Russell Brand, the Prodigal Son & Why the Past Always Catches Up

In this episode of Irreverend Faith and Current Affairs, Rev. Dr. Jamie Franklin turns to the Russell Brand trial and reads it through the parable of the Prodigal Son.

Brand faces multiple charges of rape and sexual assault as the jury deliberates. Jamie refuses to play judge of the man’s heart or the legal outcome. Instead he asks what the story reveals spiritually: the far country of untethered lust, the slavery of sin that looks like freedom, the moment of coming to oneself, and the Father who runs to embrace the son while he is still a long way off. Grace is real for the genuinely repentant. But the past still catches up. Celebrity conversion without a season of hiddenness and humility is dangerous. Restitution matters. And the elder-brother instinct in all of us must be watched.

Also in this episode: the John Lewis Christmas advert, and a listener question on how Christians should engage with Halloween.

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