Nine Lives and Counting
A Bounty Hunter’s Journey to Faith, Hope, and Redemption
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Publisher Description
Go behind-the-scenes with Duane "Dog" Chapman, star of the hit reality show Dog the Bounty Hunter and two-time New York Times bestselling author, as he shares new stories about his faith in Jesus, family, and the discovery of God's grace at work throughout his life.
From being in a motorcycle gang, to being incarcerated, and then becoming a widely-know TV personality, Duane's life has been anything but ordinary. But, through every success and failure, the one constant has been his faith in God. For the first time, Daune is sharing how his faith has brought him through life's greatest difficulties, giving him renewed purpose and meaning.
In Nine Lives and Counting Duane offers fresh insight into some of his well-known life events, and he also gives you access to previously untold stories. You will hear about:
memories of the painful events that shaped Duane's childhood,the impact of his relationship with his praying mother,the surprising hope he found in prison,triumphs and failures from his days as a single dad,new previously untold stories of bounty hunting,the tragic loss of his beloved wife Beth to cancer,the unexpected blessing of finding his new wife Francie,the work he and Francie are doing to preach and share about Jesus,his relationship with his kids and family,and much more.
With all the plot twists of a page-turning novel, Nine Lives and Counting is a real-life chronicle of God's amazing grace and restoration that have marked Duane's journey of faith. You will be inspired.
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Chapman (Where Mercy Is Shown, Mercy Is Given), who's better known as Dog the Bounty Hunter, offers a plainspoken testimony to the faith that helped him transform from hard-living biker to TV celebrity. Raised by a Sunday school teacher mother and a physically abusive father, Chapman dropped out of school in the seventh grade and later joined a motorcycle gang. A debaucherous life of drinking, smoking, fighting, and petty theft followed, culminating in a five-year prison sentence for accessory to murder when his friend killed a man during a botched drug deal. Along the way, Chapman never lost his faith in God—he even spread the gospel to his fellow inmates. After being paroled, he found his life's purpose as a bounty hunter who caught high-profile criminals and promised them a better life through Jesus. Eventually, he parlayed that success into the 2004–2012 reality TV show Dog the Bounty Hunter. Chapman speaks with welcome candor about the death of his fifth wife, Beth, from cancer, the strains of life in front of the camera, and his fraught relationships with several of his 12 adult children. Unfortunately, a final chapter that invites readers to accept Jesus forsakes the introspection that gives the rest of the book its appeal for the language of a sales pitch: "If I'm right and God is who He says He is, then you could lose everything by not believing. Why not give this a shot?" Still, Chapman's Christian fans will be inspired by his impassioned ode to faith and redemption.
