A younger son demands his inheritance while his father is still alive — in that culture, as good as saying "I wish you were dead." Stephen Davey walks through the opening scenes of the prodigal son in Luke 15, watching a young man cash out everything, burn every bridge, and chase freedom among people already enslaved to sin. When the money runs out and a famine hits, he ends up longing to eat the pods he's feeding to pigs. Davey points out a twist most people miss: when the son finally "comes to his senses," it isn't repentance — it's a rehearsed speech designed to negotiate his way into a paying job, not to come home in humility. He's still angling for what he can get. He has no idea what he's about to walk into.
The Prodigal
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