For a study series with some of the gang from my church, I’ve been reading Timothy Keller’s The Prodigal God. In this short but profound book, Keller reexamines the so-called Parable of the Prodigal Son. He points out that the story is really about two sons, the younger brother, who squanders his share of his father’s fortune, and the elder brother, who in the end cannot fathom why his father has readopted the younger. The title of the book alludes to the fact that the father in the story expends lavishly in order to bring the younger brother back into the family.
Before I get to my teaser, however, a heads-up from author Destiny Booze: this is the last week of the 15%-off sale on her romantic suspense novels Altered Beginnings and Predetermined Endings.
Today’s teaser, from page 36 (randomly selected by Random.org) of The Prodigal God:
The hearts of the two brothers were the same… They each wanted to get into a position in which they could tell the father what to do… but one did so by being very bad and the other by being extremely good.
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just follow the directions at the “Teaser Tuesdays” post.
-TimK
I like that. Having preached on the Prodigal Son a time or two, I like where the author is going with this.
My teaser is here:
http://teabagsinfusion.blogspot.com/2010/05/teaser-tuesday-may-25.html
Sounds interesting; if it appears in my local library I think I shall read it, although I haven’t enjoyed his previous work as much as I’ve been told I would.
My teaser is here:
http://thisweekatthelibrary.blogspot.com/2010/05/teaser-tuesday-255.html
I’m not familiar with the author but the teaser sounds like the book gives a fresh look at the prodigal son passage. My teaser comes from biblical fiction find it here