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I Ain’t No Prodigal Son

I Ain’t No Prodigal Son

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Sam Hopwood
Feb 28, 2025
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We all know the story: two brothers— one of them asks for his inheritance early so he can go off to a far away land and have an adventurous life. I’m sure he thinks he is going to start a business, start a family, do everything on his own if only he had his father’s inheritance now. The prodigal son, prodigal meaning extravagant, wasteful, excessive, le…

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