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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