ENDORSEMENTS

​If you have read Scott Peck’s People of the Lie, as I have, and have been shocked by the depth of human evil, you have seen nothing yet. Ron’s childhood was unremitting evil. It is compelling reading, knowing how healthy, warm and kind Ron is. It is miraculous that someone could come through so much adversity and yet be able to have had a successful ministry for over thirty years. I could not put the book down. This is epic and needs to be read by everyone; it is shocking and remarkable. God has redeemed his life. I am so grateful to call this man my very good friend.

– Rt. Rev. Dr. Trevor H. Walters, Suffragan Bishop for Western Canada, Author of EAS Syndrome

​From despair and depression to freedom and forgiveness—what a faith-inspiring, hope-giving story! Ron takes the reader on his painful journey of horrendous, multiple abuse, but does not leave us there. He shows us his path to faith and invites us to join him on this life-changing experience. Ron models the necessity and power of  forgiveness in the healing process and provides Biblical scholarship and insight. We are encouraged to share in his triumph over trials and tragedy, to pursue help and healing for our own hurts and to join in the celebration of God’s love and life for everyone. It was a privilege to walk alongside Ron for part of his healing journey.

– Becca C. Johnson, Ph.D., Licensed Psychologist

This is a forthright book written by a courageous man. Ron lived through horrific abuse and dared revisit it and write about it. In this book, Ron shares with us what he most desperately needed—the healing, restoration and transformation of his body, soul and spirit—and how he received it. Ron has been a friend and brother in Christ for almost thirty years and I have been privileged to see God working this miracle in him. God continues to repay Ron the years the locusts have eaten. This book is an inspiring  description of God’s healing grace, and an encouragement for anyone struggling with forgiveness.

– Jean Hamilton, Senior Counsellor, New Brunswick Branch Office, The Isaiah 40 Foundation

Having known Ron for almost thirty years, and having been appalled and aghast at the circumstances of his life story, I am both amazed and pleased to read this book and see how he has turned a grievous situation into such a story of redemption and hope. Rather than living under a cloud of justified un-forgiveness and resentment, Ron is living in total freedom—truly a miracle of God’s grace.

– Rev. Don Hamilton, Rector, Christ the Redeemer Anglican Church

Ron’s book, Deliver Us From Evil, is truly a gem. For those who have endured childhood abuse and neglect, Ron’s personal story will provide hope not only for this life, but for eternity. Ron is a gifted teacher/preacher whom I’ve known close to thirty years. He is a man of his word—one whom I trust implicitly. I love the overall theme that God is faithful and uses tough times to shape and mould us. I am inspired by this story that teaches us to seek and keep our heart right before the Lord, and the power of Christ to transform our lives.

– Chris Hornibrook, Leadership Mentor, President, The Master’s Program in Canada

Be warned. You will need to pray your way through the first chapters of this book. Ron Corcoran takes us on his horrific journey from infancy through adulthood—a journey that causes one to scream “enough!” as the saga of relentless abuse constantly confronts the reader. It is also a journey from abuse and doubt to love and redemption—a modern Damascus Road encounter. This most godly man has transcended his traumatic history—a history that shaped and miraculously enriched Ron’s spiritual life and inspired urgency in sharing his faith.

– Wendy and Craig Davis Retired Social Worker and Educator 

The cruel and devastating effects of childhood abuse are graphically described in this highly personal account of Ron Corcoran’s informative years. In the wake of anger, mistrust, poor judgment and ultimately despair, Ron discovers God’s deep love, grace and the road to redemption. His personal growth in thirty-five years of lay and ordained ministry has been a remarkable journey, but true freedom has been found in knowing God’s forgiveness — and the joy of forgiving those who so nearly destroyed him.

– Dr. Chris Muller, MB ChB

From despair and depression to freedom and forgiveness—what a faith-inspiring, hope-giving story! Ron takes the reader on his painful journey of horrendous, multiple abuse, but does not leave us there. He shows us his path to faith and invites us to join him on this life-changing experience. Ron models the necessity and power of  forgiveness in the healing process and provides Biblical scholarship and insight. We are encouraged to share in his triumph over trials and tragedy, to pursue help and healing for our own hurts and to join in the celebration of God’s love and life for everyone. It was a privilege to walk alongside Ron for part of his healing journey.

– Becca C. Johnson, Ph.D., Licensed Psychologist

​Battered, bruised, broken, abused and shattered—this is one man’s story of how he overcame by God’s saving Grace and how he made Jesus the Lord of this life, even through all the pain and suffering he endured.

– Alison Chambers, Friend for over forty years

There is a transparency and honesty in these pages that I have rarely found in any book I have read. This is a book that likely has affected every emotion in my being. It is an extraordinary testimony of the grace and tenderness of the Lord, amidst the trauma and pain often inflicted by a world ignorant of God’s saving grace. Ron Corcoran has described his early years with a candour that could only be adequately addressed through the power of the Cross of Christ. In these pages, Ron has identified with the plight of humanity in terms of identity and purpose and has suffered the consequences of the worst the world can throw at us—even from birth. Ron Corcoran is living proof that God is able to do far more than we could ever possibly ask or think. He is the God of Transformation—and this book is living proof that nothing is impossible with Him (c.f. Luke 1:37).

​Ron has experienced the unfairness of a fallen world and has learned how to address the “silence of God.” In so doing, he has lived out the reality and promise of Scripture, and his testimony is proof that there is hope and purpose for every human being, no matter how distant and improbable that may feel at times. The pages of this book are both transparent and dramatic, and through them those with many unanswered questions will find a refuge of hope.

– Rev. Dr. Alistair P. Petrie, Executive Director, Partnership Ministries

Ron Corcoran is a man of heroic faith. His fruitful life of ministry and his Christ like spirit provide clear evidence of a life deeply rooted in the heart of Jesus. I know this about Ron. What I didn’t know before reading this book was the extent of evil unleashed upon Ron throughout the formative years of his life. I found the accounts of the depth and breadth of abuse to be astounding. But what I found even more astounding was the super-abundant grace of God that so gloriously redeemed Ron. Ron’s life is an open book journey to wholeness. His story will bring inspiration and hope to all who read it.

– Rev. Dr. Gary Bennett, Pastor, Victoria First Church of the Nazarene