David
Wilkerson: The Cross, the Switchblade, and the Man who Believed
by Gary Wilkerson
Many men talk about changing the world but few
actually do. In this new book called
David Wilkerson: The Cross, the Switchblade, and the Man who Believed, we find
the story of a man who grew up with few means and yet was on fire for the good
news of Jesus Christ. Gary Wilkerson,
son of David Wilkerson and founder of World Challenge, an international mission
organization tells the story of his father, his huge missionary spirit and the
faith he passed on to his family.
In the opening introduction, Gary writes about his
father, “My father’s visions weren’t just about the transformation of real
estate. He envisioned transformed lives.”
From the founding of schools in Africa to an amazing drug recovery
program , David Wilkerson had an amazing vision that God could go into the
impossible places of the city, including NYC, and change lives from the worst
of sinners to the top businessmen. Part
of David’s vision was his unrelenting discipline that “forced himself to go
into heroin “shooting galleries” to witness what the world turned a blind eye
to: downtrodden young people knowingly killing themselves.” David’s Youth Crusades were organized in part
to stem the tide of this drug abuse and call people into a relationship with
Jesus Christ.
Part of the ability of David Wilkerson to reach into
the depths of hell into society was due to his priorities in life. “God first, church second, and family third…My
father had learned the one essential thing about the human experience – and the
spiritual experience – that my grandparents had missed: that love is at the
center.” The love that compelled David
to reach into urban ghettos, the seats of drug dealers, and the desolate
poverty of Africa is the love of Christ that poured through every fiber of
David’s life, ministry, and mission.
What was truly amazing about the ministry of David Wilkerson is that
although he had every reason to see certain people as too far gone, he believed
that God was willing and able to make glorious what others thought was ruinous.
Thanks to BookLook Bloggers for the copy of this
book in exchange for an honest review.
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