{"id":1991,"date":"2025-05-04T19:31:22","date_gmt":"2025-05-04T23:31:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/?p=1991"},"modified":"2025-05-04T19:31:23","modified_gmt":"2025-05-04T23:31:23","slug":"the-prodigal-son-parables","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/?p=1991","title":{"rendered":"The Prodigal Son  ::  PARABLES"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Presented at Curwensville Alliance on 5\/04\/25 by Pastor Steve Shields. <\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Listen as Pastor Steve walks us through the parable of the prodigal son. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/SermonOnlySlide-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1992\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/SermonOnlySlide-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/SermonOnlySlide-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/SermonOnlySlide-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/SermonOnlySlide-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/SermonOnlySlide.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What the father saw in his son. <\/strong> He saw the <strong>rebellion<\/strong> of his son. He saw the<strong> futility of pushing for control. <\/strong> He saw the <strong>hope of reconciliation. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What the older son saw.<\/strong>  He saw his <strong>father&#8217;s pain.<\/strong>  He saw the <strong>apparent injustice.<\/strong>  He saw a <strong>gracious father.  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What the younger son saw.  <\/strong>He saw a lot of <strong>stupid rules<\/strong>.  He saw the <strong>chance to live without restraint. <\/strong> He saw the <strong>outcome of his life. <\/strong> He saw the <strong>mercy of his father.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What do you see when you look at God the Father?  <\/strong>A Father who gives <strong>guidance<\/strong>.  A Father who gives <strong>forgiveness<\/strong>.  A Father who gives<strong> love.<\/strong> <\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1328\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1991-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/curwensvillealliance.org\/mp3s\/2025\/20250504TheProdigalSonParables.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/curwensvillealliance.org\/mp3s\/2025\/20250504TheProdigalSonParables.mp3\">https:\/\/curwensvillealliance.org\/mp3s\/2025\/20250504TheProdigalSonParables.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/curwensvillealliance.org\/mp3s\/2025\/20250504TheProdigalSonParables.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/?powerpress_pinw=1991-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/curwensvillealliance.org\/mp3s\/2025\/20250504TheProdigalSonParables.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"20250504TheProdigalSonParables.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/?feed=podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Presented at Curwensville Alliance on 5\/04\/25 by Pastor Steve Shields. Listen as Pastor Steve walks us through the parable of the prodigal son. What the father saw in his son. He saw the rebellion of his son. He saw the futility of pushing for control. He saw the hope of reconciliation. What the older son &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/?p=1991\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Prodigal Son  ::  PARABLES&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[387,403],"class_list":["post-1991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-podcasts","tag-parables","tag-prodigalson"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9XvIY-w7","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1991"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1991\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1994,"href":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1991\/revisions\/1994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}