Rev Bill

I have posted my sermon for today on my sermon blog. It’s really the 9th part in my series on Walk Like Jesus Taught — but since it is the only one not based on a portion of The Sermon On The Mount, I didn’t include it in the list I posted a few minutes ago.

Today’s sermon was from Luke 15:1-3 and Luke 15:15-32 — what is typically referred to as The Parable Of The Prodigal Son — and entitled “Walk Like Jesus Taught: Walk Back To God”. Here’s a portion of it;

Life was not easy for Raul Sample.
He could not remember his mother saying a kind word to him as he grew up. She never showed him love or affection. He grew up angry, and as an angry adult he committed crimes that landed him in prison. The worst punishment in the prison in which he was confined was what they called “The Tomb.” This was a four-by-eight foot basement cell with no windows, two solid steel plates for a door, a solid slab of concrete for a bed, and absolute darkness. In his sixteenth year of imprisonment Raul talked back to a guard. For this, he was confined to “The Tomb”. This was not his first stay in “The Tomb” — but there was something different this time. He became terrified as soon as they shoved him into “The Tomb.” He heard rushing water nearby, and he was certain that it was going to seep in and drown him. He went crazy. He ran around the cell. He rolled on the floor. Eventually he tired himself out and lay on the cold, hard floor, covering his face with both hands and crying out : “Help me, God! Help meee!”
He felt alone.
He felt desperate.
He felt that all hope was gone.
He felt that no one cared.

You can read the sermon here.

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