Book Review: The Painful Path of a Prodigal

The Basics

Title: The Painful Path of a Prodigal: Biblical Help and Hope for Those Who Love the Wayward and Rebellious
Author: Craig K. Svensson
Genre: Non-Fiction, Christian Living
Release date: September 30, 2019
Genre: Non-Fiction, Christian Discipleship, Christian Living
Release date: September 30, 2019

Book Synopsis

Parents of prodigals struggle deeply with the challenges they face of relating to their wayward offspring. Siblings, spouses, and children of prodigals face similar struggles. How do you live for Christ in the midst of such personal turmoil? How do you live with a grown child whose destructive choices have turned him into a person so much unlike the adorable offspring into whom you poured much of yourself? Ultimately, how do you bear the pain if that prodigal never returns?

In this book, Dr. Craig Svensson and his wife, Sue, show how they are no strangers to such deeply devastating circumstances. Svensson sensitively, engagingly, and compassionately directs readers to Scripture as he helps create the biblical framework for addressing the trauma of having a prodigal in the family.

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My Two Cents

In The Painful Path of a Prodigal, Craig Svensson shares his family’s story of dealing with a prodigal child. It is an intense and frank look at how the prodigal’s behavior sends ripples of sadness and confusion into the family’s lives. Peppered throughout the book you will find hope and help through Scripture and biblical truth that serves as the foundation for the practical help that is given.

This book will be helpful for family’s who are dealing with a prodigal child. I encourage Pastors, Elders, Deacons, and biblical counselors to get this book and learn how you can use the biblical truths and practical advise to help others who are dealing with a prodigal child.

NOTE: I received a complimentary copy of this book for reviewing from Shepherd Press. I was not required to provide a positive review. Thoughts in “My Two Cents” are my own opinion.

About the Author

Craig K. Svensson, PharmD, PhD, is Dean Emeritus of Pharmacy and Professor of Medicinal Chemistry & Molecular Pharmacology at Purdue University, as well as Adjunct Professor of Pharmacology & Toxicology at the Indiana University School of Medicine. He has served as a Bible Teacher, interim preacher, a seminary board chair, a mission agency board chair, small group leader, and as visiting lecturer at the Bryansk Bible Institute and Seminary in Bryansk, Russia. He and his wife of thirty-five years live in West Lafayette, IN, where they serve with Faith Church. He is the author of When There Is No Cure: How to Thrive While Living with the Pain and Suffering of Chronic Illness.

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