Impact on individual lives

Some people have claimed that nothing has the power to turn an evil person to good quite like the Gospel of Christ.    Is this true?
The following are testimonies of how Christianity has a dramatic effect at the personal level.  These are extreme examples of lives filled with violence and hatred, transformed to good.


Violence, drug dealing, armed robbery, prison.  This was the life of Darrell Tunningley.  Watch this fascinating video of how God changed his life and he renounced evil while he was still in prison.  Listen to how the revival spread to other prisoners. (video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsDZjlsN7lY

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2280981/From-300-day-heroin-addict-church-pastor-How-ex-convict-involved-crime-11-turned-life-spread-word.html#comments

 Tommy Scott - LA gang member hit man into extreme violence and drugs has his life completely changed (video).  Watch here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLjruhcFk1o#t=134


 Phil Robertson once lived a life very different from the one he has now.  Watch him tell of how Jesus helped him out of a life of violence and alcohol.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjqccYmx13w



 Nicky Cruz - leader of the notorious Mau Mau gang in Brooklyn, caught in a cycle of drugs and brutal violence,  read how he turned from his life of crime with the power of Jesus Christ:
http://nickycruz.org/nickys-story/

 Davey Falcus - Turning an individual from gangland crime to good (video):
http://www.wordoutproductions.co.uk/davey-falcus-gangland-to-god/

 Bible's teaching on loving your enemy stops tribal violence (video)
https://vimeo.com/38633555

 Michael Franzese - mob to God (video):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ic_zELVQNE

 Meet Christian Claudio - Former Drug Lord & Latin King Gang Member.  Now turned from that life and following God (video):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxGXwKfKyoQ

 John Lawson - Enforcer, kidnapper, extortionist, bouncer, debt collector for the underworld, from the toughest housing estate in Europe (video):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kM6KgBMZB3A

 Rob Joy - Gang leader, drugs dealer, in prison for violent crime.  Tells his story (video):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlONmq8fssw&t=4m47s

 Gems - amazing grace.  UK Gang member,  Robberies & kidnapping.  Finds God and completely changes.
http://www.4thought.tv/themes/why-is-amazing-grace-so-amazing/gems?autoplay=true

 Street fighter, Mario, turns from life of crime and violence to God:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoQymfA_z7k

 Helped from homelessness and alcoholism by the Christian faith
Steph Macleod, banned from homeless hostels for being an aggressive drunk talks about how the Christian faith has changed his life.  (video testimony)
http://vimeo.com/28725091

 Beverley - from prostitution and crime,  has her heart healed by God.
http://www.4thought.tv/themes/why-is-amazing-grace-so-amazing/beverley-carter?autoplay=true

 Patsy - able to offer her son's killer grace, because God offered it to her.
http://www.4thought.tv/themes/why-is-amazing-grace-so-amazing/patsy-mckie?autoplay=true

 From guns and drug dealing to God
Willie Smith writes about how Jesus turned his life around rescued him from a life of drug dealing and gun battles.  (written testimony).
http://truthsaves.org/testimony/willies-testimony.shtml

 Paul, caught up in the violence of Northern Ireland talks about the change Christ has brought to him.
http://www.4thought.tv/themes/why-is-amazing-grace-so-amazing/paul-winter?autoplay=true

 Drunk husband transformed by Word of God.  Wife given strength to cope. (video)
https://vimeo.com/7083113

 From prostitution to freedom in Christ.  Roseline's story. (video)
https://vimeo.com/31388591

 Hiroyuki Suzuki - From Mafia to Christ:http://www.pfi.org/media-and-news/news/copy16_of_index_html

 Nick Vujicic - perhaps one of the most inspiring videos you'll ever see. (7 mins)  (German subtitles)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5mbldTkruM

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