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When Children Walk Away from Jesus

Comfort and Hope for Parents of Prodigals

Paul Mallard
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Gentle, compassionate and honest insights for parents whose grown-up children have turned away from faith.

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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.

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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

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Contributors Paul Mallard
ISBN 9781802543766
Format Paperback
First published December 2025
Dimensions 128mm x 198mm x 13mm
Weight 0.18 kg
Language English
Pages 160
Publisher The Good Book Company
Endorsements

Rev. Dr Michael Jensen

Rector, St. Mark's Darling Point, Sydney; author of Is Forgiveness Really Free? and My God, My God

"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."

Colin S. Smith

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

"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."

Sarah Walton

Author, Hope When It Hurts

"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."

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