“My Dead Son”: God’s Compassion, According To Luke 15:11-32 And Its Application to Christians Today

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dc.contributor.authorOnwukwe, Francis Chukwuma
dc.date.accessioned2019-04-26T06:46:38Z
dc.date.available2019-04-26T06:46:38Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractLuke’s Jesus is full of compassion and tender-loving kindness, always having concern for the poor, orphan, sinners and the outcasts. He is full of sensitivity. God is compassion and love. However, where is the compassion in our communities, homes, politics, schools, legal system, traditions and many others? Luke was not only trying to demonstrate Jesus’ messiahship; he was also trying to capture the character and attitude of Jesus so that the reader could come to believe in him. The evangelist, therefore, showed that Jesus associated himself with all kinds of people, rich and poor, socially accepted people and socially outcasts, religious people and sinners. It is evident that Luke’s Jesus, however, favours the poor and those people on the fringes of the society. There is no doubt that, this characteristic of Jesus gives hope, reassurance and life to the down trodden, those who have useless their lives, to those who feel that they have lost contact with society, to those who are racked by guilt, and useful to all Christians in general. If we are truly images of God, there is need for us to change our thoughts. I think that compassion does not necessarily need rationalization. It is a call, a vocation to all.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12342/873
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherTangaza University Collegeen_US
dc.subjectDeaden_US
dc.subjectSonen_US
dc.subjectGoden_US
dc.subjectChristianen_US
dc.subjectLuke 15:11-32en_US
dc.title“My Dead Son”: God’s Compassion, According To Luke 15:11-32 And Its Application to Christians Todayen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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