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Re: Prodigal Son Distorted by FB Pastor
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Originally Posted by Socialite
The 1st Century is hardly common to us
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Surely we can understand what it means to be human and human feelings. We do have many things in common with them.
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Let's not pretend here... and reading the context of a story, it's setting, audience and identifying cultural differences is critical, not just optional, to understanding what it meant to those who heard it, before we can try and explain what it means to us.
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Who's pretending?
I'm not saying that those things do not come into play but it's plain enough to see that the Father did not consider the elder son to be lost!!!
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