For Parents of a Prodigal Child

For par­ents of chil­dren who walk away from Christ, John Piper’s son Abra­ham Piper tells his story and gives sage advice. One sug­ges­tion: “E-mail them. When you read some­thing in the Bible that encour­ages you and helps you love Jesus more, write it up in a cou­ple of lines and send it to your child. The best exhor­ta­tion — bet­ter than any cor­rec­tion — is for them to see Christ’s joy in your life.”

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  1. Albert wrote::

    Hi Richard! Glad to see you back up & run­ning in the blog­ging world.

    This is good advice to remem­ber even for those who don’t walk away from Christ. I think one can’t help but be amazed — per­haps curi­ous — of this trans­form­ing love of Christ in their loved one. And who knows where God can take that planted seed…=)

    Tuesday, March 25, 2008 at 10:43 pm #
  2. rlew wrote::

    Hi Albert, Thanks for drop­ping by… For me, the key in what Piper is say­ing is to be will­ing to show “Christ’s joy in your life.” That sounds strangely famil­iar, given AOW’s pre­sen­ta­tion on Sunday.

    Wednesday, March 26, 2008 at 4:36 pm #