It can really extend to a variety of relationships beyond just the typical parent/child.

Paul: Oh, sure! We might think about somebody at church in our small group, who decides to leave their family, or a spouse who is discovered to have some sort of secret life. We typically think of it as a child who has become wayward,-īob: -but there can be prodigals in all kinds of relationships. It may be somebody that’s in their home, who is a prodigal / it may be somebody that they know who loves a prodigal but everybody seems to be connected in some way to this topic.īob: And, Paul, you’re expanding the idea of prodigal. you begin walking through churches and you realize that you can’t-you can’t throw a rock in any direction without hitting somebody that isn’t profoundly affected by this topic. Was I right about you guys first seeing this among Christians / among those who are in the church today-where you got your passion for prodigals?ĭave: Well, I think we probably first got it in the experience of our own lives-just living life-having a family / having extended family-seeing it touch people that we love-and beginning to think about what this really represents-what it represents to God / how we’re supposed to position ourselves and love them. Dave has gone south into Deep South Florida.ĭennis: The church there is The Summit Church. Welcome back, Dave and Paul, welcome to the broadcast.ĭennis: Paul is a pastor in Tallahassee at Four Oaks Community Church. We have a couple of pastors with us, who I have just an inkling of an idea that you guys got part of your passion for prodigals and for those who are struggling / those who are wayward as you wrote a book called Letting Go: Rugged Love for Wayward Souls.ĭave Harvey and Paul Gilbert join us on FamilyLife Today. There can be lots of prodigals in lots of relationships in our lives can’t there?ĭennis: There are prodigal saints.

We’ve had occasion to talk a number of times here about the issue of parents with prodigal children, but it occurs to me that a prodigal is not always a child. Stay with us.Īnd welcome to FamilyLife Today. When someone you love is pulling away from you and from God, what are the things you should do, and what are some things you shouldn’t do? We’ll talk about that today. Our host is the President of FamilyLife, Dennis Rainey, and I'm Bob Lepine.

That’s a great example of a wayward person and it’s also an example of how, I think, people that love them accommodate their desires and protect them from the consequences of their choices.īob: This is FamilyLife Today for Monday, October 9 th. His parents would be accommodating him at each step of the way, and so he was never able to experience the effects of his poor choices. You know, he was raised in a Christian home / went to Christian school but, in high school, just began to make foolish choices. Bob: What do you do when someone you love-a spouse, a child, a family member-begins to wander, not only from their faith, but from you as well? Here’s Dave Harvey.ĭave: I think of a guy named-I’ll call him Tom.

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