- Unknown Binding: 239 pages
- Publisher: Logos Books (1978)
- Language English
- ASIN: B0007EWVSI
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
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The first half of Nicky Cruz's harrowing personal account of growing up as a feared New York gang leader will not seem a typical testimony of finding God, nor should it. It is violent, graphic, as gritty and real as they come and at times even hard to read in it's intensity. It will entertain even fans of gangster films: images from certain passages of this book have stayed with me since my childhood when I first read them. But all the more powerful comes the message of the latter of the book as Cruz reforms his life through a chance encounter with a preacher. This may seem a 'typical' ending for a religious book, but his journey to that point is a revelation in Christian literature, and should not be overlooked by any means. An incredible account, and a great book.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
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Cruz, in his own words, doesn't pull punches. He didn't when he was the president of the most feared street gang in Brooklyn back in the 60s, and he doesn't now that he's given his life to Christ and works as an evangelist amongst broken people.
He doesn't want you to read this book to be entertained; it's not even really meant as an "encouraging" book. It's a book that glorifies God through its honest account of how he and his fellow ministers let God work powerfully through him. The idea is to read it and change your life by the conviction of God's Spirit within you.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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I found this book to be truly inspirational!
I don't find it particuarly easy to read a book from cover to cover but with "Run baby run" I just couldn't put it down. I would find myself at all different times in the day just glued to it!
Nicky Cruz's conversion is truly an amazing one. It truly is very encouraging and demonstrates the need of having a true conversion i.e. having the power to live a christian life etc.
I would give this 10/10, it definately exceeded expectations.
Check out "The Cross and the Switchblade" for the perspective of David Wilkerson - the minister who was instrumental in Nicky Cruz's turnaround. This is incredible too!
I don't find it particuarly easy to read a book from cover to cover but with "Run baby run" I just couldn't put it down. I would find myself at all different times in the day just glued to it!
Nicky Cruz's conversion is truly an amazing one. It truly is very encouraging and demonstrates the need of having a true conversion i.e. having the power to live a christian life etc.
I would give this 10/10, it definately exceeded expectations.
Check out "The Cross and the Switchblade" for the perspective of David Wilkerson - the minister who was instrumental in Nicky Cruz's turnaround. This is incredible too!
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i brought this book this summer while the youth ocross england were rioting!! i didnt buy it because of the rioting but i'd heard that David Wilkinson, the preacher that showed... Read more
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This book is the autobiographical account of Nicky Cruz. Originally hailing from Puerto Rico he was sent to New York as a teenager. There he had no-one so he turned to the gangs. Read more
Published 23 months ago by Tim Roast
Gritty, excellent book
I bought this for my 13 year old son as my old book had fallen apart. He loved it. Excellent timeless book - I read it many years ago.
Published on 4 Mar 2010 by R. Bell
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It's an incredible book that shows how someone can change. It shows you how a gang leader that is so evil with hate inside can change into a peacful person who is on a journey to... Read more
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I read this book when I was a young teenager/young Christian along with The Cross & The Switchblade and Corrie Ten Boom's account of surviving the holocaust. Read more
Published on 27 May 2008 by C. M. Lewis
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