David Powlison 1949– 2019

The Gospel Coalition  |  World
Date posted:  1 Jul 2019
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David Powlison 1949– 2019

David Powlison died peacefully at his home in Pennsylvania on 7 June after suffering from pancreatic cancer.

Growing up, Powlison attended a liberal mainline church and in high school he thought Christianity was a polite veneer for people who refused to face life’s hard real-ities. During that time he was confronted with death and depravity, including bully-ing, the murder of a classmate, suicidal friends, exposure to pornography, and drug use. Later, he had an interest in radical pol-itics, protests, and New Age religion.

Conversion

However, whilst working in a psychiatric hospital, his friend Bob Kramer had a candid conversation with him: ‘David, you are destroying yourself.’

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