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Held Hostage: A Serial Bank Robber's Road to Redemption (English Edition) Formato Kindle

Edizione Inglese di Ken Cooper (Autore), Robert Schuller (Avanti) Formato: Formato Kindle
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While Ken Cooper lived with his wife and two children and worked as publicity director for a Christian college, he was leading a double life--as a felon.

With a vivid, you-are-there style, this former gentleman bank robber takes readers on a journey through years of armed robberies, the dramatic shooting that ended his career, the horrors of prison, and a soul ultimately finding peace. Without fear or embellishment, Cooper openly shares the darkest moments in his life. Yet in these moments he finally meets God and ends up becoming a bright light in a horrendous prison system. From adrenaline-pumping true-life crime to an experience of God's gentle love, readers won't be able to put down this gripping memoir of transformation and God's grace.
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    Inglese
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  4. Editore
    Chosen Books
  5. Data di pubblicazione
    1 agosto 2009
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    1132 KB
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Husband. Father. Esteemed Community Man. Armed Bank Robber. The unflinching story of one man's double life--and his ultimate transformation. To his friends and family, Ken Cooper was the epitome of the perfect citizen: he was devoted to his wife and kids, loved by all, and had a high-profile job for a well-known Christian college. Yet beneath this polished exterior lurked a man haunted by a broken past and fueled by a dangerous addiction. This man was known to the newspapers and public as the armed and mysterious "gentleman bank robber." With raw authenticity, Ken bares all--from his tragic past to his time in one of Florida's most notorious prisons--in this unforgettable story of one man's miraculous redemption.

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Ken Cooper, who served four years of a 99-year sentence, later worked with four others to found Prisoners of Christ, a faith-based reentry ministry for the transition of inmates plagued with addictions. Now he heads up Ken Cooper Prison Ministries, involved in prison ministry organization development, consulting work, and education on overcoming addictions. Ken and his wife, June, live in Jacksonville, Florida.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00B85AD7G
  • Editore ‏ : ‎ Chosen Books; 1° edizione (1 agosto 2009)
  • Lingua ‏ : ‎ Inglese
  • Dimensioni file ‏ : ‎ 1132 KB
  • Da testo a voce ‏ : ‎ Abilitato
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supportato
  • Miglioramenti tipografici ‏ : ‎ Abilitato
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  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Abilitato
  • Memo ‏ : ‎ Su Kindle Scribe
  • Lunghezza stampa ‏ : ‎ 318 pagine
  • Numeri di pagina fonte ISBN ‏ : ‎ 0800794567
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Julie Goodwin
5,0 su 5 stelle Five Stars
Recensito in Canada il 7 ottobre 2014
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very touching story
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Nicenails
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Recensito nel Regno Unito il 29 giugno 2014
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Great story!
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AZN CUST NC
5,0 su 5 stelle An excellent descriptive and redemptive
Recensito negli Stati Uniti il 19 agosto 2012
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An adrenal rush can cause people to do all sorts of crazy things and seeking that high is behind so many addictive behaviors. I am glad Mr. Cooper tried not to harm anyone in his actions...no tellers were killed, no security guards shot, and the gun was fake at times. He hurt his family...his daughter and step-son for being somewhere else mentally when they were growing up.

The judge really threw the book at him. They had one charge. They felt he was linked to other robberies, but could not charge him due to lack of evidence. This one was different in MO because someone else was working with him on the outside. I am glad that his swagger and finding of faith helped him through this bottom-out and helped him get back on his feet again. He led by example. (Not by boasts but by prayful, daily, dutiful action)

I am glad Ken Tucky is out there helping others. He sounds like a down to earth guy who can tell it like it is to those who don't have time to play games with themselves. Mistakes will put them back in jeopardy.
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Art Brammer
4,0 su 5 stelle Great inside story of a life turned around!
Recensito negli Stati Uniti il 29 agosto 2012
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In Held Hostage we get an inside look at why a "respectable" man would want to rob, and keep robbing, banks. He doesn't need the money, but he becomes addicted to the adrenaline rush he gets. The reader can't help but wish he would have got caught much sooner and spared himself a lot of misery, yet God uses Ken's time in prison to bring him to salvation. His early time in prison in uncomfortable to read about, but we still see deliverance in this part. When Ken moves up a level everything gets better. In fact, as a story, one of the downfalls is that the story doesn't get worse and move to a climax, it just gets better and better. Still Ken is sticking to facts here as he must in a true story. This is an interesting story, well written.
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Barbara S. Reeves
5,0 su 5 stelle True story of the miraculous transformation of a serial bank robber!
Recensito negli Stati Uniti il 28 aprile 2012
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You know, after I was arrested for robbing all those banks, I had to accept that , yes, I am a violent criminal. I didn't physically hurt anyone, mind you, but the trauma I inflicted on my victims was probably just as bad, or worse. I had a hard time admitting that, and I've tried to come up with all sorts of excuses and reasons for why I did what I did. The last thing I wanted to admit was that I was just a bad person, that I was born bad, and will always be bad. I know there's a lot of people that will see it that way, even some of my own kinfolk, no doubt.

I've tried to explain it away by saying that I was sick, that I have a disease that causes me to lose control of my behavior. And the drug program I just completed gave me another perspective, basically saying that I've let things outside myself control me and that I'm guilty of thinking irrationally, of not thinking through the consequences of my actions.

There's also the spiritual perspective. After reading "Held Hostage" by Ken Cooper, I can see that I was deceived. I was under the delusion that if I do X, I will get Y. But it was a lie, the biggest lie I ever fell for.

Well, anyway, "Held Hostage" is a memoir by a serial bank robber who was not addicted to drugs or money. He was addicted to adrenaline, what he calls, "joy juice." He was a respected member of his community and had a high-profile job at a Christian college. He was living a double life that resulted in a ninety-nine year sentence in the state of Florida.

What's remarkable about this story is that he put his faith in Christ and ended up serving only three years. I'm inspired by this story because it proves that people do make miraculous changes while in prison. The Ken Cooper before his arrest was a completely different person than the Ken Cooper who came out of prison. He tackled his problem from the spiritual perspective and was given freedom in more ways than he could ever imagine.

Written by David Allan Reeves
Author of "Running Away From Me"
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