Parable of the Prodigal Son

Renewing Your Mind

Ligonier Ministries

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🗓️ 28 February 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

How can we do anything but rejoice when even our worst enemy receives the grace of God? Today, R.C. Sproul considers the power and joy of conversion in Jesus’ parable of the prodigal son.

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Meet Today’s Teacher:

R.C. Sproul (1939–2017) was known for his ability to winsomely and clearly communicate deep, practical truths from God’s Word. He was founder of Ligonier Ministries, first minister of preaching and teaching at Saint Andrew’s Chapel, first president of Reformation Bible College, and executive editor of Tabletalk magazine.

Meet the Host:

Nathan W. Bingham is vice president of ministry engagement for Ligonier Ministries, executive producer and host of Renewing Your Mind, host of the Ask Ligonier podcast, and a graduate of Presbyterian Theological College in Melbourne, Australia. Nathan joined Ligonier in 2012 and lives in Central Florida with his wife and four children.

Renewing Your Mind is a donor-supported outreach of Ligonier Ministries. Explore all of our podcasts: https://www.ligonier.org/podcasts

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0:00.0	What are you studying in 2025?
0:02.0	Hi, I'm Nathan W. Bingham, host of Renewing Your Mind.
0:06.0	And I want you to know that today, Liginear Ministries is holding an online sale
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0:30.1	slash Friday.
0:32.3	There are few things in this world more futile than waste.
0:36.8	To take a good gift, a beautiful gift, and waste it.
0:41.7	Think of the ways that we have wasted the gifts that God has given to us, spent them foolishly.
0:47.8	Well, this young man was the epitome of that kind of living. That's why he's called
0:52.6	the prodigal.
0:53.8	Music of that kind of living, that's why he's called the prodigal.
1:05.2	The parable of the prodigal son is a story of estrangement and reconciliation.
1:12.8	It paints a picture of the wasteful life of a lost son and the longing of a hurting father. Many of us have read or heard this parable many times, but as R.C. Sprawl will explain today on renewing your mind,
1:18.9	we may be getting its emphasis wrong. Continuing this week's study of Jesus' parables,
1:24.6	here's Dr. Sprawl on the Parable of the Prodigal Son.
1:30.1	In this session, we're going to look at one of the most popular parables that we find in the
1:35.0	New Testament, one that's very popular with the people of the church everywhere. It's called
1:41.0	usually the parable of the prodigal son.
1:45.6	Although in some scripture texts, it's given by another name.
1:51.5	It's called the parable of the lost son.
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