When Children Walk Away from Jesus (Paperback) by Paul Mallard

You did your best to raise your child to follow Jesus, but they walked away from him.

Perhaps like the younger prodigal son in the Bible story, they embrace a rebellious lifestyle. Maybe, like the older son, they try to live a moral life apart from Jesus. In either case, they seem hopelessly far from God.

Drawing on over four decades of pastoral experience, Paul Mallard shares practical wisdom and biblical truths that will give you comfort, courage, and hope in the gospel.

You will be helped to…

persevere in prayer
nurture loving relationships with your adult child
have courage as you share and reflect the gospel
process feelings of guilt and grief
cast your hope on the Lord

Gentle, practical, and honest, When Children Walk Away from Jesus offers renewal and support as you continue to point your grown-up child to the one who is mighty to save.

Each chapter is followed by reflection questions that can also be discussed with a spouse or in a support group for parents of prodigals.

Title

When Children Walk Away from Jesus
Author(s)

Paul Mallard
ISBN

9781802543766
Format

Paperback
Publisher

The Good Book Company
Topic

Parenting
Audience

Parents
Pages

160
Published

01/12/2025

Paul Mallard

Paul Mallard is Director for the West Midlands FIEC and the chair of FIEC's Theology Team, helping churches and leaders to think through the key theological challenges facing us in 21st Century Britain.

Paul retired from full-time ministry at Widcombe Baptist Church in Bath in 2022. He speaks at numerous Christian events and has trained a generation of church workers. His wife Edrie’s story is told movingly in Invest Your Disappointments (IVP, 2013). Paul and Edrie are parents and grandparents.

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Overall rating

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When children walk away from Jesus

This book felt like someone holding my hand! The author is very real and pastoral in the way he deals with this topic. He recognises that this is hard, but rather than shying away hard truths he encourages us to look at what God has to say, and then helps us think through what hope we have and what we can do - namely trusting in what God can do! He also goes into a few specific difficulties people might have in the parent-child relationship, but I think this book extends in it's helpfulness to supporting someone else whose children have walked away from Jesus or if you have other family members who don't know Jesus. I'm so grateful to have been able to read this book.

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