David Brooks reflects on the parable of the Prodigal Son. You know it, right? Jesus told it to illustrate what the Kingdom of Heaven is like, and tells.

It is no exaggeration when scholars say that the parable of the prodigal son is a priceless gem. It is not a simple simile with just one theme. It’s a cross-section of life with all its complexity.

BUDDHIST PARABLE OF THE PRODIGAL; SON. Share full article. June 15, 1884. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from June 15, 1884, Page 11 Buy Reprints.

The parable portrays how lost and confused the older son remained in some unsatisfying and unresolved manner. “He became angry,” Jesus says of the older brother, “and he refused to enter the ...

Metro's treatment of the Parable of the Prodigal Son (from Luke XV) is a bigscale spectacle, making overwhelmingly lavish use of sets, props, CinemaScoped Eastman Color and a well-populated cast.

I'm specifically referring to Luke, Chapter 15, verses 11-24, the Parable of the Prodigal Son. There's a similar story in Buddhism in Saddharmapundarika (Lotus) Sutra 4.

The Prodigal Son parable has many notable aspects to it. I wish to point up two of them. First, the figure of the prodigal presents less than what we might hope for. That is, the motive for his ...

The Parable of the Prodigal Son has the Lord Jesus presenting God’s love for us as mysterious and, to some degree, unexplainable in human terms.

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