The Stories We Tell - The Prodigal Son

The average American watches 5 hours of TV daily and, each year, we collectively spend about $30 billion on movies. Simply put, we're entertainment junkies. But can we learn something from our insatiable addiction to stories? From horror flicks to rom-coms, the tales we tell and the myths we weave inevitably echo the one, great narrative underlying all of history: the story of man's tragic sin and God's triumphant salvation.

During His earthly ministry, as Jesus went about preaching and teaching, He frequently used stories, or what the Bible calls parables. As we get into the parables themselves, our is hope that we will appreciate how blessed we are to live in an age when people who have a desire to learn about The Kingdom can do so and that we will have a growing longing to live and tell these stories of The Kingdom.