A Tale of Two Sons: The Inside Story of a Father, His Sons, and a Shocking Murder

A Tale of Two Sons: The Inside Story of a Father, His Sons, and a Shocking Murder | John MacArthur | A memorable almost insight

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	A Tale of Two Sons: The Inside Story of a Father, His Sons, and a Shocking Murder John MacArthur Thomas Nelson, 2008 - 240 pages average customer review:based on 10 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

In A Tale of Two Sons, one of America's most loved Bible teachers takes you deeper into Luke 15 than ever before, revealing insights into the culture of Jesus' day and an unforgettable ending.

The Parable of the Prodigal Son (Luke 15:11-32) has been preached from nearly every pulpit in the world and is known by many who read and cherish the Bible. The story is so powerful because it presents, in clear and inspiring terms, our struggle with sin, the need for humble repentance, and the Father's inexhaustible mercy and love. Unfortunately, many Christians would say that they have nothing new to learn from this gem of Scripture. It has lost its luster. But in A Tale of Two Sons, John MacArthur restores the brilliance of this passage, giving engrossing historical background and unveiling a surprise ending readers have never heard before.

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Outstanding Study: Must Re-read

Pastor John MacArthur does it again. He is such a blessing and a gift from the Lord to teach us the bible. This book is a detailed exposition of the Prodigal Son parable that appears in Luke Ch. 15:(11-32).

I continually marvelled at the many deep lessons that Pastor MacArthur mines in this familar story. He looks at the story from the perspectives of the lost son, father, older brother, and the Pharisees. The story is one of incredible grace once the sinner recognizes the need for repentance. The story would have been familiar to the culture of the day. MacArthur shows how much relevance the story still applies in today's world. Isn't the Bible wonderful? Timeless.

The book ends with some unexpected analysis that I had never fully considered. I won't spoil the thunder because all need to read it.

Many parents will benefit from reading this book. As the father of an estranged son, I gained tremendous comfort to sustain me during these difficult days of rejection. I am more prepared to act if and when my prodigal ever returns home. I haven't given up hope.. and my prodigal knows the door is always open.

I plan to reread this book as I would fully expect I will see and understand new depths. Thank you Pastor MacArthur.

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A memorable almost insight

MacArthur's book, "A Tale of Two Sons" is a marveloous work offering insight into an often cited but rarely fully comprehended parable. He breaks the book into four parts, an excellent overview, great insight into the Prodigal son, who resembles most of us at some times, excellent insight into the father, which unfortunately does not go far enough in the insights available to orthodox theology, and insight into the older son, who resembles many of us at too many times.

I can strongly recommend this book for any who wish to gain insight into the human condition and the only way out. It can make for uncomfortable feelings though for any who are honest with themselves regarding the choices and actions that we all make and do.

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Great insights...

John MacArthur's book/sermon series on the Prodigal Son called, "A Tale of Two Sons" was very well done. MacArthur, from what I know, does not actually write any of his books for the purpose of being a book, but they are all taken from his sermons and study notes on the subject. Which most pastors do these days as they really don't have time to actually write books since they are studying all week for their sermons and doing other pastoral duties. Not a bad thing, just some insight.

I wasn't sure how I would like this book as I figured that I knew "what there was to know" about this parable found in the book of Luke. Let's just say that I was overwhelmingly humbled in my knowledge.

MacArthur masterfully goes through the parable to give you insights to the culture, history and textual criticism to give the reader the understanding of exactly what was going on throughout this parable.

He breaks down the parable in three parts because that is how the parable is focused in on as Christ told it. The three parts are: The prodigal son, the father and the eldest son.

At points throughout this book I believe that MacArthur does look to much into things and takes them as fact, when in actuality the text is silent on the issue so there is no way of knowing. But, this is overshadowed of his brilliant look to the Scripture and the culture to give you a taste of what it must have been like to be standing there as a hearer of Christ.

He teaches you as though you were standing there as either a mere onlooker or a Pharisee and gives you the responses that must have been going through each one's head. I actually think this is the main reason that this makes this book truly well worth the read.

Overall, MacArthur does a great job handling the text and culture to make sure that you really glean as much as you can with this parable, with the focus being on the joy in heaven when even one man repents.

The shocker comes in the end, when MacArthur gives you the last part of the parable that was left out of the Bible for "us to decide." MacArthur gives it straight on how the parable actually ended and it is an ending that truly made this book stand alone as a great understanding of the parable and what it meant for prophecy and the Pharisees. But, I will let you read that for yourself. Recommended

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The tale of the prodigal & older son.

I bought the book because I heard the author on the radio on the title. His message on the radio was excellent and I knew I had missed several parts of the message so I wanted to read the whole thing. But the author kinda of lost me with all the big vocabulary and it appeared very scholarly. Since I had several other books to read, I placed this book aside and later gave it to my brother who is more scholarly than I.

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