These words changed Charlie Osburn forever. The Charlie Osburn Story is the remarkable account of a man who "had it all" at age thirty,five, almost lost it all at forty,four, and today brings the message of Christ's love and forgiveness to hundreds of thousands of people as a Catholic lay evangelist. To his friends in Pensacola, Florida, he was a successful businessman, a prominent politician, and a committed Catholic. But his wife was talking to her lawyer about divorce. His children had lost all respect for him. And Charlie couldn't control his drinking.
Finally, with the help of a priest friend, Charlie reached out to the Lord he barely knew and admitted that he couldn't handle his life. First tearfully, then joyfully with words of praise, he experienced the love and forgiveness of God. Freed from alcoholism, his marriage and family healed, this one, time devotee of the gospel of material success is now an evangelist who has brought the message of Christ's love and forgiveness to people around the world. Here is the remarkable story of one Catholic layman's deliverance from evil - and his transformation into an evangelist who reflects the Holy Spirit's action in the Catholic Church.