Stone the Preacher

Saddam Hussein was hanged today.
2 Chronicles 21:20–”He passed away, to no one’s regret…”

“Lost! Lost! Lost! Better a whole world on fire than a soul lost!

Better every star quenched and the skies a wreck than a single soul to be lost!”

Come back on Monday to read my Modest Proposal for the New Year!

I love this! Everyone gets it wrong. Read the three phrases in the triangles out loud and see if you get it right! We blow these up to poster size and use it to attract crowds. After a person reads the test, we turn the card over and have them answer some more questions on the back—which leads to a Gospel presentation! (Living Waters Ministries has allowed evangelists to do this.)
Take a look and order some here from Living Waters; they are only 5 bucks for a 100!

Lebannon, 1991— Mary Khoury was 17 when Damour, her village in Lebanon, was raided by Muslim fanatics who were bent on converting everyone to Islam by force. She and her parents were given one choice: “If you do not become a Muslim you will be shot.”
Mary knew Jesus had been given a similar choice: Give up His profession of being the Son of God and the Savior of the world, or be crucified. He chose the Cross. So she replied, “I was baptized as a Christian and His word came to me: ‘Don’t deny your faith.’ I will obey Him. Go ahead and shoot.” A Muslim who had just killed her father and mother shot her and left her for dead.

Two days later the Red Cross came into her village. They found Mary and her family where they had been shot – she was the only one alive. But she was now paralyzed; the bullet had severed her spinal cord. Her paralyzed arms were extended and bent at the elbows, reminiscent of Christ at His crucifixion.

At first Mary was depressed, not knowing what she could now do. Then the Lord spoke to her and she knew what she must do with her paralyzed life. “Everyone has a vocation,” she said. “I can never marry or do any physical work. So I will offer my life to the Muslims, like the one who cut my father’s throat, stabbed my mother while cursing her, and tried to kill me. My life will be a prayer for them.”

—From “The New Foxe’s Book of Martyrs” by John Foxe, rewritten and updated by Harold J. Chadwick

Hour of Power” (H.O.P.) every Friday. 4PM-5PM Meet at Hope Chapel at 4pm. We’ll go to the Del Amo Mall for one hour to evangelize.
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P.I.E. (Pizza, Evangelism & Intercession) events meet on Saturdays at Hope Chapel at the top of the stairs at noon. Locations are subject to change. Dec. 30: Redondo Beach Pier To read the rest of the schedule… (more…)

I captured the attention of a group of guys with the Million-dollar bill Gospel tracts, but had a harder time keeping them all there to listen. You’ll notice that I’m speaking very loud (surprise! surprise!). I’m doing this for a reason: There is a crowd that is gathered around watching the action, and I want them to hear the message too. The funny thing is that when I got to the Judgment Day part, those who heard began to go away one at a time (the older ones first?), until only I was left with the two guys.

I looked to see what time “The Nativity Story” started as I peered into the ticket window at the local movie theatre, my two daughters in tow. It was two days before Christmas and now was the time to watch the film telling of the glorious birth of our Savior. One problem: it wasn’t there anymore. The movie “Holiday” was playing, though.

Bah humbug!!!

I spoke to a roving Dickens Caroler taking a break…
…who didn’t have a clue about whether he was going to Heaven or Hell. I asked him if he thought that he had kept the 10 Commandments and he immediately said that he had, except for coveting. Ahhhh, the spirit of Christmas…

I took my girls to see Santa Clause in the main plaza of the mall, and they enjoyed the wonderful warmth, cheer, and love shared by all the consumers as they watched D.D. and Laurel sit on his lap under the glow of the artificial Holiday Tree.

Then Santa gave us his business card.

And we all enjoyed a very Merry Xmas.

—Steve Sanchez

It is nice on occasion to read about someone who is acknowledged by the world as a “good person”. Ex-President Ford was this kind of man; I hope he made it to Heaven.
Read the story from AP here:

CRAWFORD, Texas - President Bush on Wednesday remembered former President Gerald Ford as a “man of complete integrity who led our country with common sense and kind instincts” and helped restore faith in the presidency after the Watergate scandal. Click to read the rest of the story!

Watch a nice video here!

If this being is omnipotent, then every occurrence, including every human action, every human thought, and every human feeling and aspiration is also His work; how is it possible to think of holding men responsible for their deeds and thoughts before such an almighty Being?
In giving out punishment and rewards He would to a certain extent be passing judgment on Himself. How can this be combined with the goodness and righteousness ascribed to Him? [Albert Einstein, Out of My Later Years (New York: Philosophical Library, 1950), p. 27.]

