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Gary Wilkerson is the President of World Challenge, an international mission organization that was founded by his father, David Wilkerson. He is also the lead pastor of The Springs Church, which he and others launched in 2009 and has grown rapidly by God's grace. Gary travels nationally and internationally to conduct conferences for pastors, missionaries and Christian workers and to oversee mission ventures including church plants, orphanages, health clinics and feeding programs among the poor and unreached people of the world. Gary and his wife, Kelly, have four children and live in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
R.S.B. Sawyer is a writer whose work has appeared in HarperOne’s Best Christian Writing Series. He and his wife, Joy Roulier Sawyer, live in Denver, where they are active in the Lighthouse Writers Workshop community. Their editing work together has earned awards from the Associated Church Press and the Catholic Press Association.
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For someone who grew up on a diet of Nicky Cruz, David Wilkerson and 'The Cross and the Switchblade,' I was deeply intrigued by this biography of David Wilkerson, and in a sense, it is more or less like walking down memory lane. I'm not saying that I know the subject in person, personally, but having read about him and heard so many preachers preaching about him years ago, there is a certainty amount of familiarity and 'closeness.'
David Wilkerson: The Cross, the Switchblade, and the Man Who Believed by David's son Gary Wilkerson with R.S.B. Sawyer is about a man who walked the talk, who dared to defy the norms, befriended the unfriendly and changed the lives of many people who walked the dark streets of New York with the unchanging words of Jesus Christ. It is a deeply fascinating story of a man who dared to believe, and the authors deserve to be commended for bringing his story within reach of today's generation.
David Wilkerson: The Cross, the Switchblade, and the Man Who Believed by David's son Gary Wilkerson with R.S.B. Sawyer is about a man who walked the talk, who dared to defy the norms, befriended the unfriendly and changed the lives of many people who walked the dark streets of New York with the unchanging words of Jesus Christ. It is a deeply fascinating story of a man who dared to believe, and the authors deserve to be commended for bringing his story within reach of today's generation.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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Many of you readers may have read The Cross and The Switchblade years ago. I read The Cross and The Switchblade when I was 12 and then when I was about 18 I saw the movie....it was life changing for me. This is not a book about The Cross and the Switchblade ...it's about the man behind the book and the movie. A small town preacher with a big vision for God. And how he, through the eyes of his son, became a hero of faith.
David Wilkerson is a hero of faith for us. About five years ago David Wilkerson walked into our small Texas church ... you would have thought that one of the apostles were visiting! We were all so excited! But in true humble character David Wilkerson requested of my husband that he not be mentioned in the church nor introduced ... just go along with the service as usual...as if he weren't there. He said that he came to church to just worship the Lord.
David Wilkerson's life was a lived for Jesus! He was such a man of faith and prayer!
David Wilkerson had a purpose and a plan to go to New York City and reach the lives of young gangsters for Jesus. Many a trial and many a triumph but God worked through Bro. Wilkerson. So many lives were changed and so many people came to know Jesus because one man chose to listen and obey God.
His son, Gary, a man who also loves Jesus and is carrying on his dad's work, has written this wonderful book as an honor to his father. I love that Gary is doing this as a honor to his dad but, greater still, that even though his dad was a great man of God, Gary kindly reminds us that his dad was human too.
This book does reiterate about David's earlier work with the gangs in New York. But Gary (and R.S.B.Sawyer) also tell many interesting life facts and stories/memories about this godly man.Read more ›
David Wilkerson is a hero of faith for us. About five years ago David Wilkerson walked into our small Texas church ... you would have thought that one of the apostles were visiting! We were all so excited! But in true humble character David Wilkerson requested of my husband that he not be mentioned in the church nor introduced ... just go along with the service as usual...as if he weren't there. He said that he came to church to just worship the Lord.
David Wilkerson's life was a lived for Jesus! He was such a man of faith and prayer!
David Wilkerson had a purpose and a plan to go to New York City and reach the lives of young gangsters for Jesus. Many a trial and many a triumph but God worked through Bro. Wilkerson. So many lives were changed and so many people came to know Jesus because one man chose to listen and obey God.
His son, Gary, a man who also loves Jesus and is carrying on his dad's work, has written this wonderful book as an honor to his father. I love that Gary is doing this as a honor to his dad but, greater still, that even though his dad was a great man of God, Gary kindly reminds us that his dad was human too.
This book does reiterate about David's earlier work with the gangs in New York. But Gary (and R.S.B.Sawyer) also tell many interesting life facts and stories/memories about this godly man.Read more ›
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
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Terry Medlin
on September 3, 2014
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As a supporter of the Wilkerson ministry, I pre-ordered this book from the ministry. I just received my book less than a week ago, so I wondered how there are "used" issues for sale. At any rate, I read it in 3 sittings and found it a very good read. It brought both smiles and tears as I read details of his complex life I hadn't heard ever before. He was a godly man who had feet of clay and was a man after God's own heart. He had what seemed like more than his share of pain and suffering as he dedicated his life to a calling he couldn't resist. Having followed his ministry since the sixties, it gave me some understanding of the sometimes extreme shifts in his messages over the years. I found myself admiring and loving and respecting him more than ever. I recommend this book, especially to Christians who desire to follow Christ with all their hearts. Cheryl Medlin
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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on September 6, 2014
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The book that I have chosen to review will not be available for purchase until September 2. I received an advanced reader copy of it, provided free for bloggers through the book review program for bloggers, available at www.booklookbloggers.com. I was not required to write a positive review, and I did not have to be for this one. Put simply, this was a fantastic book.
If you have never heard the name David Wilkerson, perhaps there's a chance that you have heard of the name of an organization called "Teen Challenge". The program is a drug and alcohol rehabilitation program with the highest success rate in the nation, founded by David Wilkerson many decades ago. No, you haven't heard of it? You might be familiar with the book "The Cross and The Switchblade" which tells the story of how Teen Challenge began. What, you don't know that one? Ok, maybe you've heard of Times Square Church in New York City, where he Pastored faithfully for many years. Oh, you don't know about that one either? Then, you need to read this book. And even if you do know about the things I've mentioned, you still need to read this book.
Time and space do not allow me to furnish as many details as I would like to share about the content of the book. So, I'll highlight why I thought this was a great read. First, biographies can sometimes be written by researchers, historians and students who admire a person from afar but may have never met them in person. This one, however, was written by David Wilkerson's son Gary. And it is a firsthand account of details, stories and history that others may never have known.
Second, the author is incredibly honest as he tells the story of his dad's life.Read more ›
If you have never heard the name David Wilkerson, perhaps there's a chance that you have heard of the name of an organization called "Teen Challenge". The program is a drug and alcohol rehabilitation program with the highest success rate in the nation, founded by David Wilkerson many decades ago. No, you haven't heard of it? You might be familiar with the book "The Cross and The Switchblade" which tells the story of how Teen Challenge began. What, you don't know that one? Ok, maybe you've heard of Times Square Church in New York City, where he Pastored faithfully for many years. Oh, you don't know about that one either? Then, you need to read this book. And even if you do know about the things I've mentioned, you still need to read this book.
Time and space do not allow me to furnish as many details as I would like to share about the content of the book. So, I'll highlight why I thought this was a great read. First, biographies can sometimes be written by researchers, historians and students who admire a person from afar but may have never met them in person. This one, however, was written by David Wilkerson's son Gary. And it is a firsthand account of details, stories and history that others may never have known.
Second, the author is incredibly honest as he tells the story of his dad's life.Read more ›
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