Artie

David Trujillo was still a boy when the streets began to claim him. Violence, trauma, gang loyalty, broken family life, and the constant shadow of death shaped his early years and nearly destroyed his future. Known in the neighborhood as Artie, he was pulled deep into the world of gangs before he was old enough to understand what it would cost him. The manuscript opens with his own testimony that he was immersed in gang life until age nineteen, when everything changed through an encounter with Jesus Christ, and that he now serves as pastor of Calvary Chapel of South Los Angeles. In these pages, Trujillo recounts a childhood marked by chaos, fear, abuse, and heartbreak, along with the deaths of close friends, repeated brushes with prison, and the spiritual emptiness that haunted him even in the middle of the street life. The chapter flow makes clear that this is not a glamorized gang story, but a raw account of sin, pain, judgment, mercy, and redemption. Key turning points include the death of friends, his growing fear of hell, his delayed but honest cry to God, and the long road that eventually led him from the hood to the pulpit. Artie is a powerful Christian testimony about how the grace of God reaches into the darkest places and transforms a life that seemed beyond hope. It is a story for readers who believe in redemption, for those ministering to the broken, and for anyone who needs to be reminded that Jesus still saves. The foreword reinforces that theme by describing Trujillo as a once angry and rebellious young man whom the Holy Spirit brought into a real relationship with Christ.
ASIN: B0GWL5GQVB
VSKU: BVV.B0GWL5GQVB.A
Condition: Acceptable
Author/Artist:Trujillo, David
Binding: Paperback
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Condition Notes: The item is very worn but is perfectly usable. Signs of wear can include aesthetic issues such as scratches, dents, worn and creased covers, folded page corners and minor liquid stains. All pages and the cover are intact, but the dust cover may be missing. Pages may include moderate to heavy amount of notes and highlighting, but the text is not obscured or unreadable. Page edges may have foxing age related spots and browning . May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.