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Summary: NOT A CLASSIC??
Review: 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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Summary: Totally made me lose faith in my HS religious professor.
Review: I went to a Catholic High School so I could stop being beaten in school every day. In sophmore year this was on the summer reading list. I felt it was an insult to my intelligence. And I really had no respect for Father Lauri when the class started in september. Very simple reading, maybe 5th grade level, which is concurrent with the kind of person who would read it. If you like this one, you may want to check out Dianetics as well, its just as inane.
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Summary: Is this a fairy tale
Review: If you are looking for a profound theological treatise you may want to pass on this. If you want an inspiring real life story, dig in.This is a simple true story of a country preacher who obeyed God and went way outside his comfort zone to rescue drug addicts and gang members in the streets of New York.
He dared to believe that the same power that launched the early Christian church could penetrate the shells of hardened substance abusers. As the story chronicles, God still is in the business of rescuing the flotsam and jetsam of modern society. His faith in stepping out launched a movement that is still with us today, Teen Challenge. This movement has seen an unparalled recovery rate amongst addicts. It is still based on the premise that faith in a living God can transform anyone's life. Relatively recently I spoke with a friend of mine from 1974 who was a male prostitute junkie and a mess when I first met him at Teen Challenge. He is still clean. Another friend from the same era who was an acid head (abuser of LSD) today pastors a church.
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Summary: Providence Visible
Review: If you need any reliable witness accounts of Providence in action, this spellbinding account is surely one of them. David Wilkerson, a Pennsylvania preacher, feels guided to talk to an imprisoned gang member about whom he has read. Trying to get to see him, he finds himself in jail, but this very experience brings him to the gang's attention. From this beginning has grown an entire movement for providing sanctuary from violence and chances for new beginnings where before there were none.
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Summary: If you want to follow Jesus...
Review: In his autobiography ,"The Cross and the Switchblade", David Wilkerson gives knew insight to the meaning of Jesus' words: " If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me" (Luke 9:23, NIV). Wilkerson denied himself as he risked his life to reach out to the least of these. He lived out the compassion with which Jesus ministered. I recommend this book to anyone who needs encouragement in obeying God, especially when the road is unknown.
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Summary: As relevant today as when it was writtten.
Review: It's hard to believe that a book written about events that took place almost forty years ago could just as easily have been written today. David Wilkerson followed God's call to work with "lost" children, and the work continues today. Miracles do still occur, and Wilkerson has witnessed them. His story about the inner city gangs of New York is gripping, but the fact that his "Teen Challenge" centers may be found all over the world is just as gripping. An incredible story.
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Summary: The Cross and the Switchblade
Review: The book The Cross and the Switchblade, which took place in 1958, was an excellant book. It was an really inspirational story. It can open people's eyes and let them know that things in this world are worse than we think. It made me more considerate. This book is about a reverend named David Wilkerson who went to New York to get seven teenagers off a murder trial. He spontaneously went because he saw their faces in LIFE Magazine and felt the need to help them. It helped people know of a Christ through reverend Wilkerson. This story opended up a lot of people's eyes. The reverend's for one, because he didn't know theat these problems existed in New York. It also affected the people that he came in contact with and the people who read his book because he was and still is an inspiration to all of them. Me personaly because it helped me become more courteous and aware of people with those kinds of problems.
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Summary: NOT A CLASSIC??
Review: The Cross and the Switchblade has been a great book so far. I really like it because it is a christian book, but also because it is a true story. I really like reading books about people helping others and this is exactly how this book is. to think one man could make so much of a difference is so amazing and i really give David alot of credit. I am so glad that i am having the oppurtunity to read this book.
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Summary: The Cross and the Switchblade
Review: The Cross and the Switchblade has been a great book so far. I really like it because it is a christian book, but also because it is a true story. I really like reading books about people helping others and this is exactly how this book is. to think one man could make so much of a difference is so amazing and i really give David alot of credit. I am so glad that i am having the oppurtunity to read this book.
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Summary: About the hard times in the US.
Review: The Cross and the Switchblade is the best book I have ever read, and will probably ever read.. It is very realistic and shows what it is like to try to help the US. I would undoubtly have to say this is the best book I have ever read.
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