David Wilkerson
David Wilkerson
David Ray Wilkersonwas an American Christian evangelist, best known for his book The Cross and the Switchblade. He was the founder of the addiction recovery program Teen Challenge, and founding pastor of the non-denominational Times Square Church in New York...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionReligious Leader
Date of Birth19 May 1931
CityHammond, IN
CountryUnited States of America
spiritual vocabulary desire
'To die is gain!' That kind of talk is absolutely foreign to our modern, spiritual vocabularies. We have become such life worshippers, we have very little desire to depart to be with the Lord.
prayer wall book
Prayer and humility, along with a hatred for sin, produces a ‘mind to work.’ ‘So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto the half thereof: for the people had a mind to work’ (Nehemiah 4:6). True revivals of holiness always produce workers. Books and seminars and lectures don’t—but revival does!
christian jesus thinking
To some Christians today, this world is not a sinking ship or a world reserved for fire. It is an international capitol building overrun with undesirables whom these believers plan to kick out. They will then take their place, renovating and governing it all themselves. Such thinking is symptomatic of a dying love for Jesus and a clinging to this world!
christian trust-in-god midst
We simply can't trust God's power fully until we experience it in the midst of our crisis.
mean world his-love
Beloved, God has never failed to act but in goodness and love. When all means fail-his love prevails. Hold fast to your faith. Stand fast in his Word. There is no other hope in this world.
people soul body
In these times, God's people must trust him for rest of body and soul.
debt-free debt ministry
Our ministry is debt free and we have not had to beg or plead for finances.
want purity
We want his power more than his purity.
wrath world christ
Christ died to save this lost world; he did not come to destroy, maim or pour out wrath.
crush pain godly
As I look back over fifty years of ministry, I recall innumerable tests, trials and times of crushing pain. But through it all, the Lord has proven faithful, loving, and totally true to all his promises.
gods-faithfulness painful midst
Our faith is not meant to get us out of a hard place or change our painful condition. Rather, it is meant to reveal God's faithfulness to us in the midst of our dire situation.
trying want doe
God does sometimes change our trying circumstances. But more often, He doesn't - because He wants to change us.
mean heart grace
You see, growing in grace doesn't mean doing more or greater things for God. True growth comes in doing the same things over and over, with more heart assurance that we're doing everything for Him.
optimistic biblical past
Biblical hope is not wishful thinking or an optimistic outlook; rather, it is a confident expectation based on the certainty of God's Word that as He has anchored us in the past, so He will in the future.