This parable is one of six known as prayer parables: The Lost Sheep, The Lost Coin, The Lost Son, The Pharisee and Tax Collector, The Friend at Midnight, and the Persistent Widow. When the parables ...

In this worship symposium service of word and table, we will celebrate communion after hearing Kevin Adams preach on Luke 15 on parables of the lost sheep, the lost coin, and the lost son. Music will ...

Apr. 6—Jesus told the Parable of the Lost Sheep in Matthew 18:12-14 and Luke 15:1-7 to show that every person is of singular importance to God and should be seen as having great value no matter what ...

The parables in today’s Gospel are very familiar. Each highlights lost items and the joy associated with finding them. Reflecting on these parables on the anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001, a day when ...

The key theme of this Sunday’s Gospel is the recovery of the repentant sinner. The Gospel itself comes in two versions: a short and a long form. The short form includes only the first two parables in ...

The parable continues with the shepherd finding his lost sheep and being so overjoyed that he calls his friends and neighbors to celebrate. “I tell you that in the same way there will be more ...

The background for this parable is that tax collectors and sinners came to hear the Lord Jesus by multitudes. The scribes and Pharisees criticized him because of this. Jesus responded to their ...

There is a parable in the Bible which speaks to the joy which the shepherd experiences upon finding a lost sheep. The job of the shepherd is, was, and always will be, to keep their flock safe. This is ...

When Ruby went missing, Jesus’ words struck home. “Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Doesn’t he leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until ...

This is English artist John Atkinson Grimshaw’s depiction of a shepherd looking for his lost sheep. Grimshaw lived from 1836-93. (Courtesy Photo) Jesus told the Parable of the Lost Sheep in Matthew 18 ...