I do not believe in the God of theology who rewards good and punishes evil. [Albert Einstein, as quoted in a memoir by Life editory William Miller in Life, May 2, 1955]

From celebatheists.com

These boys know how to do! Watch this one minute video and get inspired to shout at someone, (but if you’re too afraid to do that, then just hand out a Gospel tract.)

Herman Chi, a Chinese evangelist for many years, just graduated from my evangelism class and he is on-fire. Learning how to use the 10 Commandments, Judgment Day, Hell, and the Million-dollar bill Gospel tract has made him absolutely fearless!

He ran up our church steps the day before Christmas and told me this story of how he was just recently robbed at gunpoint near the local Starbucks in Redondo Beach:
I was on the sidewalk and a guy pulled alongside of me in a car, pointed a gun, and shouted, “Give me all your money!”

“That’s all I have,” I replied. He sped off quickly.

This is why he’s earned the nickname: “The Hermanator.”

Jimmy Stewart was a very popular and beloved actor who is best known for his role as George Bailey in “It’s a Wonderful Life,” voted by the American Film Institute as the most inspiring motion picture ever made.

I love watching this movie during Christmastime; it shows how valuable just one person can be and the difference just one person can make! I wonder if Jimmy has met the evangelist from George Street yet? Who’s the evangelist from George Street? Click here!

I love escalators! Not only do they save me from all that arduous legwork incurred by lifting too-heavy gifts up too-steep stairs, but I can stand at the bottom and hand out Gospel tracts; I’ve handed out hundreds in just a few minutes. There is a theatre in a local mall that transports people down a level after the movie ends. I simply ask an usher what time the movie is over and wait!

Here’s my 5-year-old Laurel demonstrating excellent form:

Some members of the evangelism team, Robyn and Robert, do not want to be shown up by a little kid.

Let me caution you about the herd mentality, though. If one person says no to a Gospel tract, the whole line of people on the escalator says no. What you have to do after someone says no to a tract, is to skip three or four people and start again. If a person says yes, they all say yes and take them!

Nick Turner is the 15-year-old son of a pastor here at my church, Dale Turner. He wrote this piece for his high school paper and has since experienced a measure of persecution from his teachers, students, and others in authority.

As the Christmas season rolls around, many people get excited about their time off. Finally, it is time for Christmas vacation.

But nowadays, the title, “Christmas vacation,” is offensive to many people. We now must call it, “Winter Break,” or as PV calls it, “winter recess.”

Yet, there is one thing I do not understand: why is it that we are allowed to say words like Kwanzaa and Hanukkah,

but when the word Christmas comes up, it brings a chill to the bone?

People who do not like this word just need to chill out. (more…)

I had some time to kill before picking up my parents at the airport, so I stopped by the Fox Hills Mall in Culver City. As I pulled my car into the mall I saw a bus stop with a ton of people. I pulled out a stack of 100 Million-dollar bill Gospel tracts and started to get to work. Most of the people at the bus stop were quite happy to receive the bill; there were a number of young adults and some senior citizens. In particular a young Asian woman with a UCLA sweatshirt got quite offended at me passing out bills and talking to people.

“F#*# Y#$,” she said vehemently.

“You’re a Christian just trying to convert people!” she said with disgust. (more…)

In case you haven’t noticed, on the post below (you’ll have to click on “previous entries”) concerning the Radical Street Preacher, I have gotten quite a few comments about this guy who berates patrons of a stripclub with the Gospel. Watch the two videos on this guy and join in the fray. Some interesting comments from the Reverend Bhagavan Friend who has his very own religion.

In an article from the wonderful weekly news magazine, WORLD, writer Marvin Olasky profiles a prison warden at maximum security Louisiana State Penetentiary who brings his Christian values to work—and details how God is moving in “America’s worst prison” and “the bloodiest prison in the south.” He writes, “Who knows how evangelism could affect the lives of prisoners already burdened by life sentences?”

Since evangelism-friendly warden Burl Cain came to the prison in 1995
the number of weapon-wielding assaults by one inmate on another declined from 321, the year he came to the prison, to just 97 last year.

Inmates used to sleep with magazines under their T-shirts to deflect knife attacks. Now convict Eugene Tanniehill says, “God is in this place” and “men have new hope.”

