1 October 2002
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Monthly Bible Meditation (en)Luke 15:31-32If the heart of the “parable of the father” (Luke 15) is the father’s welcome of his son who comes home (v. 20-24), the climax of the parable is the father’s reply to his elder son. We should be thankful to the older son for having merited that unparalleled response! If the parable had concluded with the unexpected welcome shown to the younger son, we could have thought that the father had not fully shown himself as he was. His reply to the older brother, however, makes it evident that that is what the father truly is like. That (...)