The Painful Path of a Prodigal: Biblical Help and Hope for Those Who Love the Wayward and Rebellious
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Overview
Parents of prodigals struggle deeply with the challenges they face of relating to their wayward offspring. Siblings, spouses, and children of prodigals face similar struggles. How do you live for Christ in the midst of such personal turmoil? How do you live with a grown child whose destructive choices have turned him into a person so much unlike the adorable offspring into whom you poured much of yourself? Ultimately, how do you bear the pain if that prodigal never returns?
In this book, Dr. Craig Svensson and his wife, Sue, show how they are no strangers to such deeply devastating circumstances. Svensson sensitively, engagingly, and compassionately directs readers to Scripture as he helps create the biblical framework for addressing the trauma of having a prodigal in the family.
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- Offers wisdom for parenting life
- Directs readers to Scripture as it addresses the trauma of having a prodigal in the family
- Addresses common situations for those dealing with prodigal family members with clarity, care, discernment, and biblical wisdom
- The End of the Journey
- Living with the Judgment of Others
- Embracing Forgiveness
- Letting Them Bear Consequences
- Facing the Hard Reality
- Understanding Why
- Dealing with False Profesions
- Battling Anger and Bitterness
- Kindling Affection for Your Prodigal
- Being Content with the Sovereign Choice of God
- Libing with the Silence of Heaven
- Keeping Your Hope in Heaven
- Living with Sadness
- Testing the Sufficiency of His Grace
- A Final Word
A powerful and heartbreaking story that is real, raw, and yet full of gospel centered hope. This book belongs in every pastor and biblical cousnelor’s library. I have watched Craig and Sue walk this path and praise the Lord for the strength and grace he has given and continues to give. I believe our redeeming God will use this marvelous book to draw prodigals to himself and comfort and sustain parents who find themselves on this difficult journey.
Pastor Steve Viars, D.Min. Senior Pastor of Faith Church, Lafayette IN, author of Putting Your Past in its Place and Loving Your Community.
In The Painful Path of a Prodigal, Craig Svensson has written a very moving and very needed book with a unique perspective for parents of prodigal children. While clearly hope-giving, this book is also filled with biblical candor and lament. And, as the subtitle indicates - Biblical Help and Hope for Those Who Love the Wayward and Rebellious - Craig shares wisdom for parenting life. Craig’s biblical counsel reminds me of Philippians 1:9-10: “And this is my prayer: that your love may about more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ”.
Bob Kellemen, Ph.D., VP/Academic Dean at Faith Bible Seminary, Lafayette, IN, and author of Raising Kids in the Way of Grace
In The Painful Path of a Prodigal, Craig has written an indispensable book for those enduring the sorrow, grief, and confusion of dealing with prodigal children. For family members or friends of prodigals, questions multiply. From the heart of a father who intimately understands the myriad of incredibly difficult issues that arise, the reader will find practical, hopeful direction to navigate this arduous journey well. Craig’s insightful book addresses common situations with clarity, care, discernment, and biblical wisdom. I enthusiastically recommend this book for anyone in the midst of the deep suffering that attends loving a prodigal.
Pamela Gannon, RN, MABC, ACBC certified Biblical counselor at grace Bible Church, Adjunct faculty at Montana Bible College, Bozeman, MT; coauthor with Beverly Moore of In the Aftermath: Past the Pain of Childhood Sexual Abuse
- Title: The Painful Path of a Prodigal: Biblical Help and Hope for Those Who Love the Wayward and Rebellious
- Author: Craig K. Svensson
- Publisher: Shepherd Press
- Print Publication Date: 2019
- Pages: 160
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
- ISBNs: 9781633421646, 1633421643
- Resource ID: LLS:PNFLPTHWYWRBLLS
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-09-30T21:59:31Z
Craig K. Svensson, PharmD, PhD, is Dean Emeritus of Pharmacy and Professor of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology at Purdue University, as well as Adjunct Professor of Pharmacology & Toxicology at the Indiana University School of Medicine. He is an elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists. His research has been supported by the National Institutes of Health, American Heart Association, and the American Cancer Society. An award winning teacher, he has also served as a consultant to the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation. Dr. Svensson received his Doctor of Pharmacy from the University of Maryland and his Doctor of Philosophy from the University at Buffalo. He was selected as a 175th Anniversary Distinguished Alumnus of the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy.
He is the author of over 100 scientific publications and three books, as well as the minibook Recreational Drug Use: A Biblical Perspective and is a contributor to The Christian Counselor's Medical Desk Reference, 2nd Edition.