This son of mine was dead and has come to life again.

He was lost and has been found and they began to be Mary.

The celebration over the redemption of every sinner will go on forever.

And the object of the celebration will be God, God, God, God, God, the saving God. Welcome to Grace to you with John MacArthur. I'm your host Phil Johnson.

When it comes to placing yourself into a biblical story, how far should you go? In the parable of the prodigal son, for example, can

you accurately put yourself in the shoes of any of the characters involved? Well, John MacArthur is examining that very parable today in his study called Foundations

Volume 2.

As he unfolds this well-known tale, look for two things. First, the point Jesus is making for those who

heard him teach it. And second, how you can apply that teaching today. But before

today's lesson, John, you have a few thoughts for some people who share our passion for the unvarnished word of God and who did something extraordinary to help keep the teaching of God's word available on radio stations like this in the coming

year.

Yeah, and what we mean by that is when we came back a few days ago to Grace to you and saw the mountain of mail and began to pour over it and read

the letters and open the envelopes.

I can say this.

The outpouring of support for this ministry was beyond generous.

It was thrilling.

We know it was sacrificial.

And obviously year-end giving is a significant portion of our annual budget and it enables us to do what we do through radio books, CDs, the internet and television.

And all of those ministries are a reflection of people's generosity to us.

It's really simple.

We teach the Bible and we have about 60 to 70 employees who enable us to produce the radio, the television,

the books, and all the other resources here.

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