Christopher Lewis’s Reviews > A Tale of Two Sons: The Inside the Story of a Father, His Sons, and a Shocking Murder > Status Update
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"The Prodigal's unfinished confession may seem a subtle detail in the parable...it made a not-so-subtle point for the Pharisee's benefit. There was no way they could have failed to notice one glaring reality in Jesus's description of the father's eagerness to forgive. The boy had done nothing whatsoever to atone for his own sin, and yet the father's forgiveness was full and lavish anyway, with nothing held back."
— Nov 29, 2012 10:06AM
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Christopher Lewis
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"The celebration was really in honor of the father's goodness...The father is rejoicing not because the son has...managed to...earn his favor...the father was rejoicing because he...had the long-awaited opportunity to forgive and restore the son who had so badly dishonored him...The feast in effect honors the father...This is how we will spend eternity-in never-ending celebration of the joy of our heavenly Father."
— Nov 29, 2012 08:13PM
Christopher Lewis
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"Far from a mere mind change or an intellectual exercise, genuine repentance always demonstrates itself in the brokenness of the sinner's self-will. The sinner who has desperately tried to hide from God now diligently seeks Him instead. Apart from this quality, all the sorrow in the world is just meaningless remorse."
— Nov 26, 2012 04:49PM
