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When Children Walk Away from Jesus (ebook)

When Children Walk Away from Jesus ebook

Comfort and Hope for Parents of Prodigals

4.111111111111111111111111111 stars  from 5 reviews
$11.99

About this book

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…

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Specifications

Contributors:
Paul Mallard
ISBN:
9781802543773
Format:
eBook
First published:
December 2025
Language:
English
Publisher:
The Good Book Company

Contents

Introduction

  1. Why Does It Hurt So Much?
  2. What Is My Child's Greatest Need?
  3. Where Did We Go Wrong?
  4. Does God Promise to Save Our Children?
  5. What Should We Pray?
  6. What Does Love Look Like?
  7. "Am I Still Allowed to Love Him?"
  8. Can I Grow Through the Pain?
  9. What About…?
  10. How Can We Help?

Epilogue

Endorsements

"Is there any area of our lives in which we need comfort and hope more than in our parenting? Paul Mallard gives us sound biblical guidance, practical wisdom, and enough hope to keep praying for our children, whether they are walking with Jesus or not."

Rev. Dr Michael Jensen Rector, St. Mark's Darling Point, Sydney; author, The Lost Art of Living Well

"Paul Mallard has drawn on decades of pastoral experience to provide practical wisdom for parents in pain. Writing with biblical conviction and compassionate understanding, Paul addresses the problems parents of prodigals face and the questions they ask. Highlights for me include Paul’s application of 1 Corinthians 13 to loving rebellious children; his ten ways to pray for unconverted loved ones; his exhortation that ‘we must not let our unsaved children drive a wedge between ourselves and our spouses’; his counsel on relating to loved ones who experience same-sex attraction and gender confusion; and his affirmation that the strong bond of parental love is a reflection of the love of God, which never lets his people go. I was helped by reading this book and quickly thought of others to whom I’d like to pass it on. I expect you will find the same."

Colin S. Smith Pastor Emeritus, The Orchard; President, Open the Bible (openthebible.org)

"As a redeemed prodigal and now a parent myself, I found Paul’s words to be grace-filled, practically helpful and full of hope. Regardless of the stage of life, When Children Walk Away will spur on and encourage every Christian parent longing to see their child’s life redeemed by the power of Jesus."

Sarah Walton Author, Hope When It Hurts

Customer Reviews

5.00 stars Everybody should read this

 

(Review written for 'When Children Walk Away from Jesus')

Such a helpful book. It is written with compassion and with complete honesty. For those who have children who are not following Jesus it provides comfort but also gives helpful direction in how to go forward. It also challenges churches to draw along side those in the fellowship who have children in this situation and particularly how to pray for the parents and the chimdr

We're so glad that you found this book to be helpful and compassionate, Phil. Thank you so much for sharing your review.

5.00 stars Gentle but clear

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(Review written for 'When Children Walk Away from Jesus')

This is a gentle but clear, thought-provoking and encouraging book about how to respond when our children walk away from Jesus. It is filled with Scripture and points to Jesus and his abounding grace throughout. It offers hope and encouragement but doesn't shy away from the immense pain and feelings of guilt carried by parents of those who have walked away and offers helpful ways to bring these to Jesus in lament and repentance. There are also lots of helpful ways for church members to support those in this position. I highly recommend if you are in this position or ...

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1.00 stars Terrible. Return to Bibble.

 

(Review written for 'When Children Walk Away from Jesus')

This book does more harm than good to our children. Of course we should still show love to our child, of course we should still love Jesus- this is common sense. If you have to read an entire book to understand these things, you have clearly not read the Bibble.

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