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Preaching the Parables
Series IV, Cycle A
So, what do you think?
When Jesus told the parable about the father with two sons to its original audience, they were already squirming after his earlier question to them about John the Baptist. He didn't say to them, "Here's an easy answer." He said, "Here's a hard question!" A hard question in the form of a simple story -- a parable. "What do you think?"
So, what do you think? I don't mean them. I mean you.
When Jesus told the parable about the father with two sons to its original audience, they were already squirming after his earlier question to them about John the Baptist. He didn't say to them, "Here's an easy answer." He said, "Here's a hard question!" A hard question in the form of a simple story -- a parable. "What do you think?"
So, what do you think? I don't mean them. I mean you.