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Suggested
Reading
Exercises:
Read
the
two
pieces
below
that
were
formative
for
Keller
as
he
wrestled
with
the
meaning
of
the
parable
and
its
pastoral
application;
∗ Without
a
Middle
Eastern
perspective,
we
miss
Jesus’
message
by
Kenneth
Bailey.
http://www.eprodigals.com/
∗ Sharing
the
Father’s
Welcome
by
Edmund
P.
Clowney.
http://www.crossway.org/blog/wpcontent/uploads/2008/10/preaching‐christ4452xch3.pdf
Questions
from
The
Two
Lost
Sons:
What
was
shocking
about
the
younger
brother’s
request
to
receive
his
inheritance
now
rather
than
latter?
What
was
shocking
about
the
father’s
agreement
to
his
wayward
son?
Where
would
have
his
wealth
consisted,
and
how
was
his
wealth
not
just
an
expression
of
his
lively‐hood
but
indeed
life
itself?
What
did
the
younger
brother
consider
doing
after
he
squandered
his
inheritance?
What
were
the
social
implications
for
his
return
home
for
his
father
and
for
himself?
Keller
says,
“This
younger
brother,
then,
is
asking
his
father
to
tear
his
life
apart.
And
the
father
does
so,
for
the
love
of
his
son.”
(pg.
20)
Most
people
living
in
a
post
911
world
are
acutely
aware
of
the
cost
of
sin
upon
the
fabric
of
society
but
what
about
the
cost
of
sin
upon
God
the
Father.
Do
you
think
we
take
the
costlyness
of
our
sin
upon
Him
seriously?
How
does
Jesus
describe
the
undignified‐ness
of
the
father
as
he
receives
his
younger
son
back?
What
indicates
in
the
parable
the
lavishness
of
this
particular
father’s
love?
Is
grace
merely
free,
or
is
there
a
costlyness
involved
to
the
one
who
extends
it?
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