“In Search of the Jesus People” by David Gervais is now available for purchase
“The breeze from the beach was warm and brisk today. The unmistakable sea scent was as familiar to me as the large, white gulls that flew above, dipping down into the parking lot for a dropped French fry or other small tidbit left behind by the shoppers, squawking happily on this beautiful day.”
– an excerpt from the book
AR Press is honored to publish “In Search of the Jesus People” by David Gervais. The book is now available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and the ARPress website.
This book is dedicated to people who want to know God at a deeper level but may have been misled by religious radicalism or authoritarian leaders. Perhaps you or someone you love knows people who have dealt with cults. Possibly even you have been a victim of their misaligned and untruthful ways.
A message from the author:
While this is my story, it may be your story, too, or the story of someone you care deeply about. Assurance in times of dealing with cults comes from truth, and the Lord has a way of leading His children toward that truth. “Let not your heart be troubled.” There is hope. There is faith. There is a future for you, though your vision may have become clouded with despair and confusion, as mine was when I first made that unthinkable choice to leave the cult that had captured me.
Sometimes you just have to take a stand and do the courageous thing. Sometimes you just have to boldly face the truth which has been right in front of you. After your decision to separate from them, you’ll slowly realize that you’ve been part of closed and distanced hierarchies, false teaching, and isolated existence. If you’ll keep an open heart, you’ll realize that God has been with you the whole time and your eyes will gradually open to brighter days ahead.
If this book helps you better understand cults and become more adept at dealing with them for yourself or for those you love, read on. You might just love to sit down and read an interesting story. Either way, this informative sequence of events may just be the eye-opening drama and revelation you’ve been waiting for.
Author David Gervais was born in the heart of Dixie to a blue-collar family during the 1950s. David grew up in a sleepy southern town on the tropical Gulf of Mexico. He still enjoys the small-town life in a little village, not unlike one of his favorite 1960s television shows.
Among his many interests, David enjoys writing and reading. He is an accomplished pianist and has mastered numerous instruments. He enjoys playing the piano for his local church and at other Christian functions, as well as teaching adult Sunday school and various activities with the local youth.
David is currently an active host family for international exchange students as well as an adoptive foster parent. David’s current occupation is full-time warehouse manager for a major distribution corporation. He eagerly looks forward to retirement, whereupon he can dedicate more time to his love of music and writing.
The story presents the year 1972 when hippies screaming for peace sweep the land! Long-haired boys and young girls wearing miniskirts were trying to ‘find themselves’ The news reported on demonstrations at campuses across the country, where peace protests were carried out with violence. But a shy, seventeen-year-old boy in the Deep South is fascinated by a different movement spreading throughout the land. They called themselves `Jesus People’ and were speaking of a personal relationship with the Lord.
He hungered and searched for a deeper walk with Christ. His search eventually led him to a group of people in a nearby town. So enthralled by the apparent sincerity of these folks, he left the traditional church he had been raised in. Thinking that he’d finally found the answer to the disappointments of his life, he was drawn toward the lifestyle of these `Believers’.
But slowly, that idyllic dream began to turn into a horrifying nightmare as their teachings soon formed chains of bondage around his spirit, which seemed impossible to escape! However, the Lord reveals Himself to all who seek after Him! The help from heaven came to this boy through unexpected sources, but Jesus often uses the simple to confound the wise, creating a humble heart within us and enabling us to see the truth.
“In Search of the Jesus People” by David Gervais is now available for purchase via ARPress Bookstore: https://authorreputationpress.com/bookstore/in-search-of-the-jesus-people/.