"A daughter's rejection of her father's faith taught him how to love her on God's terms. Their honest story of grief and reconciliation will bless all those who love prodigals"--

Beloved author Barbara Johnson offers hope to families facing difficulty coming to terms with a child's decisions in life, sharing how God brought her through the deep waters--and how he will do the same for them.

As heir to the Crisp Copy Center fortune, Luke has it made--until he burns through his entire inheritance in just one year of partying. Ashamed to ask his famous father for help, he finds employment--and romance--as an entry-level clerk. Can his new love get him back on track?

The gospel of Jesus Christ—the heartbeat of the Bible—brings life-changing hope and power to real people with real problems. Inspired by that conviction, The Gospel for Disordered Lives provides an introductory guide to the theory and practice of Christ-centered biblical counseling. Intended to serve as a foundational textbook for students in Christian colleges, universities, seminaries, and graduate schools, the book also provides a useful overview that working counselors can reference in their ministry contexts. Additionally, it can serve pastors and current counseling practitioners as a helpful refresher and a resource for common counseling problems.

As Christian parents we are called to faithfully train up our children in the love and discipline of the Lord. but what happens when our children grow into adulthood and make the decision to live an opposite way from God's instructions given through their mom and dad? All too often when this happens, parents begin to believe they have failed God and their child. Brad Bigney, who wrote the Foreword describes biblical hope as ." . . a confident expectation of a future blessing centered on the person and work of Jesus Christ." We pray you will find that confident expectation here.

When you’re the parent of a prodigal, you know you can never pray enough. But how do you persevere when you’re tired and discouraged? Prayers for Prodigals offers encouragement for parents to “come boldly before the throne of grace” and intercede daily for their children through a series of inspirational prayers. The book also includes fourteen brief meditations, which are drawn from Scripture and the writer’s and others’ personal experiences with prodigal children, such as Ruth and Billy Graham and Monica, the mother of Augustine. This unique book inspires parents in a sustained, daily prayer effort for their prodigal children.

Restoring Broken Relationships with Teenage and Adult Children It’s Not Too Late identifies the most common reason for broken parent/child relationships and brings gospel hope and direction to weary, bewildered parents. There is more than one explanation for broken relationships between parents and children. Sometimes the most diligent and careful parenting cannot curb the rebellious bent of a child’s heart. But the most common reason for broken relationships between parents and children may surprise you. It’s Not Too Late uses the principles from the Scriptures to identify possible reasons for relationship meltdown, to suggest necessary spiritual preparation for reconciliation, and to model practical biblical dialog for approaching teens and adult children.