Warden Cain is a Southern Baptist who encourages Christian efforts and says, “Only the Lord Almighty makes a prison safer.” Cain admits that he holds the hands of prisoners condemned to die as they receive lethal injections and have their last 90 seconds of consciousness. He tells of Taylor Feltus, executed on June 6, 2000, who had become a Christian and said that he was sorry for his crime; Cain was able to tell him that the family of his victim had forgiven him.

Christmas-time can sometimes bring wondeful memories as well as unwanted conflicts. This is written from a graduate from my evangelism class who gave permission to print this, but wished to remain anonymous. Please pray for her and her family.

My husband was apparently “saved” when he was in High School. According to my mother-in-law, he was very active in church and passed out bibles. However, since I’ve known him he hasn’t attended church regularly, doesn’t take communion, and unfortunately won’t pray with me. That leads me to think that he is a false convert.
We were talking last night and I told him that I couldn’t make it to a social event Tuesday night because it was the last class, etc. He nodded and said something about how I better not try using any of this on his family during Christmas. I replied with “I can’t guarantee that.” So he told me that I can only talk to them about it if they ask me specific questions about my faith. I agreed. Then I started explaining to him how I would share it with them: “I would ask them if they died today would they go to heaven or hell? Then I would ask them if they’d kept the 10 Commandments starting with lying, then stealing, and blasphemy”—then my husband stopped me.

“Why are you going through all this with ME?” he said. “I already know it.”

“Do you?” I asked. “You don’t go to church and you won’t take communion. How do I know that you are saved?”

He just looked at me quite stunned and said, “I guess that’s between me and my God.”

What do you think? Was the wife’s approach appropiate?

Los Angeles, December 5, 2005 — Beyond Belief Media has formally declared war on Christmas, the December 25 holiday in which Christians celebrate the birth of the mythical figure Jesus Christ, the company announced today.
“Christian conservatives complain nonstop about the ‘War on Christmas,’ but there really isn’t any such war,” said Beyond Belief Media president Brian Flemming , a former fundamentalist Christian who is now an atheist activist. “So we have decided to wage one, to demonstrate what it would look like if Jesus’ birthday were truly attacked.”

As its opening salvo, Beyond Belief Media has purchased advertisements this week in the New York Times , USA Today and the New Yorker magazine. The company’s 300-member volunteer “street team” is also descending on Christmas-themed public events with random “guerilla giveaways” of Beyond Belief’s acclaimed DVD THE GOD WHO WASN’T THERE .

“No Christmas pageant or Nativity display is safe from our troops,” said Flemming. “Wherever the mythical figure Jesus is celebrated as if he were real, we will be there with an information barrage. We will undercut the idea that there is any point at all to celebrating the ‘birth’ of a character in a fairy tale.” Click to read more from the press release!

—Have you heard of this movie? Maybe they should retitle it : “The Film That Wasn’t There!” or “The Film That Disappeared and Lost Money for Its Investors!”

(AgapePress) - The Florida-based Christian law firm Liberty Counsel has developed a checklist cataloguing retailers who either censor or acknowledge Christmas. The “Naughty and Nice” lists are part of the legal group’s “Friend or Foe” Christmas Campaign, a yearly effort to combat those who attempt to curb expressions honoring the true meaning of Christmas. So far, stores on the “Naughty” list include Lowe’s, where employees are not allowed to say “merry Christmas” to customers; Banana Republic, whose website refers to a “Holiday Gift Guide” with no mention of Christmas; and Best Buy, whose spokesperson says the use of “merry Christmas” is disrespectful. Meanwhile, among the stores on the “Nice” list are Dillard’s, Hobby Lobby, JC Penney, Jo-Ann Fabrics, L.L. Bean, and Wal-Mart. Click here to read more!

This is Part 2 of the strategy to win your unsaved loved ones (see below).

Here is an interview that I had with a very humble and honest (but confused) character on Hollywood Blvd. If you haven’t been there in awhile it’s a great place to talk with people. We were in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theatre where a multitude of actors shill for bucks as you take photos of them. If there is a problem with this video here, then click here to watch!

This interview is a demonstration of the “Bulldog” technique. A bulldog has its snout bent backwards so it can breathe while holding onto its victim; I do the same here because eternity is just too important. You will also see the tragedy of someone who may be a false convert. I want to wake this man out of his slumber by asking hard questions about what he believes.

Tell me what you think after seeing this rather uncomfortable video.

If you’re like me, you want your unsaved family members to come to know the Lord, so that when they die they will not pay for their sin themselves for eternity in Hell (ooooo… sounds kind of harsh doesn’t it?).

