pharisees while instructing believers in humility, repentance, and the gracious character of God the Father. This resource offers practical spiritual insight into covenant family life and the transformative work of God's grace in the lives of His people.
In the middle of the parables of Jesus that are recorded in the Gospel of Luke, we find a familiar parable with which Jesus teaches His people, then and now, of the boundless and infinite love and mercy of God for His people. In the parable Jesus uses the example of the intimate life of a family, a life that is precious to us as the covenant people of God. The events of Luke 14 and 15 transpire on the Sabbath day in the house of one of the chief Pharisees, where Jesus had been invited to dine....
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