In one of Jesus’ most familiar parables (Luke 15:11-32), the younger of two sons demands, “Father, give me my share of the estate.” It’s hard to overstate the edginess of this request. The Middle Eastern audience who first heard Jesus’ story must have been appalled. This Jewish boy has committed the ultimate sin.
An Easter Reflection & Happy Easter! Matthew reports many strange events at Jesus’s death: darkness, an earthquake, and holy people rising from their tombs. Similar events occur in Matthew’s story of Jesus’s resurrection.
I was a mere fisherman named Simon. Then I met Jesus, He changed my name.
He called me Peter, the rock. He changed me; I was a new person, and I’ll never be the same.
I knew right away there was something very special about Jesus, and I will admit;
