YouTube has the full movie. True story of the country pastor who went to live and minister to the NYC gangs. Gang leader Nicky Cruz became a Christian and also a minister of the Gospel as a result.
The Cross and the Switchblade movie
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I remember reading the Run Baby Run book by Nicky Cruz. Good book! I see is he still with us at age 87 - Nicky Cruz - Wikipedia
That's great Nicky Cruz is still with us. I read The Cross and the Switchblade.
Pat Boone who played Rev. Wilkerson is a dedicated Christian all of his life.
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There were two books....
Nicky Cruze - Run Baby Run
David Wilkerson - The Cross and the Switchblade
And my testimony.... I was born in North Carolina on a Marine Corp base and traveled the US. As a pre-teen we moved to the North where I was brought up in a cold, dull, dry, Protestant church and considered myself an Agnostic Atheist, but went to church for fear of eternity. I would look out at the winter Michigan tundra and wonder what was more dead and lifeless... The winter scenery out the windows or the church I was in. At seventeen I moved here to Virginia staying at my grandmother's, and attending the local Pentecostal Holiness church. My old Pentecostal Holiness pastor was an old evangelist turned pastor. He really knew how to get wonderful evangelist for revival. One summer day as a teenager I was reading Nikki Cruze's Run Baby Run after a wonderful revival and I heard a voice speaking to the heart..."Put the book down" Not realizing what was happening I continued to read. I was sleeping next to an open outside door and the kady-dids were singing their praises to God very loudly. The voice spoke again... "Put the book down!" I then put the book down and heard the voice speak yet again... "Where is all the strife, hatred, and bad feelings?" I examined the heart to find nothing there but pure beauty. I thought to myself, "Oh my! I got exactly what those people got!"
Nicky Cruze - Run Baby Run
David Wilkerson - The Cross and the Switchblade
And my testimony.... I was born in North Carolina on a Marine Corp base and traveled the US. As a pre-teen we moved to the North where I was brought up in a cold, dull, dry, Protestant church and considered myself an Agnostic Atheist, but went to church for fear of eternity. I would look out at the winter Michigan tundra and wonder what was more dead and lifeless... The winter scenery out the windows or the church I was in. At seventeen I moved here to Virginia staying at my grandmother's, and attending the local Pentecostal Holiness church. My old Pentecostal Holiness pastor was an old evangelist turned pastor. He really knew how to get wonderful evangelist for revival. One summer day as a teenager I was reading Nikki Cruze's Run Baby Run after a wonderful revival and I heard a voice speaking to the heart..."Put the book down" Not realizing what was happening I continued to read. I was sleeping next to an open outside door and the kady-dids were singing their praises to God very loudly. The voice spoke again... "Put the book down!" I then put the book down and heard the voice speak yet again... "Where is all the strife, hatred, and bad feelings?" I examined the heart to find nothing there but pure beauty. I thought to myself, "Oh my! I got exactly what those people got!"
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A dream! A vison! I dreamt that I was in one of those old fashion Pentecostal camp meetings where the love of God flowed freely. On awaking I remembered the feeling after reading the book Run Baby Run by Nicky Cruz.
Run Baby Run is the bestselling autobiography of Nicky Cruz, a former New York City gang leader. It details his transformation from a deeply abused child in Puerto Rico to a violent street fighter, and his eventual redemption after an encounter with street evangelist David Wilkerson. On that occasion he and his gang turned in their weapons testifying that they would not need them anymore.
Nicky Cruz… Still with us at age 87 and appearing as still the wonderful soul.
Run Baby Run is the bestselling autobiography of Nicky Cruz, a former New York City gang leader. It details his transformation from a deeply abused child in Puerto Rico to a violent street fighter, and his eventual redemption after an encounter with street evangelist David Wilkerson. On that occasion he and his gang turned in their weapons testifying that they would not need them anymore.
Nicky Cruz… Still with us at age 87 and appearing as still the wonderful soul.
