July 24th 2009
Nicky Cruz is well known in evangelical circles as the former gang member who turned his life around after converting to Christianity.
His autobiography, published in 1968, became a best-seller, and his life provided fodder for “The Cross and the Switchblade” a 1970 movie starring Erik Estrada.
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June 22nd 2009
“And afterward they asked for a king; so God gave them Saul…and when He had removed him, He raised up for them David as king, to whom He gave testimony and said, I have found David, the son of Jesse, a man after my heart, who will do all My will.” (Acts 13:21-22)
Nicky, Gloria, Alicia [...]
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May 21st 2009
(Update from Patrick Dow, CEO of Nicky Cruz Outreach, while traveling with Nicky…)
The Ramada Inn
70 Gertrudes iela
Riga, Latvia
Day One of the Slavic Conference – our plane was delayed out of New York City, so we arrived just one hour before Nicky was scheduled to speak to the hundreds of pastors gathered at the conference. Nicky [...]
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May 12th 2009
All of us have faced the death of friends and loved ones. Just a few weeks ago, tragedy hit the Cruz family. My older brother, Frank, 74, was abducted and brutally murdered in Puerto Rico. Frank had been a pastor for many years as well as running a drug rehab center. His shocking death has [...]
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