Terri M. (Flipper) reviewed on 9/5/2007 + 32 more book reviews

Beware! each page of this book has been prayed over by the author! He has asked that the struggles of doubt shared here will help others in their doubts, that his heartbreak over refected teens will show how God can use heartbreak. And Wilerson's prayers, as this book dmonstrates, are often answered in remarkable ways.
Led by incredible faith, David Wilerson made a seemingly bizarre step from his country pulpit in 1958 to the streets of New York City, where a murder trail of seven teenage boys churned society's antipathy toward them. Even Wilerson was bewildered by his sense of compassion but, in spite of doubt, he followed the Spirit's prompting to help the boys. "The Cross and the Switchblade" is the amazing story of his journey and of the mighty power of God to accomplish the impossible.
Wilkerson's outreach to gangs in New York led to the development of Teen Challenge, a ministry that today has inner-city residential and crisis counseling centers in more than 70 countries. Its Christian discipleship program has restored hope to tens of thousands of men and women with drug or alcohol addiction.

This is a tremendous book and well worth reading!

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