Houston, Texas Aug 9, 2026 (Issuewire.com) Rustan Hicks was on track to follow his father, a successful physician, into medicine until, at nineteen, he says he heard God speak five words directly into his mind: “Not medicine, ministry.” That moment redirected the course of his life, and decades later, it forms the opening testimony of his new book, The Last Great Awakening: A Wakeup Call to America’s Christians.
Hicks’ faith story began in childhood, deepened through a Billy Graham Crusade altar call at age nine, and was tested through a turbulent high school stretch that included three arrests. A turning point came during a spring break trip to the Colorado River, where a chance encounter with a group of missionary teenagers led him to fully surrender his life to Christ an experience he describes as being met, in that moment, with an audible message from the Holy Spirit: “Everyone needs to know this.”
That conviction became the foundation of a lifetime in ministry. In the book, Hicks recounts eight distinct instances in which he describes hearing God speak directly and in clear English including a formative moment while studying the Book of Ephesians, when he says the Father answered a years-long theological struggle over salvation and divine sovereignty with five words: “The prayers of My children.”
The Last Great Awakening weaves these personal encounters into a broader call to action, urging American Christians toward renewed spiritual urgency and revival. Hicks frames the book not as abstract theology, but as a testimony meant to challenge readers to examine their own faith and role in the salvation of others.
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