The Older, Responsible Son

The Heavenly Banquet

Charlotte Elia offers a sermon on a passage from Luke 15, commonly referred to as the Parable of the Prodigal Son. "There was a man who had two sons..." It's one of the most repeated stories in the Bible, bringing to mind Cain and Abel, Ishmael and Isaac, Esau and Jacob. The younger son is indulged by his father, leaves the family home, squanders his inheritance, and is received upon his return with a great feast. The father proclaims, "He was lost and is found!" But who is really lost?