The Prodigal Comes Home

By Michael English

Book Overview

A painfully honest story of human weakness and God's unending forgiveness.

Thirteen years ago, amidst scandal, sin, and shattered lives, Michael English fell from the pinnacle of the Christian music world. In 1994, newspapers around the world blared the headline, "Gospel Singer Named Artist of the Year Turns in His Awards After Confirming He Had an Affair with a Fellow Married Singer." From 1994 to 2002 Michael English's life went from bad to worse. Public shame, divorce, broken relationships, drug addiction, even homelessness. But in 2002, God reached out and rescued Michael from himself. Today Michael is whole again, and in this book he tells his story of redemption.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1595551298
• ISBN13: 9781595551290
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Thomas Nelson Publishers
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

So glad there is grace, and what happened to the other person?

I am so grateful to hear the story of Michael English told... and best of all by him. I remember the "scandal"... I remember thinking "wow, what about grace?" And I always remember thinking what about the other person involved (Marabeth Jordan)? But no one told her story. She is still (evidently) hidden away. I hope it is by her choice and that she is as well and as loved as Michael! Love covers all!

A painfully honest story of human weakness and Gods forgiveness

I read this book in almost a night. It was an honest account of how Christian music "stars" can fall into the same temptations as secular "stars" do. It was well written and painfully honest. This is a sad yet wonderful account of God's love , patience and forgiveness.

Good Writing in Cramped Quarters

Once again Lynn Vincent ("Same Kinda Different as Me") makes me lose sleep on work nights with her fast paced, seamless story telling -- this time about a guy who isn't all that convincingly redeemed. Behind the scenes in the Christian music world, with fascinating "you are there" detail. Fun cliff-hanging chapter ends that made me stay up too late. I don't think he intended this (maybe Lynn did), but it made me feel better...

God's amazing grace

I am almost finished with this book, & I thoroughly enjoyed it. Michael's story is a perfect example of "there but for the grace of God go I." We as Christians are still sinners, & this story shows that none of us are immune to Satan's attempt to derail our lives, but God's forgiveness and redemption are real, folks! Amen!

The Prodigal Comes Home

I could not put the book down and considering I can't remember the last time I actually read a book cover to cover that is saying alot. This is a story about an individual that could have been any one of us. He had some thing happen to him in his childhood and when he was exposed to a prescription pain killer he was able to escape for a period of time only to find out that it would soon control his life. If you have...