The Prodigal Comes Home
My Story of Failure and God's Story of Redemption
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4.7 • 49 Ratings
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Publisher Description
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.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In May 1994, just a week after receiving four of the Christian music industry's coveted Dove Awards, English's double life came crashing down around him, as he confessed to an extramarital affair with a fellow singer who was pregnant with his child. But being fodder for national headlines was hardly the nadir of the North Carolina musician's fall from grace. After separating from the wife he had married barely out of his teens, he had a string of lovers and embraced the Nashville party scene, eventually becoming dangerously addicted to prescription painkillers like OxyContin. His memoir spares none of the gruesome details of how his addiction damaged or severed important relationships and wrecked his health. After a stint in rehab, English got clean, only to relapse a couple more times before rediscovering the God he'd been singing about all those years. He likens himself to the biblical prodigal son, "who had to get all the way to the absolute bottom before his desperation drove him home." English's loyal fans will enjoy this revealing kiss-and-tell, which often reads like a who's who of gospel music and ends with an encouraging if predictable message about God's forgiveness.
Customer Reviews
Amazing read
Thank you Michael English for sharing your story and thank you for your ministry.
For anyone who has experienced addiction, of any kind, this book gives hope.
For anyone who has been through the hurt experienced from "church" and "church people", this book gives freedom from the wolves in sheep clothing and sets the record straight - you are never alone, God is with you and HE does work ALL THINGS for our good!
Everyone in any type of ministry should read this book - especially those in music ministry!
Amazing book
I have been a fan of Michael English as long as I can remember and this book has taught me a lot about addiction and what he went through if you yourself have been suffering with addiction this would be a good book for you to read it also shows that no matter what Michael went there I am God never stop loving him!