Monthly Archives: June 2013

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Jump Start # 879

  Jump Start # 879   Luke 15:20 “So he got up and came to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion for him, and ran and embraced him  and kissed him.”   The prodigal came home. The wild adventures in the far country […]

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Jump Start # 878

  Jump Start # 878 Luke 15:17 “But when he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired men have more than enough bread, but I am dying here with hunger!’” We’ve come to the turning point of the parable of the prodigal son. He came to his senses. Without that, […]

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Jump Start # 877

  Jump Start # 877   Luke 15:14 “Now when he had spent everything, a severe famine occurred in that country, so he began to be impoverished.”   We are looking this week at the parable of the prodigal son. There are several things about that younger son that we notice. He was rash, he […]

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Jump Start # 876

  Jump Start # 876 Luke 15:13 “Not many days later, the younger son gathered everything together and went on a journey into a distant country, and there he squandered his estate with loose living.”   This week we are taking a closer look at the parable of the Prodigal son. That phrase, “prodigal son,” […]

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Jump Start # 875

  Jump Start # 875   Luke 15:11-12 “A certain man had two sons. The younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of the estate that falls to me.’ So he divided his wealth between them.”   A good friend of mine preaches in Michigan. He grew up hearing me […]