Dear Readers,
In April of 2013 the world lost a Ragamuffin. Brennan Manning went on to glory and yet his legacy lives on, in the books he had written and one that he dreamed of writing. The Prodigal by Brennan Manning and Greg Garrett is a fiction title that Brennan dreamed of writing to reach those who for any number of reasons didn’t or wouldn’t read his Ragamuffin Gospel book. He wanted to bring God’s grace to all in the world and this book just gives him another avenue to do that.
The Prodigal is a retelling of the Biblical story of the Prodigal son. It goes more into what happens after the son returns and what life will look like then. What happened when the neighbors found out he was back? We all know the older brother’s reaction, but there are others to consider as this story is our own story many times over.
Jack Chishom is on top of his world. He is a pastor of a mega-church, thousands listen to his sermons every Sunday. The media has labeled him the people’s pastor. He has it all which includes a loving wife and a beautiful daughter. That is until he throws it all away with one night of betrayal in Mexico. When the media finds out he first denies and then deflects. He doesn’t ask for forgiveness and instead returns to the scene of the crime and decides to drown himself in the bottom of a bottle. That is where his father finds him and says “Come home.”
There was nothing unpredictable about this story. In fact making Jack a pastor made it easy for Greg to give the “sermons” that are included throughout the story, but it does work well. This book is not written for those who are not struggling with their faith, but for those that are struggling where God is in the troubles, and for those that don’t know Him at all. It is a book that I will gladly share with readers that need that encouragement.
Happy Reading.
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