Comments on: The abundant life of Easter http://blog.cfcausa.org/2010/03/10/the-abundant-life-of-easter/ Fri, 24 May 2013 14:08:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Larry Livingston http://blog.cfcausa.org/2010/03/10/the-abundant-life-of-easter/#comment-2398 Larry Livingston Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:44:18 +0000 http://blog.cfcausa.org/?p=3906#comment-2398 Thanks for the comment. The lesson around the behavior of the older brother is certainly a valid part of the story, but I’d stop short of stating definitively that it is ‘the’ point.

Part of the richness and beauty of Scripture is that often more than one lesson can be drawn from the same story. This is especially true of the parables of Jesus, which are like multi-faceted diamonds that allow light to shine through in a variety of ways.

]]> By: zebulonthered http://blog.cfcausa.org/2010/03/10/the-abundant-life-of-easter/#comment-2397 zebulonthered Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:36:38 +0000 http://blog.cfcausa.org/?p=3906#comment-2397 I always thought the point of that story was not to be a jealous, selfish jerk like the son who stayed home…

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