The Stone Killer

Criminals and shares the manifestation of God’s love

Xulon Press Pens God’s Forgiveness For All, Including

Criminals and shares the manifestation of God’s love

2011-11-08

MAITLAND, FL – Do you believe God forgives everyone, even the greediest of the greedy, the deadliest of the deadly? The prevailing mission of The Stone Killer – A Hoodlum Reaches For God ($18.99 paperback, ISBN 978161904971) is to prove He does when you have faith in Him and accept Jesus Christ as your Savior.

Ronald J. Lawrence, a devoted Christian and a retired criminal investigative reporter for the St. Louis, Mo., Post-Dispatch who specialized in organized crime, homicides and corruption, introduces the readers to Jesse Stoneking, a compelling example of God’s forgiveness. Jesse was a stop-level organized crime figure in St. Louis who bragged that “cracking people” was the “way to become a man.” He tells readers how he plotted the simultaneous killing of five competing hoodlums; how he carried out murder contracts; and details of a $2 million score in which he almost killed a police officer.

He takes readers deep inside organized crime and behind the scenes of raging mob warfare. He discloses his life as an undercover FBI informant, during which death stalked him, narrowly missing him several times, and later as the mob’s kill squad tried to collect the $100,000 bounty on him. He reveals his compassionate side as he prevents the assassination of an FBI agent and tries to save the life of a teen-aged streetwalker.

After surfacing, Jesse began an arduous journey to God for reconciliation and forgiveness. God cleansed him of much of his past, converting the prince of crime who sat in the lap of luxury to a pauper and causing him to eventually reject violence. Jesse accepted the Lord as the only source of absolution. But he feared one day he would reap what he had sown.

Xulon Press, a division of Salem Communications, is the world’s largest Christian publisher, with more than 8,000 titles published to date. Retailers may order The Stone Killer through Ingram Book Company and/or Spring Arbor Book Distributors. The book is available online through xulonpress.com/bookstore, amazon.com, barnesandnoble.com, and in e-book formats.

 

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