In 1953 at age 17, he married a 15-year old farm girl who lived down the road, both successfully lying about their ages. Known as a frequent hell-raiser as a teen, he dropped out of high school and played honky tonk piano with his notoriously carousing cousin Jerry Lee Lewis. I want to save your soul and set you apart as a chosen vessel used in my service.I gave my heart to the Lord." The Lord said "Don't go in there but give me your heart. It was so vivid and so powerful I will never forget it. I know that sounds funny but I sensed it in my heart.
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His first message from God came at age eight while standing in line at a movie theater. Swaggart grew up in Ferriday, LA, held up on the wings of Pentecostal Christianity.
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When his escapade was exposed, he made a tearful TV confession and was back to preaching once more against sin within three months. Behind the power and the glory, Swaggart may be best known for his tortured, televised public confession on for consorting with prostitutes. Outspoken against sin, he himself succumbed to the temptation of a prostitute in December 1987. An itinerant preacher in the '60s, he began cutting gospel records before he started a radio show that led into his TV program. He conducted a vast yet dubious ministry secluded behind the walls of his $30 million dollar compound in Baton Rouge, LA. (to view image author and license, click here) BiographyĪmerican charismatic maestro of hi-tech salvation, television evangelist of Pentecostal Christianity blessed with the ability to spellbind audiences to the tune of $150 million a year.
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