Three Dead Leaves - Elizabeth Slavick Schatz

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She turned back and followed him into his room. 'You spent the night with a woman, didn't you?' He spun around, a look of surprise on his face. 'Yeah. So?' 'So?' She raised her eyebrows and opened her eyes wide. God, help me! She took a deep breath. As his sister, she loved him, but he was flagrantly disobeying God. 'It's no big deal, Sarah,' he said, a calmness in his voice. 'It's just sex.' Though Jacob Morgan was raised in a loving, Christian home, he has somehow fallen into a life of sex, alcohol, and deception, severing his relationship with God and fostering intense guilt. But that's just the beginning. While Jacob continues to fool around with numerous women of all ages, he discovers that there are consequences to his actions. When his latest girlfriend Tammy reveals that she is pregnant and having an abortion, Jacob knows it's wrong, from his parents' pro-life volunteer work at a crisis pregnancy center; yet he doesn't feel capable of convincing her otherwise. When his parents come to understand the abortion, sex addiction, and drinking that surrounds Jacob's life, they decide that it's best he leave their home. At first, Jacob agrees; but when even more trouble arises from his life of sin, he begins to think that he can no longer go it alone. Will Jacob shoulder the burden of responsibility? Will he be able to face the guilt and find forgiveness in God's grace? Find out in Elizabeth Schatz's inspirational yet bittersweet story, Three Dead Leaves.