Nouwen's book 'The Return of the Prodigal' was mentioned in the context of discussing the prodigal son parable and the father's kiss, which represents the spirit coming into our hearts and embracing us. It also touches on the voice that assures us that we are loved and accepted by God, just as Jesus heard the voice in Jordan and Tabor.
And one thing that's interesting that Sinclair Ferguson points out and that Henry Nowen has written a great book on the return of the prodigal, they point out is when the prodigal son comes back in Lu...
— Episode: The Experience of Adoption
Episode: The Experience of Adoption
Nouwen's book 'The Return of the Prodigal' was mentioned in the context of discussing the prodigal son parable and the father's kiss, which represents the spirit coming into our hearts and embracing us. It also touches on the voice that assures us that we are loved and accepted by God, just as Jesus heard the voice in Jordan and Tabor.
And one thing that's interesting that Sinclair Ferguson points out and that Henry Nowen has written a great book on the return of the prodigal, they point out is when the prodigal son comes back in Luke 15, it's very interesting as he's coming back in repentance.
Now, there's a danger in talking about this because nowadays, you know, back when he was... Back when Spurgeon was preaching in Victorian England, people were... They were experienced avoiders. They feared experience. They feared the emotion. Today we're experienced hungry. We desperately wanted... I'm going to get to that in a second as to how this comes. It doesn't come by asking for an experience. It's dangerous to talk this way, but that's what's offered. It's dangerous to bring this... That's what's offered. Henry Nowlin in his famous... In his book, The Return of the Prodigal, he puts it this way.
He says, home... See, the father's kiss is coming home, he calls it.
He says, home is the center of my being where I can hear a voice say, you are my beloved and you am well pleased. Jesus Christ has made it clear that the same voice that he heard in the Jordan River at his baptism and on Mount Tabor at his transfiguration, this is my beloved son and whom I'm well pleased. Jesus made it clear that same voice he heard in Jordan and Tabor can be heard by us.