S4:252 Luke 15-16

Join The Journey

Watermark Community Church, Dallas, TX

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Christian, Bible, Devotional

5 • 827 Ratings

🗓️ 21 October 2025

⏱️ 13 minutes

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"Luke 15 includes three parables about lost things—a sheep, a coin, and a son. What do these parables reveal about God’s heart? What do you think Jesus is showing us through the older brother's attitude in the Prodigal Son story? What does that Luke 16 teach us about eternity—and how should it shape the way we live now? In today's episode, Christy Chermak, Director of Watermark Health, talks with Watermark member Leonard Bagdanov and talk through the parables found in Luke 15-16. You can also check out the Join The Journey Jr. Podcast: Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/join-the-journey-junior/id1660089898 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6SG7aaE1ZjjFkgB34G8zp3?si=c960a63736904665 Check out the Join The Journey Website for today's devotional and more resources! https://www.jointhejourney.com/ Amazon Storefront: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Watermark-Community-Church/author/B0BRYP5MQK?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1755623322&sr=8-1&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true&ccs_id=8aeeec3b-6c1c-416d-87ae-5dfbbb6981df"

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0:00.0	All right now, if we're honest, reading the Bible consistently can be a challenge, but it's never too late to start and we're in this together.
0:08.6	This is the Join the Journey podcast.
0:12.0	Hi, everyone.
0:12.7	This is Christy Shermack, the executive director of Watermark Health, back in the podcast studio, subbing in for Emma today.
0:19.0	And today we're in for a real treat.
0:20.6	We have our friend Leonard Bagdanov in the studio. Hey there. And today we're in for a real treat. We have our friend
0:21.2	Leonard Bagdenov in the studio. Hey there. And you've been on the podcast before, right, Leonard? A couple times, yeah. All right. But I don't know if we've gotten to hear a little bit of a background, your story. Would you just give us a high level? Who are you? What's God doing in your life. Yeah, absolutely. Absolutely. So Leonard Bagdenov, been a member here for a long time,
0:40.8	married to Mandy, and we've got two kids, a senior and a sophomore currently, Hope and Andrew.
0:48.3	Excited to be here, excited to be on the community team. A little bit about that. Didn't start off when I came to Watermark
0:56.1	in any staff role, but Watermark and the Ministry of Recovery was the vehicle that brought me back
1:02.2	into relationship with the Lord, relationship into the church. And I love community because that's
1:07.3	really where I found life change. And just others around me encouraged me to follow Christ.
1:12.8	And so I'm excited to be here just to share a little bit what Jesus can do through his word.
1:17.0	That's awesome. Well, we have an exciting section of scripture today. Lots of very interesting parables and stories from Jesus himself.
1:26.2	And so let's just jump right on in.
1:28.1	Yeah.
1:28.4	We're in Luke 15 and 16.
1:30.3	And so hopefully you've read that before listening to this podcast.
1:33.5	But Leonard, let's kick off with there's a number of parables in this section.
1:37.1	We have a parable of the sheep, the coin, and then the prodigal son.
1:41.9	What do you think God's trying to walk us through
1:44.5	as he walks through these various parables in this section?
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