Chasing the Dragon Jackie Pullinger
Chasing the Dragon: One Woman's Struggle Against the Darkness of Hong Kong's Drug Den Jackie Pullinger
Until it was pulled down, the Walled City was Hong Kong's most
foreboding territory. It was a lawless place, dominated by the Triads,
and which the police hesitated to enter. Strangers were unwelcome. Drug
smuggling and heroin addiction flourished, as did prostitution and
pornography, extortion and fear.
When Jackie Pullinger set sail from
England in 1966 she had no idea that God was calling her to the Walled
City. Yet, as she spoke of Jesus Christ, brutal Triad gangsters were
converted, prostitutes quit, and Jackie discovered a new treatment for
drug addiction: baptism in the Holy Spirit.
One
of the most powerful books I have ever read and I feel that whoever
reads this book will not come out the same. The story of Jackie
Pullinger's missionary work is humbling, miraculous, and beautiful. She
was a lone 20 year old baby-believer without a missionary society behind
her, jumping into a mission field of prostitutes, gangs, and drug
dealers. Though the 'Walled City' in Hong Kong, a semi-anarchic
settlement, presents incredible challenges, she sees Jesus come through
time after time in miraculous provision and circumstances, healing
miracles, deliverances, and Salvation. That being said, there is quite a
pentecostal fervor in this book and most of the testimonies in this
book about deliverance from drugs and criminal lifestyles include the
use of praying in tongues. If this does not line up with your theology,
this book will be challenging. What is undeniable, though, is the love
of Christ shown in every page of this book. Like Heidi Baker says, (who I
believe was mentored by Pullinger) love looks like something. It looks
like sacrifice. It looks like laying yourself down. It looks like giving
it all away. Even for just one soul. In Jackie Pullinger's life, this
can be seen very clearly.
Product details
- Paperback: 272 pages
- Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton; Rev. ed. edition (16 Feb. 2006)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0340908807
- ISBN-13: 978-0340908808
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