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  • If the Prodigal Son's a parable, and if Adam and Eve are metaphors, then maybe God is just figure of speech. -- Dan Barker
  • If they had a social gospel in the days of the prodigal son, somebody would have given him a bed and a sandwich and he never would have gone home. -- Vance Havner
  • If the Prodigal Son's a parable, and if Adam and Eve are metaphors, then maybe God is just figure of speech -- Dan Barker
  • My writing has developed drastically . The Return of the Prodigal Son is the most important thing I've done, and my most mature book. -- Henri Nouwen
  • I'm a prodigal son. The black sheep of a white flock. I shall die on the gallows. -- William A. Drake
  • I am the prodigal son every time I search for unconditional love where it cannot be found. -- Henri Nouwen
  • The difference between mercy and grace? Mercy gave the prodigal son a second chance. Grace gave him a feast. -- Max Lucado
  • One of the hardest things in the world is to stop being the prodigal son without turning into the elder brother. -- John Ortberg
  • I never understood redemption when I was young. Even before I was an atheist, I always thought with the prodigal son, "well, why's he getting the special treatment?". -- Ricky Gervais
  • I do not overlook the fact that the appearance of these new, free nations in the European political community not only celebrates the return of the prodigal son but also creates new sources of friction here and there -- Hjalmar Branting
  • It is for us to begin. If we take one step towards the Lord, he takes ten towards us -- he who saw the prodigal son while he was at a distance, and had compassion and ran and embraced him. -- Tito Colliander
  • There is a trend today that would put a new robe on the prodigal son while he is still feeding hogs. Some would put the ring on his finger while he still in the pigsty. Others would paint the pigsty and advocate bigger and better hog pens. -- Vance Havner
  • Never cease loving a person, and never give up hope for him, for even the prodigal son who had fallen most low, could still be saved; the bitterest enemy and also he who was your friend could again be your friend; love that has grown cold can kindle. -- Soren Kierkegaard
  • The parable of the prodigal son, the most beautiful fiction that ever was invented; our Saviour's speech to His disciples, with which He closed His earthly ministrations, full of the sublimest dignity and tenderest affection, surpass everything that I ever read; and like the spirit by which they were dictated, fly directly to the heart. -- William Cowper
  • Jesus disclosed that God is compassionate. Jesus spoke of God that way: "Be compassionate, as God is compassionate." Compassion is the primary quality of the central figures in two of his most famous parables: the father in the parable of the Prodigal Son and the Good Samaritan. And Jesus himself, as a manifestation of the sacred, is often spoken of as embodying compassion. -- Marcus Borg
  • In Prodigal Son, Christine Sutton has penned a tight, brutally honest portrait of a psychopath reminiscent of Theodore Sturgeon's 'Some of Your Blood'. This dark descent into the broken mind of Timothy Robert Shively will send chills down your back. Every word rings true, and every page is dark with menace. Do yourself a favor and pick this one up right now. You can thank me later. -- Joe
  • I do not overlook the fact that the appearance of these new, free nations in the European political community not only celebrates the return of the prodigal son but also creates new sources of friction here and there. -- Hjalmar Branting
  • The back door beckons to a prodigal son. -- Michael Davidow
  • If a man is miser, he will certainly have a prodigal son. -- Vikrant Parsai
  • If the prodigal son had never left home, the fatted calf would still be alive. -- Chuck Palahniuk
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