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Nobody's childNOBODY'S CHILD This is an easy-to-read paperback, which provides a thoroughly depressing account of the failure of the care system but a wonderfully uplifting testimony to the triumph of the gospel. John Robinson spent most of his childhood in abusive foster homes, was sent to a detention centre for arson at 14 and then moved on to borstal and psychiatric hospital before ending up living on the streets surrounded by violence and hopelessness. In the midst of this, thankfully, someone had the courage to speak to John about God's love and Christians opened their hearts and homes to him. The wonderful result was that 'nobody's child' discovered the joy of becoming a precious child of God. Today John runs the Eden bus ministry, reaching out with the gospel in the toughest parts of Manchester. His passion is 'for those who feel downtrodden, hurt and rejected. In his foreword, Andy Hawthorne, states that, 'John's extraordinary story says two things to me. First, this gospel really works ... and secondly, this gospel needs to be out there on the streets where it works, not hidden away in our churches.' Despite the style of writing being quite disjointed at times, these two messages do come out loud and clear and, as such, the book is an inspiration and a challenge to us all. There are so many out there who already know only too well how much they need rescuing but just nothing about the Rescuer. Nadine Parker © Evangelicals Now - January 2004 |