A Mother's Side of the Story: Debbie Loper Interview
The Becket Cook Show
The Becket Cook Show
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🗓️ 9 October 2025
⏱️ 73 minutes
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In today's episode, Becket Cook sits down with Debbie Lessard, mother of former guest Joshua Loper, to share the unseen battle behind her son’s 15-year prodigal journey and the miracle of his return to Christ. From a pivotal July 4th decision to a simple 30-day prayer challenge, Debbie reveals how persistent prayer, spiritual warfare, and tough love led to a tear-filled homecoming. Watch to the end for practical, hope-filled guidance for parents contending for their prodigal children.
Joshua's episode is #200 "Gay Man Comes to Christ"
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| 0:54.8 | Hey guys, welcome to the show. Today I have a very unusual guest. It's the mother of a prodigal. He's been, he was on my show Joshua Loper. I don't know if you've seen the episode, but it's amazing. His story's amazing. We'll put a link to it below. |
| 0:56.6 | But Joshua was living as a gay man for 15 years in Georgia. |
| 1:04.9 | And then recently, I think in the last, I think a couple years ago, he came back to the Lord and came home |
| 1:14.5 | to his mother. And so we're going to be hearing from his mother, Debbie Lassard, and we're going to |
| 1:20.1 | hear her side of the story. And what was going on in her life, what she was thinking, what she |
| 1:24.4 | was doing, how she was praying, and what happened when God |
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