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Mike Simmonds Evangelism & Education Consultant St Andrew’s United Reform Church Sunday 27 th March 2011

Who is the Prodigal?

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Sermon on the Parable of the Lost Son and Prodigal Father

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Mike SimmondsEvangelism & Education Consultant

St Andrew’s United Reform ChurchSunday 27th March 2011

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Luke 15 verses 11 to 32

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“But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him.”

Luke 15 verses 11 to 32

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St Mary Magdalene's Church, Windmill Hill, Enfield

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Constantine the Great, Roman Emperor 306-337

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St Mary Magdalene's Church, Windmill Hill, Enfield

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Psalm 103v13

“As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him;”

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“What it means is that God has a long fuse, a short memory, a thick skin and a big heart”.

The Prodigal

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REMBRANDT VAN RIJN (1606-1669)

THE RETURN OF THE PRODIGAL SONC. 1662

Prodigal Father is often misunderstoodProdigal Father is often misunderstood

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ABBA FATHER“For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the spirit of sonship and by him we cry, "Abba, Father.“ Romans 8:15

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