✝ Daily Encouragement (2/7/25) "The Prodigal Son"
Published: Fri, 02/07/25
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"The Prodigal Son" Message summary: Let's all be sure we are staying with the Father!
This
Sunday I have
the privilege
of teaching
our Crossroads
Adult Bible
Fellowship
class (AKA
Sunday
School). I
share this
duty with
several other
teachers in
our class
which normally
has about 50
in attendance
who are right
around our
age. We are
now in a
series
teaching from
the parables.
It's
interesting to
be with those
my age who
have had
similar life
experiences
and memories.
So that can
apply today
toour readers
as well who
are 60+. We
can easily
visualize the
LP record and
remember when
the cassette
tape was a new
thing.
Although our
tastes in
music likely
vary we have
memories of
some of the
same groups
when we were
young that was
revolutionary,
"Contemporary
Christian
Music". *
When
we were young
it was
musicians like
Keith Green,
2nd Chapter of
Acts, Andraé
Crouch and the
Disciples and
many more that
most who are
younger now
have never
heard of.
But
let's see if
anyone else in
my generation
recalls a
group called
"Isaac Air
Freight". They
came around in
the late 70's
not as a music
group but as
an entire
record of
humorous skits
based on Bible
stories.
This
Sunday I will
be teaching on
"The Parable
of the Lost
(Prodigal)
Son". As I
prepared for
the lesson a
skit from
Isaac Air
Freight came
to mind from
one of their
albums that
surfaced in my
memory. It
tells the
parable of the
prodigal son
in a setting
of the old
Bonanza TV
show with Pa
representing
God, little
Joe as the
prodigal and
Hoss as the
older brother.
I have a link
to it below.
This
parable is in
a chapter of
Scripture
(Luke 15) with
three parables
regarding
lostness, "The
Parable of the
Lost Sheep",
"The Parable
of the Lost
Coin", and
"The Parable
of the Lost
(Prodigal)
Son".
The
parable
begins,
“There
was a man who
had two sons”.
The man (the
father)
represents God
and the sons
represent what
are ultimately
the two
classes of
people: those
who are with
the Father and
those who are
not. It has
several major
themes that we
will examine
in a five part
series of
daily
encouragement
messages next
week.
But
for this
message let's
all be sure we
are staying
with the
Father! And if
you have
walked away
our Father is
ready to
welcome you
back no matter
how far you
have strayed.
Stephen & Brooksyne Weber
Today's Suggested Music and Supplemental Resources
"Prodigal
Joe"
Watch
on YouTube
Isaac Air
Freight
The recording
has record
scratches and
all!
These guys are
all probably
older than us
now but they
have a YouTube
channel with
their skits here.
For us these
skits brings
back some
youthful
memories where
we sat with
other young
believers and
listened
together to
the amazing
lessons taught
through these
talented young
men! They
preached
sermons not in
a homiletical
style but
rather through
their humorous
storytelling.
"The
Father's
House"
Watch
on YouTube
Cory Asbury
Here's
the entire
parable from Luke
15:11-32
There
are several
songs written
based on this
parable that
we will share
next week.
*
I have never
been able to
find the quote
again but
recall reading
a point years
ago by Warren
Wiersbe, who
would have
essentially
been in the
generation
before ours.
He lived from
1929-2019. He
pointed out
that each
generation has
had
"contemporary
music", that
is,
music written
when they were
living. When
Fanny Crosby
wrote "Blessed
Assurance" it
was
contemporary!
Now our local
CCM station,
WJTL, refers
to music
written
through the
90's as
"classics"!
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lead photo is
from Howard
J. Blichfeldt
Photography.
I met Howard
about 20 years
ago when Al
Worthley, my
former
chaplain
supervisor
introduced us
in his office
in Springfield
MO. He has
since become a
good friend.
The photo
above is a
selfie Ester
took at the
top of the
Monongahela
Incline
overlooking
the Pittsburgh
skyline not
far from where
Howard and
Sharon live.
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