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Title: Cross and the Switchblade by David R. Wilkerson, Elizabeth Sherrill, John Sherrill ISBN: 0-515-09025-5 Publisher: Jove Pubns Pub. Date: November, 1986 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.69 (26 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Can be life-changing
Comment: This book brought tears to my eyes at God's love and mercy, and made me want to dance for joy at His provision and greatness. David Wilkerson started out as a preacher in a country church -- where he is a good Christian, and doing God's work. But one day, he feels as if God is leading him to New York to minister to a few thugs who have killed a boy. He follows the still small voice of the Holy Spirit and goes, and what follows is an amazing ride. God comes through again and again -- often at the 11th hour, when all seems lost. Isn't that just like God?
I highly recommend this book because it is a great testimony to what untold miracles can happen in the lives of Christians when we step out of our comfort zones and go out on a limb for God. And the way He comes through will take your breath away. If I wasn't a Christian, I would think the story was pure fiction because it sounds too amazing to be true. But because I am one, and I have caught glimpses of what God can do for His children, I can say of the miracle upon miracle in Cross and the Switchblade: "Yes, God is totally capable of that!''
To my mind, most of us don't enjoy this exhilerating journey with God because we don't trust Him enough to take risks for Him. David Wilkerson did, and God displayed all his wonders. Read this and be challenged. I certainly was.
Rating: 5
Summary: The reality of recovery ministry
Comment: The story of how David Wilkerson came to found Teen Challenge should be a must read for anyone who follows Jesus Christ. The Cross and the Switchblade describes how Wilkerson put feet on his faith that took him from rural Pennsylvania to the streets of New York City. It's the story of how a pastor followed the leading of the Holy Spirit and reached out to minister to people with whom the churches would not associate.
Wilkerson describes in his book how essential it is to meet the unloved where they are, rather than waiting for them to show up in church all dressed up and ready to worship within the ranks of the clean and respectable. He also rightly emphasizes the importance of follow up, how one can't just expect to go out and distribute tracts or preach from street corners without also developing real, loving relationships with people and ministering to their needs, both spiritually and physically.
Now that Teen Challenge International has grown to over 200 centers around the world, it is interesting to note that the struggle in recovery ministry continues to be much the same: It's extremely difficult to get people to reach out in love to those who have never been loved, and it's nearly impossible to get church members to venture outside their doors to love their neighbors as they love themselves.
I praise God for Rev. Wilkerson and the way that he listened to God and ventured out in faith. I thank him for sharing the story of his work.
Rating: 2
Summary: NOT A CLASSIC??
Comment: I recently had to read a classic book for my english class and I chose the cross and the switchblade...I saw the classic sticker and figured it had to be good...WHAT...THIS BOOK WAS TERRIBLE...if your extremely interested in the life of a heroin addict this is the book for you...THIS BOOK HAS NO SENSE OF CLOSURE AND IS A TOTAL WASTE OF YOUR TIME...
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Title: Run, Baby, Run by Nicky Cruz, Jamie Buckingham, Billy Graham ISBN: 0882706306 Publisher: Logos Associates Pub. Date: 01 December, 1988 List Price(USD): $11.99 |
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Title: The Hiding Place by John Scherrill, Corrie Ten Boom ISBN: 0553256696 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 October, 1984 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Chasing the Dragon by Jackie Pullinger, Andrew Quicke ISBN: 0892831510 Publisher: Servant Publications Pub. Date: June, 1982 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Have You Felt Like Giving Up? by David Wilkkerson, David R. Wilkerson ISBN: 0800784812 Publisher: Baker Book House Pub. Date: September, 1983 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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Title: One Holy Fire : Let the Spirit Ignite Your Soul by Nicky Cruz, Frank Martin ISBN: 1578566525 Publisher: WaterBrook Press Pub. Date: 21 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $13.99 |
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