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A New Look at a Beloved Parable Author: Timothy Keller We’re all familiar with the story of the prodigal son. It’s a Biblical parable that gets repeated often, but we rarely spend time on the elder brother – the one who is left, distanced and angry at the rampant forgiveness of his errant, spendthrift brother. The parable is about unconditional grace, about flagrant forgiveness, after all, and the aside about the elder brother is just that – a reminder that a good person forgives his brother. Author Timothy Keller, however, has a completely different view of the parable, not the “forgiveness [...]