A Desperate Salvation: The Spiritual Lives of Spies, Smugglers and Thieves

The testimonies in this volume are miracles in and of themselves. These people usually don’t reveal intimate details about their lives. They know that one slip of the tongue can end a career, possibly lead to imprisonment or even the loss of life to them or a loved one. However, their lives were at one time, inextricably interwoven with mine and I cannot share my own story without celebrating theirs as well. I’ve changed names, dates, locations and a couple of minor activities to insure the safety of everyone concerned. The interviews are mostly verbatim and every soul contained in these pages, some living, some now dead, are very real as was their encounters with Jesus. This is not a standard Christian testimony book. Some of the circumstances, expressions and actual spiritual views of these shadowy friends of mine may seem scandalous or even heretical at first reading, but these are their very real experiences with and around the moving of the Holy Spirit. I have tried very hard to let their own odd explanations and understandings come through in the text, rather than try and superimpose a more religiously acceptable framework for the reader. Now that you have been duly warned, enjoy this wonderful blessing.