| People who have read the unforgetta- ble best seller, THE CROSS AND THE SWITCHBLADE, often ask its author, David Wilkerson, what has happened since its publication in the early 1960s. Their gratifying interest in his story and his ministry has prompted him to bring his many readers up-to-date with a fittingsequel-and BEYOND THE CROSSAND THE SWITCHBLADE is just thebook we ve all been waiting for. Here is a nostalgic look back at memor-able characters from the original bookand a brief review of what they re doingtoday. We are treated to a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the movieversion of THE CROSS AND THESWITCHBLADE, starring Pat Boone,and find that, surprisingly, the venturebrought fame but not fortune. The publicity accompanying the bookand the movie turned the skinny preacherfrom Pennsylvania into a reluctant celeb-rity, and eventually forced him to with-draw from the rat race for a while. Onlythen was he able to place things in theirproper perspective-waiting upon "HolyGhost timing," as he puts it-thus renew-ing his person-to-person ministry that hadbeen temporarily sidetracked by othercommitments. The past decade was filledwith many ups and downs for the entireWilkerson family, and David frankly re-counts it all: his wife Gwen s gallant boutwith cancer, his brother Jerry s now-conquered battle with alcoholism. |
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