A review of this familiar proverb examining the cycle that takes us from rebellion to restoration with God.

The New York Times bestselling author of The Prodigal Prophet uncovers the essential message of Jesus, locked inside his most familiar parable. Newsweek called renowned minister 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, Keller takes his trademark intellectual approach to understanding Christianity and uses the parable of the prodigal son to reveal an unexpected message of hope and salvation. Within that parable Jesus reveals God's prodigal grace toward both the irreligious and the moralistic. This book will challenge both the devout and skeptics to see Christianity in a whole new way.

Some derailed executives create toxic workplaces that cause good employees to flee. Others cause customers to complain in ever increasing numbers. So why not just fire them? This book teaches the essentials of what managers and business leaders need to know about toxic bosses and other star performers too valuable to let go but too painful to keep on the payroll. In this book you will learn: How 8 out of 10 derailed executives can be saved. Six myths that hold many companies back from coaching When to keep 'em and when to fire 'em. How to give feedback to toxic bosses and derailed executives Three keys to an executive comeback How to help derailed executives out the door if they really need to go Dr. Bruce Heller's leader development tools have been used for two decades throughout corporate America to help derailed executives who are too painful to keep and too valuable to fire. A Ph.D. in educational psychology from the University of Southern California, his monthly column "People Skills" appears in the online news magazine San Diego News Network. Bruce speaks to thousands of executives each year, teaching them his management techniques for getting derailed executives back on track. One of the leading experts in his field, Bruce's audiences include Amgen, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumann, Disney, Warner Brothers, UCLA, and Bridgestone Firestone.

This is the first book in the author's series on Christian maturity.

With over a million copies sold, this classic work is essential reading for all who ask, “Where has my struggle led me?” A chance encounter with a reproduction of Rembrandt’s The Return of the Prodigal Son catapulted Henri Nouwen on an unforgettable spiritual adventure. Here he shares the deeply personal and resonant meditation that led him to discover the place within where God has chosen to dwell. As Nouwen reflects on Rembrandt’s painting in light of his own life journey, he evokes a powerful drama of the classic parable in a rich, captivating way that is sure to reverberate in the hearts of readers. Nouwen probes the several movements of the parable: the younger son’s return, the father’s restoration of sonship, the elder son’s resentfulness, and the father’s compassion. The themes of homecoming, affirmation, and reconciliation will be newly discovered by all who have known loneliness, dejection, jealousy, or anger. The challenge to love as God loves, and to be loved as God’s beloved, will be seen as the ultimate revelation of the parable known to Christians throughout time, and is here represented with a vigor and power fresh for our times.

The book walks you day by day, step by step, through how to live out six fundamental truths taught by Jesus.