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The Cross and the Prodigal: Luke 15 through the Eyes of Middle Eastern Peasants is unavailable, but you can change that!

Where is the cross in the parable of the prodigal son? For centuries, Muslims have called attention to the father's forgiveness in this parable in order to question the need for a Mediator between humanity and God. In The Cross and the Prodigal, Kenneth E. Bailey—New Testament scholar and long-time missionary to the Middle East—undertakes to answer this question. Drawing on his extensive...

easy in any age to have long and continued dealings with a person and still never accept that person fully into fellowship. Paul uses this prosdechomai for welcoming a person as a sister or brother in the Lord (Romans 16:2; Philippians 2:29). The word appears in the sayings of Jesus, where Mark states, “Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me; and whoever receives me, receives not me but him who sent me” (Mark 9:37). The crowning blow was that Jesus ate with them. In the eyes of his
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