From Hog Pen to Home: The gospel gift He wants you to possess

About this episode

Sean Nolan shares a transformative message about the gospel and God's provision, drawing parallels with the Prodigal Son's journey.

What If God Wants to Take You Somewhere New This Year? | Luke 15:11-31 Guest preacher Sean Nolan (author of The Way He Walked ) joins us in a sermon gap week to share a life-changing moment: sitting in a Sydney restaurant with three of Billy Graham's crusade directors, listening to impossible-sounding stories of stadiums filled with 80,000 people and radical salvations. Driving home, he thought: "Their God is powerful. My God is not that." Then he realised: same God, two very different ways of walking. The Coffee Token Gospel: Sean pulls out a White Horse coffee token. It IS a coffee—but it's also NOT a coffee until you possess it. Same with the gospel. It's a free gift, but you have to possess it by walking in it. Joshua 3:5 reveals the paradox: God says "I'm giving you this land" but also "you've got to possess it." It's both. Hog Pen to Home: The Prodigal Son didn't go from hog pen to another hog pen (the older brother's millstone forgiveness). He went from hog pen to loving provision, reinstated as a son. The father ran toward him. God runs toward His children when they turn to Him. The Gift of Death: God allows us to be in need so we'll come to Him. He can gift you the death…

People in this episode

Guest: Sean Nolan

Topics covered

• gospel
• faith
• prodigal son
• personal transformation
• God's provision

Keywords

• gospel gift
• prodigal son
• faith journey
• personal transformation
• God's provision

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Way He Walked

Places: Sydney, Joshua

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