Bringing Home the Prodigals

This Audiobook/CD often brought me to tears. The message is simple: Compassion. This book is a great encouragement to those who suffer the pain of having Prodigals. It is a reminder to prioritize love rather than rules in our relationships with everyone, especially our children. It is a reminder that we are all Prodigals who desperately need to return to the Father who so loves us. I especially recommend this book to Church leaders. Pastors are one of the greatest gifts God gives to the human race. This book may help bring energy and focus to those now burning out in the "work" of ministry.

this is a good overview for anyone that has a prodigal person in their life. its helpful no matter how long a person has been dealing with this painful problem.

I would recommend this book to anyone who has older children who have left their faith behind. It comforts and guides that there is hope yet for them.

I was asked to review this book for my blog and that has turned out to be a huge honor. I am blown away by the heart of this book and Rob Parsons for the lost, even the lost who never left home. This book is timely and relevant to where the church is right now. Rob mentions how we are leading people to Jesus and they are coming in the front door even as prodigals are leaving out the back door because of the older brother's critical spirit. On page 105 he says... If your prodigals do come home, pray with all your hearts that they meet the father first and not the elder brother. Oh that elder brother! The one who did his sinning without ever leaving. The one who needed to "come home" every bit as much as his brother but who could never grasp what the heart of real love is - both to give and to receive it. For a non-fiction book, it is a very easy read but it will blow your mind!

"Bringing Home The Prodigals" by Rob Parsons is an incredible book that will change everything about how you deal with your brothers and sisters in Christ! Written based on the parable of the prodigal son in Luke 15, Parsons shares the lessons he's learned not only about how to draw these wayward Christians back into the fold of the church, but how the church can avoid creating them in the first place! My eyes were opened to the cultural differences in Christians, and how those differences can become stumbling blocks of judgment against each other. Love is the key to a successful and fulfilling Christian life. The Bible says it, and Rob Parsons reminds us of this several times without pulling any punches! He says, "When the Father's house is filled with the Father's love, the prodigals will come home." I believe that this is the core message of this powerful and convicting book! Now we just need to put it into practice.