Why don't preachers preach about the older brother in the Prodigal Son?
Preachers often omit the older brother because he does not fit their typical interpretation of the parable, so they leave him alone. However, the older brother is in the passage and does fit when kept in its proper context and placement.
Les explains that he recalls hearing good sermons on the prodigal son, but he always had a question: why don't they ever preach about that other brother? The answer he gives is that the older brother doesn't fit the usual approach, so preachers leave him alone. Yet Les maintains that the older brother is in the text and does fit if you leave it where it belongs.