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Born into an ordinary protestant family in Belfast during the 1950s, David Hamilton’s formative years were lived out against the backdrop of the Troubles. Inevitably, David’s life was shaped by the violence that surrounded him. He became involved with a terrorist organisation, ending up with a hefty prison sentence. David believed that in fighting with the Ulster Volunteer Force he had found a cause worth dying for but, while in prison, David had an encounter that would change the whole course of his life.

This is the dramatic story of how David’s life has been completely transformed. He is no longer on that slippery, destructive and violent slope but has found new life and a new cause that’s really worth living for.

David's account of his life before he became a Christian includes some stories that may not be suitable for some readers.

Title

A Cause Worth Living For
Author(s)

David Hamilton
Series

10Biography
ISBN

9781913278960
Format

Paperback
Publisher

10Publishing
Audience

Adults, Enquirer / Seeker
Pages

224
Published

01/06/2021

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David Hamilton

Since prison, David Hamilton has worked for Prison Fellowship (5 years) and then directed the work of Teen Challenge in N. Ireland(2 Years). He was asked to become the national Evangelist for Teen Challenge in the UK and moved to Wales to set up the Teen Challenge School of Evangelism. While living there he was ordained as an Evangelist with the Apostolic Church in Great Britain. He next spent ten years of extensive travel around Europe as an international evangelist with Eurasia Teen Challenge before settling in Manchester in 1998. He founded a charity, “Life Challenge” and opened a drug rehabilitation center, dealing with teens and young adults addressing their life–controlling problems. Through this ministry many young men and women have been successfully delivered from drugs and alcohol addiction. In 2004, he took up a full–time pastorate at a church in Stockport, Manchester. Since retiring from the pastorate (2014), he continues to have an itinerant ministry across the U.K.

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A Cause Worth Living For

In Davy’s account, the reader is brought vividly into his particular experience of the Troubles, and in the overwhelming need there was for the Lord’s power to change, heal and forgive. When Davy speaks of a “cause worth dying for”, it was something he truly believed of the violent struggle, and his story of gospel transformation is all the more powerful because of it. I found this book especially engaging because of how clear Davy’s voice is throughout. You hear his thoughts and speech, and get a real sense of his earthy humanity. His life was real, messy, and painful – perhaps in more explicit ways than ours, but fundamentally similar nonetheless. Whatever his sins, Davy came to know that Jesus paid the price, and that the gospel is the only cause worth “living for”. This is a message we all need to hear.