The Compassionate Father

And when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him. Luke 15:20. A minister once began his sermon on the parable of the prodigal son somewhat like this: “You undoubtedly have heard many sermons on the familiar parable of the prodigal son, but I want to begin a sermon by stressing that this was a son in his father’s house.” Carrying through that thought, let us take a look at this well-known parable from the point of view...