Prodigal God Ch 1: The People Around Jesus

Two Kinds of People (pp7-11)

1. What do you think about the two categories of people Keller describes (p7)?
   Which one do you identify with more? 
2. What do think about interpreting this parable as mainly about God’s forgiveness, versus as an older brother critique (pp9-10)?

Why People Like Jesus but Not the Church (pp11-16)

3. The father/Jesus is on the same side as which brother (p13)?
4. Which type connected more with Jesus’ message (pp14-15)?
   Why, do you think?
5. Which type is more welcome in our churches today (pp15-16)?
   Why, do you think?

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