Retired seminary professor Fred B. Craddock was preaching on the parable of the prodigal son. After the service a man said, “I really didn’t care much for that, frankly.”
Craddock asked, “Why?”
The man said. “Well, I guess it’s not your sermon, I just don’t like that story.”
Craddock asked, “What is it you don’t like about it?”
He said. “It’s not morally responsible.”
Craddock asked, “What do you mean by that?”
“Forgiving that boy,” said the man.
Craddock asked, “Well, what would you have done?”
The man said, “I think when he came home he should’ve been arrested.”
“This fellow was serious,” says Craddock. “He’s an attorney.” Craddock thought the man was going to tell him a joke. But he was really serious. This man, according to Craddock, “belonged to this unofficial organization n…