************** Session 1. GIVE ME MY SHARE. ISSUES. 1) The meaning of the request. 2) The response to the request. 3) What difference it makes to us. a) Idols of the heart. b) Jesus did for us, what the father in the parrable did for his sons. ************** Session 2. THE ELDER BROTHER. ISSUES. 1) A startling new understanding of lostness, 2) What the signs of it are. a) A deep anger because God owes them. b) A joyless and mechanical obedience. c) A coldness to younger brother-types. d) A lack of assurance of the father's love. e) An unforgiving, judgemental spirit. 3) What we can do about this condition. a) See the uniqueness of the gospel. - Lostness of elder brothers is more dangerous. - Moralistic Religion Vs. The Gospel. b) See the vulnerbility of Jesus. - Jesus's audiance is his mortal enemies