Blogs Posts on "Prodigal Son"

The Prodigal Returns – Time to Celebrate! by Loving the Mud on Oct 20, 2009Most people have a deadly disease and do not realize it. This is the disease that prevents them from seeing God for who He is. This is the disease that prevents them from seeing Jesus as their True Elder Brother. Before we reveal this disease lets re...

Sure Are a Lot of Sinners In Here! by Loving the Mud on Oct 9, 2009The Elder Brother has accepted the Father’s invitation and gone in to the party celebrating his younger brother’s return. This is my imagining: IMMEDIATELY I notice this is a REALLY FESTIVE party. You can not imagine the feast that our Father ha...

Elder Brother – Sink or Swim I’m Diving In! by Loving the Mud on Oct 8, 2009Jesus wants to be Lord of our PAST, but He can do it ONLY if we allow HIM to be LORD of our FUTURE!

Elder Brothers: Clean Your Ears and Go In by Loving the Mud on Oct 7, 2009The Father pleaded (’parakaleo’) with the Elder Brother to come in and enjoy the feast with his brother. It was a call to fellowship, it was a call to relationship, it was a call to repentance from his selfish and unloving ways. Much the same way...

Journey of the Elder Brother Day Sixteen by Loving the Mud on Sep 30, 2009Moses was called to lead a bunch of Elder Brother Types across the wilderness desert into the Promised Land. All the pictures of Moses show him with a full head of hair, but I know he must have pulled it all out by the time he passed away. Elder Brot...

Journey of the Elder Brother Day Eleven by Loving the Mud on Sep 25, 2009The Apostle Paul was an Elder Bother who was transformed by the sight of our True Elder Brother, Jesus Christ. Jesus did not change his personality, his looks, his drive; Jesus simply re-focused it. Elder Brother types will always be Elder Brother ty...

Journey of the Elder Brother Day Ten by Loving the Mud on Sep 24, 2009In the Parable of the Prodigal Son, I always identified with the Elder Brother, but in a good way. I was the hard working, father pleasing son. I tried to do the responsible things, while my younger brother went off and broke our father’s heart. Go...

Journey of the Elder Brother Day Eight by Loving the Mud on Sep 22, 2009As an Elder Brother I must confess I was never close to my earthly father, especially growing up. He was typical of most fathers at the time-not touchy feely, not very open, a man of few words; but when he spoke, you obeyed because you feared the con...

Journey of the Elder Brother Day One by Loving the Mud on Sep 15, 2009Jesus warned His followers to NOT be like the hypocrites. (Matthew 6:5) He didn’t name names, but I think everyone knew He was pointing at the religious leaders (Pharisees, Sadducees). Anyone who has ever been in a foreign country with different la...

The Prodigal God and My Homeless Brother by Loving the Mud on Sep 12, 2009We are starting “The Prodigal God” series at church tomorrow. I still remember hearing a preacher from Great Britain proclaim “God’s Chief Delight is to Give” as he spoke from this parable in chapel at Baptist Bible Coll...