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Turnaround story
Very interesting. Joe Eszterhas has experienced a complete turnaround in his life.
Wrote dozens of works, including Basic Instinct, exploring the seamier side of life. Made a fortune.
Diagnosed with throat cancer and forced to give up drinking and smoking. Almost drove him crazy, literally.
Cried out to God in desperation. Did not even consider himself a believer. And things changed. Dramatically.
Even returned to the Catholic Church of all things.
Check it out here.
Very moving. We'll try to get him on the show to learn more.
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:o) mg
Sunday, August 31, 2008 08:05:20 PM    Quote Selection | Permalink
Gravatar.com Though I would not wish throat cancer on my unbelieving friends, I do pray that they will have a conversion one day.


The Last Cainanite
Wednesday, September 10, 2008 12:25:12 PM    Quote Selection | Permalink
Gravatar.com Joe's screenwriting career was pretty much dead by the time he "got religion" anyway.

And his new book, Crossbearer is not selling. Just a week after its release, it is listed at number #22,501 at Amazon only a week after its release. For comparison, The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins has first been published in 1976 and is listed at #606.
Also the excellent book by Richard Friedman Who Wrote the Bible from 1997 is on #6,100.

In sub-sub-sub-category "Books > Biographies & Memoirs > Leaders & Notable People > Religious" Eszterhas's Damascus memoir is 77th, being beat by such timely volumes as the biography of St. Francis of Assisi by G.K. Chesterton from 1923 or the Autobiography of the Dalai Lama from 1991.

Color me unimpressed.


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The Allen Hunt Show is about faith and life, plain and simple. According to a Gallup Poll in May of 2005, 85% of Americans consider their faith important or fairly important to their lives. Yet there is a gap on the talk radio airwaves that examines where faith and life come together. This show fills that gap like nothing currently on the radio. This is not one more political talk show, nor is it another faith-based counseling show because ultimately, life is not about what is right or left, but about what is right and wrong. The Allen Hunt Show takes on real life issues, with real life people, to see how faith can have a real impact. Join us on Saturdays from 9-11 PM and Sundays from 6-9 PM. Blessings!


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