Raised from the Dead: The Personal Testimony of America's First Evangelical Anchorman

by Frank Turner

Book Overview

Your image of what a stone-cold, cocaine-junkie-crackhead looks like probably doesnt include an impeccably dressed, very professional and extremely articulate television anchor delivering your evening... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1934363278
• ISBN13: 9781934363270
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: Zoe Life Pub
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

For the Second Time in My Life I Read a Whole Book in One Day

"Raised from the Dead" by Frank Turner, is the personal testimony of America's First Evangelical Anchorman. Ironically, the first book that I read in one day, "Hope for the Flowers", had the same wonderful message for me. March 11, 1971 is when my life changed forever. The other book was about crawling catapillers, that God changed to beautiful butterflies, as only He can do. This is one man's story about abandonment and sexual abuse as a child, in addition to smoking pure cocaine. It's about his marriage to the daughter of Louis Farrakhan. It is also about drug use and trafficking. It is about salvation, deliverance, healing and restoration. But if you are seeking for truth in your own life, I promise you this book will show you the miracle that happens when you reach out and ask God to change your heart, change your mind and turn you into that beautiful person that He intended you to be. (Remember the butterfly?) I'm the mother of five children and a grandmother of eleven. I've never had Frank Turner's horrendous experiences in life, but I could relate to him just because I was a lost, self-righteous soul headed for hell until that awesome day, March 11, 1971, when God called my name and changed my eternal destination. "Old things passed away, He made all things new." Thank God I was forever changed just as you will be after you read what God did in Frank Turner's life and what God wants to do in each of His children's lives. Thank you for sharing your story and I'm praying that you enjoy His miracles that are "new every day". Gratefully Yours, Boots Barlow

The Real Deal ... a page turner

Rarely has a Christian biography like RAISED FROM THE DEAD by Frank Turner, grabbed my attention and wouldn't let go from the first page to the very last. Seldom have I read one with the really "hard" issues in it. This is Reality at its worst and its very Best. The thoughts, experiences, and word images are so artfully written that they seem burned into my memory. I was disappointed when the book ended. RAISED FROM THE DEAD is captivating, riveting, challenging and with a bit of humor thrown in. The way this author has with words, makes the reader stop to marvel and meditate at the depth of his thoughts and the beauty of language. The best part of course, is how Frank Turner brings you right into the experiences with him--from the deepest pit of addiction to the heights of his love for our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and his Nicky. This author doesn't cop out and whitewash his "before" story so as not to offend Christians' sensibilities. While tastefully written, he is refreshingly honest, open, and vulnerable, which makes him someone the reader can relate to. I don't usually use the word "anointed" about anything these days, but I believe it applies to this book. I believe the Lord will use it to reach many for salvation in Jesus Christ, and to give all believers renewed hope and looking forward to living a life totally dedicated to Him and anxiously awaiting His soon return.

Raised From The Dead

Raised From the Dead Frank Turner's book is a sure breath of hope to any who have felt hopelessly alone and/ or have or are battling addictions. This book is just not for those in the categories described above; it is a true work of hope. Frank keeps you on the edge of your chair from defeat to glory. A must read for all who could use some inspiration in their life. Bob Kirby-Incarceratedyouthministries-RETOOL

Think Again - drugs are not just folks in the gutter or in the ghetto!

Just when you thought you knew what a "crack head" would talk, walk and look like...you were wrong. Frank Turner was a high-profile news anchor on ABC Detroit but had real "issues." Like a lot of us, he had ghosts from the past that haunted him - but he let those ghosts torture him - almost to the point of destruction! Thank God for HIS GRACE. This book shows you the amazing grace of God and how much His love for us is not beyond anyone's reach. Great, fast read. Better than chocolate! Pam Perry Chocolate Pages Reviews www.MinistryMarketingSolutions.com

More than Inspiring!

Frank Turner's Raised From the Dead is so full of incredible accounts of his life that words like amazing, awesome, inspiring and uplifting don't even do it justice. He used the biblical account of Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead to describe his own resurrection both naturally (he was pronounced clinically dead on three separate occasions) and spiritually. Turner's life has literally played out like a made-for-television movie. He was abandoned and orphaned then left to be raised by his grandmother, who Turner describes as evil, vicious and emotionally disturbed. The depraved woman not only physically and emotionally abused young Frank, but also permitted a pair of her male acquaintances to repeatedly rape and molest him. At age fourteen, he found what he believed to be a reprieve from his private hell in the form of a marijuana joint. Later Turner upgraded to powdered cocaine, then crack in futile attempts to anesthetize his pain. His addictions led to his eventual firing from the most lucrative and gratifying job he had ever held, as an anchor with Detroit's WXYZ TV - Channel 7. Turner realized that his life was spiraling out of control - but at the time didn't care. He had endured 33 years of emotional suffering, 25 years of drug and alcohol addiction, multiple bankruptcies, two failed marriages (one to the daughter of Nation of Islam's leader Louis Farrakhan) and three fatal overdoses as he described it. Then one day while in a crack cocaine stupor, Turner caught a sickening reflection of himself in a mirror and began to cry out to God for help. He would hear the Lord's voice say, "Enough!" While inching toward recovery, spiritual delivery and trying to reinvent himself professionally, God would send him an earth angel named Nicky Simmons. Nicky was the one person in his life to show him genuine concern, compassion and love - unconditionally. The two worked together to rebuild his life and reputation while seeking spiritual enlightenment. Turner described how, through the grace of God he and Nicky were led to salvation. In 1999, they were baptized in a Detroit church, confessed Jesus Christ as the Risen Savior and filled with the Holy Ghost. They were married a short time later the same month. Turner made history when he returned to WXYZ Channel 7 in 2000 as a reporter and weekend co-anchor; then later ended the 7:00 p.m. broadcast with "Finally Tonight... where he was allowed to speak candidly, and without restriction. His commentary was often evangelical. In 2006, he retired from Channel 7 in order to preach, teach and evangelize full time. "Raised from the Dead" reminds those who were born into a loving, nurturing environment to be grateful. It also serves as hope and inspiration to those who were not as fortunate. Finally, it serves to all that, the Risen Savior, Jesus Christ is the answer to all - regardless of your past.