Sermons on Prodigality: showing 16-30 of 4,452

The Prodigal Son

Contributed by Alan Perkins on May 5, 2002

The younger son wanted blessing without relationship. So did the elder son. And so do we today.

This morning, we continue our journey through the parables of Christ. As we’ve noted before, a parable is a short story which is intended to teach or illustrate some spiritual truth. Parables are small but powerful, and this is demonstrated by their familiarity. Few of us, I imagine, could explain ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:11-32

Denomination: Baptist

The Prodigal Son

Contributed by Norbert Garcia on Dec 15, 2000

Just what is the message behind the parable of the Prodigal Son?

The Prodigal Finally he was free. Free. Free of the endless chores. Free of getting up at the crack of dawn and working until long after the sun set. Free of milking the cows, tilling the fields, cleaning the stables, and all the other endless chores around the farm. Turning away from the farm, ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:12-19

Denomination: Adventist

Prodigal Son

Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Feb 27, 2002

Reflections on the story of the Prodigal Son - for a Family Service service

The Prodigal Son -Lk 15:11-32 The key to understanding this story can be found in the opening verses of Luke 15. Let me read them to you: Tax collectors and other notorious sinners often came to listen to Jesus teach. This made the Pharisees and teachers of religious law complain that he was ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:11-32

Denomination: Anglican

The Prodigal Church

Contributed by Johnny Carver on Jun 29, 2001

This message gives a new look at the parable of the Prodigal Son comparing the two sons to O.T. Israel & the New Testament Church.

Scripture: Luke 15:11-24 Title: “The Prodigal Church” Introduction: The CHURCH is the most POWERFUL “tool” God has at His disposal.  The CHURCH is the “ONLY” tool God has to REPRESENT Him in this world.  In verse 11 Jesus said, “A Certain Man” had two sons.”  The father ...read more

Denomination: Pentecostal

The Prodigal Prophet Series

Contributed by Robert Leroe on Sep 28, 2003

We can be so obsessed with what was going on inside that fish that we can miss seeing the drama inside Jonah.

Jonah, the Prodigal Prophet, ch 1:4-17 Pastor Bob Leroe, Cliftondale Congregational Church, Saugus, Massachusetts We last saw Jonah boarding a ship headed for Tarshish. He pays his fare, gets his one-way ticket, and settles down in the hold--thinking he has made it impossible for God’s will to ...read more

Scripture: Jonah 1:4-17

Denomination: Congregational

The Prodigal Savior Series

Contributed by Jerry Fenter on May 23, 2002

The reckless extravagance of love, especially God’s love.

Portraits of Jesus The Prodigal Savior Mark 14:1-9 Has it ever occurred to you that one of the characteristics of love is wastefulness? Maybe wastefulness isn’t such a good word; perhaps extravagance is a better word. Has it ever occurred to you that Jesus displayed some of the traits of a ...read more

Scripture: Mark 14:1-9

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Prodigal's Father

Contributed by Dr. C. David White on Jun 15, 2002

Our world is in desperate need of godly fathers.

The Prodigal’s Father "There was a man who had two sons. 12 The younger one said to his father, `Father, give me my share of the estate.’ So he divided his property between them. 13 "Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a distant country and there squandered ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:11-32

Denomination: Baptist

Prayer And The Prodigal Series

Contributed by Ewen Huffman on Nov 21, 2003

An encouragement for us to seek out the wanderer.

Prayer and the prodigal Jas 5:17-20 WBC 23/11/03pm In July 2002 in an incident that the news-media called "The Miracle at Quecreek," nine miners were trapped 240 feet under-ground for three days in a water-filled mine shaft. You probably remember, you were no doubt holding your breath with me as ...read more

Scripture: James 5:19-20

Denomination: Baptist

The Prodigal Prophet

Contributed by Michael Deutsch on Nov 11, 2002

God calls us not to do what we want, but what He knows will build His kingdom. The question is, will we do it or run like Jonah?

First Baptist Church The Prodigal Prophet Jonah 1:1 - 16 July 7, 2002 When I am told to do something I don’t want to do, you know what I do . . . I rebel. I do everything but what I’m supposed to do. I see that all the time with Joshua and Zachary — Joshua go to the bathroom, Joshua get your ...read more

Scripture: Jonah 1:1-16

Denomination: Baptist

The Prodigal Son

Contributed by Rick Kallstrom on Jan 27, 2003

This is a story of a son’s repentance and a father’s great love and forgiveness. I hope that in hearing this familiar scripture that your hearts will, once again, be filled with the type of joy and happiness that only God can provide.

This morning God has laid it on my heart to deliver a message from the gospel according to Luke. This is a parable that you have likely heard many times before, and surely will again. It is a story of a son’s repentance and a father’s great love and forgiveness. I hope that in hearing this ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:11-24

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

A Prodigal Or A Prodigy

Contributed by Richard Rutledge on Jun 12, 2001

Graduation sermon

A Prodigal or a Prodigy Luke 15: 11-24 This passage of Scripture has been preached on numerous times. It’s been dramatized, sensationalized and often times taken to the extreme. It has become a melodrama of Scripture. It’s been preached about how rambunctious this son was. About how rebellious he ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:11-24

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Prodigal's Father

Contributed by Wayne Burnett on Jun 14, 2001

The prodigal son’s father illustrates the qualities fathers need to display toward their children and also reveals the nature of our Heavenly Father.

THE PRODIGAL’S FATHER LUKE 15:11-24 I. THE PROVIDER OF THE FAMILY A. The father was the Master of the house -he stood answerable to God for the well being of his family -as dads, we need to realize we are the provider of our family and stand accountable to God B. A working man who provided ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:11-24

Denomination: Church Of God

The Prodigal Son

Contributed by Ian Lyall on Sep 13, 2007

From understanding gained from the Middle East, we see even more amazingly the measure and wonder of God’s grace

Dr Bailey lived and worked for more than two decades among isolated peasant communities in the Middle East. He stayed in villages which until 10 or 20 years ago had never seen a motor vehicle; where time and tradition have stood still for centuries, even millennia. As he learned of their ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:11-32

Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

Prodigal Love Series

Contributed by Robert Higgins on Apr 15, 2008

If the devil can convince you that your core identity is a sinner then you will live and act like it for the rest of your life. He knows that your actions arise from your identity, so he will try to convince you that your identity arises from your action

Review We have been examining what it means to “be” the family of God. The past couple of weeks and this week we are looking at what it means to be a child of God. I think that we are all a bit stumped when it comes to recognizing our identity as a child of God. We are used to seeing ourselves ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:11-32

Denomination: Baptist

Who Is The Prodigal?

Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Jul 12, 2008

Retrospect your own lives, whether we need change and transformation {not that mine is perfect}. For God the most important thing is the condition of our heart & soul. Are we concerned about it too? Just the way God is deeply concerned about it. We need t

Opening Illustration: The United States Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice is a preacher’s kid. She grew up in church. But in her mid-20s, she found she had drifted from her Christian faith. Rice told this story at a Sunday school class at National Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C. in August ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:10-32

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational