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From Gang Member to Christ: Casey Diaz Interview - The Becket Cook Show Ep. 94
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- Опубліковано 12 жов 2022
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In today’s episode, I chat with Casey Diaz about his book, “The Shot Caller: A Latino Gangbanger’s Miraculous Escape from a Life of Violence to a New Life in Christ.” His story will absolutely amaze you! The son of El Salvadorian immigrants, Casey Diaz was brought to Los Angeles at the age of two. An abusive, impoverished family life propelled Casey at only eleven years of age into the Rockwood Street Locos gang. Casey was willing to do anything to be number one, but years of chasing rival gang members led to a dramatic ambush and arrest by the LAPD.
At just sixteen, Casey was sentenced to more than twelve years in solitary confinement in California’s toughest prison as one of the state’s most violent offenders. He thought his life was over.
Yet, when a determined elderly woman paid Casey a visit, a whole new world of possibilities began to unfold. Casey scoffed as she quietly insisted God was going to use him. As the days in solitary wore on, Casey realized Someone else was calling the shots. What happened next can only be described as a miracle.
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ABOUT BECKET:
Becket Cook was born and raised in Dallas, Texas. He attended Jesuit College Preparatory
School of Dallas. After graduating from Austin College in Texas, Becket moved to Los Angeles to pursue his dream of writing and acting, finding success in both. He eventually went on to become a production designer working with the top photographers and directors in the world on fashion shoots for magazines such as Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar, and for ad campaigns such as Gap, L'Oréal Paris, and Nike.
Finding a new sense of freedom in L.A., Becket also fully engaged in his new life as a gay man. He had a series of many relationships with men throughout the next fifteen years.
In September of 2009, Becket met a stranger at a coffee shop in Silver Lake who invited him to his church in Hollywood called Reality L.A. Becket reluctantly agreed to attend the service. After hearing the sermon that Sunday, Becket was utterly transformed by the gospel and gave his life to Christ. He also knew on that day when God revealed Himself to him that homosexuality was a sin and that he could no longer live that life. Becket was more than happy to count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus his Lord.
Becket spends much of his time in ministry speaking at churches, universities, and conferences helping believers (and non-believers) understand this issue biblically, theologically, culturally, and personally. Balancing grace and truth when teaching on this subject is of primary importance. His goal is to challenge the current cultural narrative about sexuality in general and homosexuality in particular by demonstrating through his personal testimony and biblical truths that, yes, homosexuality is still a sin, and that following Christ is infinitely more satisfying and joyous.
He has lived all over the world in major cities such as Rome, Vienna, and Tokyo.
Becket graduated from Talbot School of Theology at Biola University in 2017 with a Master of Arts in Theology.
Becket’s book, A Change of Affection: A Gay Man’s Incredible Story of Redemption, with a
foreword by Francis Chan, published by Thomas Nelson, released July 30, 2019.
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53 minutes never went by so fast. What a blessing to hear his story.
I was choked up with tears.
'Worthy to go through something like that'.
Sorry, just can't stop crying.
How ashamed I am as a lifelong Believer to have taken my faith so for granted.
God forgive me.
It is humbling, we need that!
I felt very similarly. It is so wonderful to meet people who fear God more than man.
Amazing
One never tires of a “Coming to Christ” story. I had never heard this story. What a beautiful powerful testimony that reminds each one of us we need to have intercessory pray for others❤
Amen!!!🙏
This is a miraculous testimony!!! Jesus is MORE than faithful. That woman was correct. God certainly used him and saved his soul. I loved hearing his explanation of the peace he felt. A true Damascus conversion.
I just ordered his book. I served in a prison ministry for 9 years in the Florida Department of Corrections. I have met several born again Christians in prisons. Some of my closest brothers and sisters in Christ were convicted murders. Remember that Jesus said those who have been forgiven for much would be the greatest servants of the Lord. I believe it!
Thank you! God Bless
What a mighty & Gracious God we serve! This brought warmth to my heart; tears to my eyes and lots of hope for the redemption of those that are in the grips of darkness. I am ordering the book today. Thank you once again Becket! ❤
Casey, you’ll feel that joy of conversion again- eternally, in heaven!
As I listened to Casey Diaz's experience in prison and the two years of beatings he endured, I am reminded of Paul and his many imprisonments after he became a disciple of Jesus. Casey's journey is one of the most telling and graphic depictions of what prison is like; the jargon, the cliques, solitary, all of it. Thank you, Becket for allowing him to tell this very inspirational story. God bless.
Yes, I was thinking the same thing!
I'm 33 minutes into this and I'm awe-struck. His testimony is nothing short of a miracle. I am reminded of the prison escapes of Peter, Paul, and Silas. How AMAZING is our GOD?!!!
I’ve heard his testimony several times before and sob every time. Can’t wait for the movie!
I'm blown away by how the Lord just kept presenting so many opportunities to share the Gospel and evangelize through so much adversity. Praising Jesus for all of the sewn seeds. May lives continue to be transformed!
This is amazing!!! I also had an encounter with Jesus in a dream about 5 years after I was saved, but still at a very dark place in a very broken marriage. After the dream I woke up with no memory of it and went about my usual daily routine. It wasn’t until the next evening while I was making dinner for my kids that the memory of the dream came back to me all at once, like a movie reel in brilliant living colors. Without going into detail, I remember clearly that in the dream Jesus told me with nothing but a deep love that I’d never known or imagined that he died for the whole world, but he was dealing only with me in that very tender moment. The overwhelming peace and inexpressible love I felt in that dream sustains me to this day-well over fifteen years later. I’m so grateful to be the adopted, chosen daughter of the Most High, thanks be to Jesus! Thank you for sharing this beautiful, miraculous testimony. 💟✝️💜
Precious-tysm for sharing 👑💎
incredible 😳😳👍👍👍👍
This dude is the real deal, everything he says checks out with how the jail system works. I’m glad he gave his life to Christ because I wouldn’t want to come across him if he were not a Christian. Nothing but respect for this OG.
Gracias de compartir la entrevista de Casey. Bendiciones, y damos gracias a nuestro Señor por tu show Becket. 💞
GOD BLESS YOU BOTH!!! SOLDIERS FOR THE LORD 🙏
Such an amazing testimony !!
Hallelujah !
That brought up tears of joy !
We have a wonderful God ! 🥰
Hallelujah!! God is so good to us all!!
Love the testimonies bursting with miracles 🥳🙏🏼❤️ Thank you both so much for having this conversation
Becket, again; you bring it home with these fantastic guests! Thank you! God bless you and God bless Casey! WHAT a story! 😲🕊️💪
So happy for him and all the lives he touches.
I accepted Jesus as my savior at 27, thirty two years ago and am so grateful for everyone who prayed for me.
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A life that comes face to face with the Power of God can never be the same. To God be the Glory! Psalm 57:11
Oh Beckett! This testimony is so wonderful, miraculous and a tear jerker. Thanks for having Casey on the show. I love hearing from you
Wow what a testimony! God is good! This man’s story brings joy to my heart and tears to my eyes. Thank you for having him on your show, Becket!
I cracked up when Becket said, "That sounds gnarly"! May God Bless you both!
I love the testimonies! This bring me such hope especially because we have a family member who is so lost - drugs, homeless, hateful but these testimonies remind me how powerful God is and He can reach anyone anyway He wants to 💖
You met a REAL chaplin that was rejoicing, just like the angels in heaven that rejoice when someone comes to Christ!
And the 70’s show, “emergency” was based out of Rampart hospital.
Greetings from Colombia. Thanks for the testimony.
This is so inspiring. I want to be in prison ministry. Thank you for this encouragement. I know God sent me to this video today for a purpose!
The Rampart Division is familiar to me, thank you Casey for sharing your testimony with Becket and his audience👍
This is so uplifting! Thank you - this fills me with so much hope 🥹
Ordered my book from Amazon right after watching the interview… amazing testimony, interesting how God took him to the detention center to minister to those 2 other men… if they never meet in this life, May we all be in eternity bowing before the throne. Selah.
Thank you Becket! It was great meeting Casey. What a marvelous God we serve. I can’t wait to buy the book!!!!
Hi Becket, amazing story of Casey, glad he came on the show.
Amazing testimony! If God can do this for him he will do it for you. I’m buying the book. Thank you Becket!
I think this was my favorite episode by far!!! So good!!! Praise the Lord 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Becket, Thank You for having Casey share his story of HOPE & REDEMPTION!! Im HUMBLED by his faithfulness!! May the LORD continue to use you and bless you for HIS GLORY!! 🙏
Amen. What a blessing to hear of the transforming power of Christ.
This is SO amazing. The way he described just knowing Jesus was looking at him without being able to make out any facial features reminds me of when God gave me a vision several years ago. Jesus was standing behind me and I didn’t see his smile but I felt, and knew he was smiling. Also when he talks about that unexplainable peace, I felt that too and it makes me cry just thinking that God has given those moments to his children. It’s so moving ❤
What an amazing testimony! Thank you for having this man, Becket. So inspirational. God’s power always floors me.
WOW!!!!
His appearance before the parole panel reminded me of the Shawshank Redemption when Morgan Freedman’s character appeared for parole.
What an amazing testimony! Praise God for Mr Diaz!! We are all unworthy but our Father uses us still!!! I love how God used Casey to reach people some people can’t reach! May God continue to bless him for his obedience!
Casey’s story is amazing! I got chills just hearing about all of the ways God worked in his life. I was listening while working out, and for a while there I thought he was saying he was a “shock collar”! Glad he clarified what a “shot caller” is!!!😂
This interview is incredible !!! I’m definitely going to share in my FB and IG pages !!!
What an amazing testimony 🙌 👏 🙏 all praise to go.
Absolutely miraculous. I kept getting choked up. God bless that man!
Incredible! Wow, what a testimony.
WOW!!! Very very encouraging segment. Thank you Casey for sharing your story!. Sooo powerful ♥️♥️
Beyond an amazing testimony!! Only God can receive credit for a miracle transformation like this. So thankful he stood strong in his faith even when his life was literally and repeatedly at stake and that God spared his life so he could boldly share the Gospel inside and outside the prison walls. Let’s shout hallelujah!!
I've never clicked a video so fast! There is nothing better than a testimony...gosh, I love this guy. LOVE this guy. Glory to God!!
Prayers for all the teenagers that hear your story and for the glory be to God in all you do.
God's lavishing grace abounds in both of your lives! None of us deserves salvation any more than a convicted murdering gangmember. Surely God deserves our complete devotion.
That was fascinating, really appreciate this! Thank you Casey, Thank you Becket. You get THE BEST GUESTS. 🙌🏼 💓
Thank you for your story, Casey. -Dallas
This was an absolutely wonderful story Becket! Many thanks for sharing this!
A-STOUNding!! Thank You Beckett! So much love to you both!!
Wow! So thankful to hear this testimony. Thank you!
Wow! What an amazing testimony! Thanks so much for airing it!
Absolutely beautiful testimony/conversion. This gives us hope for so many of our loved ones who are separated from God! Thank you!
when he mentioned during the movie 🎬 on the wall, he saw Jesus' breath leaving Him 🥺🥺😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 so glad his story will be made into a movie, in fact, every episode of Becket Cook, and his own story too, should be made into TV series and movies 😍😍🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩 God is so good ☝️☝️🙌🙌🙌🙌👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Miracles do happen in this day! Thank you Beckett. I’m gonna share this
Becket, where do you find these amazing works of God’s Grace?! Love hearing God’s redemption through people’s testimony.
Counted worthy to suffer for The Name.
Becket, thank you for having Casey Diaz on your show. My husband used to be a gang member before he became a Christian, but what he did was mild compared to Casey.
Reminds me so much of Paul.
Thank you Becket and Casey!
What a wonderful testimony!!
They triumphed over him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death. Revelation 12:11
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Talk about some Holy Boldness! Wow
Now I listened to it twice. Thank you Becket and Casey!
Wow incredible testimony!!!
I love your interviews. You have such a broad range of believers….this one was inspiringly epic!! I also appreciate your childlike enthusiasm for people’s stories and that your wonder regarding the Most High comes across so clearly!
Thank you! God Bless
I don’t think my goosebumps ever went away the ENTIRE time. It was miracle after miracle. GOD IS SO GOOD!!!!!!!
People are looking for miracles in all the wrong places... the greatest miracle is when GOD changes human heart.
All people who give their heart to God are walking miracles that are in process of transfiguration into the likeness of Christ
I was just thinking to myself that this should be made into a movie and i am so glad it is going to be one!
Thank you for continuing to make such great content. What an incredible testimony!! I can't wait to read the book.
What a story!!! Praise the Lord!!
These testimony stories are so, so encouraging; I always love hearing the new ones. God bless y’all.
Our God is such an awesome God!!! Isn't that wonderful!!! May the Lord revive us all!!!
I've cried multiple times listening to this. 53 minutes went by fast! How great and merciful is our God! So happy to have him as a sibling in Christ!
My goodness, i cant stop crying. The goodness of God is just over the top. Thank You Jesus ❤
I’m speechless and tearful! PRAISE GOD!!!
wow Casey moved me to tears more than once. God is SO GOOD❤️
Wow! Praise you Lord ❤️
thank you for sharing Casey! and hosting him Becket!
I'm so excited for this movie based on his book🙌
Thank you Becket and Casey for being living testimonies of God's Faithfulness, Forgiveness and Love!!
Wow wow wow wow wow! Blown away!
What a story. What a God. Once again grateful for stories that reveal the power of God.
Oh my goodness this is incredible. Praise the Lord!!!🥹🙏🏼🙌🏼
Such an amazing testimony!!!
He's so right. God is so merciful. He takes the unworthy and gives them life and love. Thank the Lord for Francis, Casey, Beckett, and everyone He uses to do such miracles!
My heart goes out to all of the youth caught up in gangs. God rescued my brother from a gang. He was shot by a rival gang when I was a senior in high school. It was a dark, sad and scary time for my family. By the amazing grace of God and my mom's incessant prayers, he was delivered. He is a believer now, married, owns his home. Nothing is impossible for God.
I love all of the beautiful redemption testimonies on your channel!!!!
Amazing testimony. Thanks for bringing it to us Becket.
Wow, while I was listening to this testimony it really reminded me of the Apostle Paul. He was a thug too, he used to kill christians. And both of these men were radically saved by God and then used to save other people. The way that God moved this man around really reminded me of the things that happened in Acts, including how he was released from the deportation Center even though he was born in El salvador! That reminds me of when an angel opens the prison doors for the apostles. This testimony was so edifying, I could see how God has a big picture when he moves us around to different places and how he leaves each of our stories together. Hopefully this will help me when I am questioning different stages of my life and feeling out of place.
This was an awesome interview! Choked up a few times! Thank you for this! To God be the glory!!
Thank you for your testimony Casey! God can do miracles. This gives me so much hope for others!!! ❤
Beckett, God is using you! Your guests give me so much hope.
So much power in the testimony. Our stories are not wasted. Bless you sir.
Good grief, after the third beating, you'd think the guards would get a clue
I've seen movies, heard testimony re beatings, it doesn't take Einstein to figure out prisons aren't run in any good way, but safety for all must be a concern. I say turn the management over to women and watch for changes that could look have been implemented long ago.
Can’t wait to watch, Casey’s story is one of my favorites ❤
What a remarkable testimony!!! Amen!!!!
Chills...more chills ..chills again!!!! PTL!!
Thank you for bringing Casey’s story to light! I loved it and it was so powerful that I immediately ordered 2 copies of his book to give out at jail ministry (had to read it first👍👍👍) I love how Miss Frances just kept reaching out in love, planting those gospel seeds!
Becket thank you for this interview ❤