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The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith
Our lives are replete with images, songs, and recollections of home. The story of the prodigal son tugs on our hearts because we all have a God-designed longing for home. The Prodigal God gently leads the reader towards a fuller understanding of how God has provided a way for all of us to enjoy the home He is preparing for us.

Beyond the Sentimentalism
If you assumed that prodigal referred to a sinner who repented, if you thought the Biblical account of the prodigal son was written that we might know God's amazing love for us, or if you have ever been confused about the older brother's seemingly legitimate response to an unwarranted banquet, then this small gift book will open your eyes and your heart to a parable that has infinite implications beyond the sentimentalism every Sunday school curriculum has perpetually taught. In this rich parable, Jesus clearly demonstrates that both the irreligious wayward son and the religious older brother are on parallel paths, neither of which lead to fulfillment or to a connection to God.

Revealing God's Grace
But how is God a prodigal? According to the dictionary, the defining behavior of a prodigal is his reckless spending. This parable is striking in revealing God's grace to us, but we would be amiss if we did not dwell on the costliness of that grace. When you rightly consider the gospel in all its robustness, what better term could be used of our God, who has held back nothing to redeem His own?

An Unforgettable Gift
If you know a devoted "older brother," a penitent "younger brother," or anyone who never tires of hearing of the many facets of the gospel, The Prodigal God would make an unforgettable gift. Or if your family is ready for a meaty read-aloud book that has the potential of impacting the entire family for generations to come, then The Prodigal God is one of the few titles that qualify.

Renowned minister and New York Times bestselling author Timothy Keller illuminates the central Christian Message with one of the most powerful yet most misunderstood parables of the Bible.

Newsweek called Timothy Keller “a C. S. Lewis for the twenty-first century” in a feature on his first book, The Reason for God. In that book, he offered a rational explanation of why we should believe in God. Now, in The Prodigal God, he uses one of the best-known Christian parables to reveal an unexpected message of hope and salvation.

Taking his trademark intellectual approach to understanding Christianity, Keller uncovers the essential message of Jesus, locked inside his most familiar parable. Within that parable, Jesus reveals God's prodigal grace toward both the irreligious and the moralistic. This book will challenge both the devout and the skeptics to see Christianity in a whole new way.

Timothy Keller is Senior Pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City, a growing congregation of over 5,000 people.