Episode notes
When Jesus told the story of the lost sheep (Luke 15; Matthew 18), He wasn’t spinning a sweet bedtime tale. He was confronting the Pharisees, scandalizing the religious, and revealing a God who throws a party when one loser comes staggering home.
In this episode of The Semi-Seminarian Podcast, Pastor Jim takes you into the sandals of the story — the grumbling Pharisees, the one wandering sheep, and the Shepherd who won’t stop until He finds what was lost. Along the way, we connect the dots to last week’s Prodigal Son, show how Luke 15’s parables form a chiastic crescendo (Sheep → Coin → Son), and uncover why grace offends the righteous as much as it saves the sinner.
If you’ve ever wondered:
- Does God really care about me?
- Why would heaven throw a party over one screw-up?
- How do the Pharisee ...
Keywords
Lost Sheep Parable, Prodigal Son Parable, Luke 15 Explained, Matthew 18 Lost Sheep, Jesus parables explained, grace and mercy sermon, red dirt gospel, Semi-Seminarian Podcast, God loves sinners, Pharisees grumbling, Jesus welcomes sinners, grace offe