Publisher's Synopsis
This book tells the story and life of David Clarke in the form of an autobiography. It is no ordinary book in that David and his brother were both notorious criminals in the 60s, living in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, where they were MOD's and were both sent to prison for and malicious wounding and carrying a fire arm without a licence. They were however both converted from crime to Christ and turned their lives around. This story tells of David's conversion to Christianity in 1970 and that of Michael's conversion, 1999 some 30 years later. It tells of their time in HMP Canterbury Prison and David's time in HMP Wormwood Scrubs and Dover Borstal. It also tells of David's criminal activity and the crimes he committed before his miraculous conversion from crime to Christ, during a bad experience on LSD, in 1970. This tells how he became a Christian overnight and how he learned to read in order to come to a fuller knowledge of the gospel. He learned to read through reading the bible and classical Christian literature. David tells of the events that led to him making a confession to the police about 24 crimes he had committed since leaving Dover Borstal in 1968 and of the court case where he was not sentenced. It tells how David's educated himself and went on to Higher education, and graduated with a Certificate in Education and how he went on to teach Electronics, for over 20 years, in colleges of Higher and Further Education. It tells of his life as a member of the Bierton Strict and Particular Baptist church, which was a Gospel Standard Cause, and how he was called by the Lord and sent by the church to preach the gospel. David tells of the various difficulties that he faced once he discovered the many doctrinal errors amongst the various Christian groups he met and of the opposition that he experienced when he sought to correct them. David recorded his experience and finding in his book "The Bierton Crisis" 1984, written to help others. The author David then goes on to tells how his brother Michael was untouched by his conversion in 1970 and continued his flamboyant lifestyle ending up doing a 16-year prison sentence, in the Philippines, in 1996. David tells how Michael too was converted to Christianity through reading C.S. Lewis's book, "Mere Christianity", and him being convinced that Jesus was the Christ the Son of the living God. David then tells of his mission to the Philippines, to bring help and assistance to Michael, in 2001 and of their joint venture in helping in the rehabilitation of many former convicted criminals, not only in New Bilibid Prison but other Jails in the Philippines. This book tells how David felt compelled to write this story in his book, "Converted On LSD Trip", once he got news of his brothers arrest, in the Philippines, via ITN Television news broadcast, in 1995. This book was published when he got news of his brothers conversion from crime to Christ in 1999, which was after serving 5 years of his 16-year sentence. And is told in their joint book, "Trojan Warriors", that contains the testimonies of 66 notorious criminals who too had turned their lives around, from crime to Christ, 22 of which testimonies are men on Death Row. David say he believes his story could be of great help to anyone seeking to follow the Lord Jesus Christ, but sadly Michael died in New Bilibid Prison of tuberculosis, in 2005 before their vision of bringing help to many was realized. On David's return from his mission to the Philippines he was refused access to use the Bierton Chapel, in to continue his preaching work, as all the older members of the Bierton Church had died and new Trustees had taken over were seeking to sell the chapel. This book tells the story
