We in the church are the second son. We may preach grace from the pulpit and sing “Amazing Grace” in the pews, but deep down we do not like it. It is just too indiscriminate.
Robert Capon – Parable of the Two Sons Read More »
If grace is grace then morality and repentance will be of no consequence.
Robert Capon – Parable of the Pharisee and the Publican Read More »
And that, Virginia, is why “There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus.” There is no condemnation because there is no condemner.
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The door to the celebration is open to the older son. But the older son simply cannot bring himself to enter. Although the father opens the door wide, for the older son it is too narrow to enter.
Robert Capon – Parable of the Lost (Older) Son Read More »
We are not forgiven, therefore, because we made ourselves forgivable or even because we had faith; we are forgiven solely because there is a Forgiver.
Robert Capon – Parable of the Lost (Younger) Son Read More »
The point is that none of the people who had a right to be at a proper party came, and that all the people who came had no right whatsoever to be there. Which means, therefore, that the one thing that has nothing to do with anything is rights.
Robert Capon – Parable of the Great Banquet Read More »
The result of living a life of gratitude towards God in Christ is a breaking of the pattern of Prayer, Deliverance, and Forgetfulness, because every day, not just the extraordinary days, are days to give thanks.
A Sermon on the Healing of the Ten Lepers Read More »
But now we (specifically Jesus) are faced with the direct question of “will those who are saved be few?” Luke 13:23. Or more subtly, “how do I make the cut, and others won’t?”
Robert Capon – Parable of the Narrow and Closed Doors Read More »
In the parable, God does not come to our aid because we ask or because we have invited Jesus into our hearts, or because we have a right relationship with God, but only in our shameless, selfless admission that we are dead without him.
Robert Capon – Parable of the Friend at Midnight Read More »
The sole difference, therefore, between hell and heaven is that in heaven the forgiveness is accepted and passed along while in hell it is rejected and blocked.
Robert Capon – Parable of the Unforgiving Servant Read More »