Let me try that again: If you’re like me, you want your unsaved loved ones to ask Jesus into their hearts, so they can know God’s wonderful plan for their lives, so He’ll fill that God-shaped vacuum in their hearts, so that they will be healed of all their diseases, get big houses and cars, and be trouble free in this life—because we all know that God is a big cosmic Santa who does whatever we ask.

Wait a minute… that’s a lie!

Okay. You understand my point… all those who have had their sins forgiven through Christ and have become born again want the same for all those they love—but how do you introduce the subject? There is an awesome opportunity every year at Christmas time, but it is very difficult for many of us, (myself included), to broach the subject with Mom, Dad, Grandma, and all those cousins.
Do you really want another year to pass with the risk of them perishing?

I didn’t think so.

Here’s a strategy that you can employ that will allow you the freedom to remain removed and all the blame will fall on me.
Seriously! Read on.

PART 1: Below this post is a very comical video from Sermon Spice that EVERYONE will enjoy and EVERYONE will laugh at and agree with the message, (even Papa, who drinks to much). Have everyone gather around the 21st Century hearth (the computer), eggnog in hand, and click this video on. Say something like: “Hey everyone! Come over here and watch this silly video!” They will laugh and “get the message” of Christmas in a totally non-threatening way, because everyone knows Christmas is about Christ. Don’t preach, just laugh with them.

PART 2: Tomorrow, I will post another video called KISS, OFF! It’s an interview I had with a man dressed as Gene Simmons from the band Kiss, who got very shaky when confronted with the 10 commandments. The message is very clear, and all your church-going family members will be confronted with the truth from my mouth. After you watch this, you can say: “What did you think of that interviewer? Was he harsh or what? etc.”

Blame everything on me; it’s okay, because you will definitely get a reaction.

I showed it to two family members already. My sister talked nervously through the whole thing while my brother-law laughed and agreed. I’m showing it to my Mom today.

Don’t wait another year; there may not be another one for Auntie.
(To make it easier for you, I will post the two videos again—at the top of the page, on Friday, without this article—and I will leave them there until the day after Christmas. Please let me know if you were bold enough to do this.)

A 210-foot construction crane collapsed and struck three buildings in Bellvue, killing a 31-year-old man inside a top-floor apartment that was crushed, authorities said.
The crane was working on a nearby vacant office building. Its operator sufferd minor injuries in the collapse.

“It is my opinion that tens of thousands of people, if not millions, have been brought into some kind of religious experience by accepting Christ, and they have not been saved.”

For brief bio click here!

On Monday, I will provide you with a very easy way to get the Gospel to your loved ones over the holidays—and they won’t even get mad at you… maybe! Check in then!

Whenever I go with a team of people to hand out Gospel tracts and share our faith the first thing we do is hand out a tract to the very first person we see. It gets the initial jitters over with and allows you the freedom to get “into a groove.” You will be amazed at how easy it is once you get the first one “over with.”

Here’s my 5-year-old Laurel “breaking the ice” in the parking lot of the 3rd Street Promenade in Santa Monica before we hit the mall:

A secondary tip is to teach your kids to evangelize when they are very young, so they won’t be evangelistic wimps when they grow up like the rest of American Christians.

Last week I asked your opinion about the radical street preacher who shouts out the Gospel and berates customers that go into a strip club (see the interview with him by clicking “read the rest of the story” below.)

Below is a video from Fox News that actually shows the confrontation between the preacher and the owner of the strip club. Watch it, then read my thoughts about this guy below.

My thoughts: As Christians, we all know that God’s word never returns empty , but will accomplish the purposes that God has intended for it (Isaiah 55:11). But there is such a thing as tact, courtesy, and being winsome. I don’t think that it is right to call individuals perverts, whores, prostitutes, etc. I do think that it is appropiate to open-air preach the truth of the Gospel in such a way that it is relevant without being obnoxious, even though the message will be offensive. There is also a fine line between harassing an establishment and preaching the Word. The overall message that the preacher is preaching is correct, maybe there should be some adjustment in attitude. What do you think?
Click to watch the interview with the
preacher (more…)

The first time I met Ray Comfort he showed me his office and pointed to the tiniest desk you ever saw in your life; it was the size of a T.V. dinner table. With a smile he pointed to it and said, “That’s Kirk’s desk!” I laughed as he then led me to his desk, pulled open a drawer, and drew out The Smart Card.
“Put your finger in the center and hold it there for fifteen seconds; if it turns a bright red then you are a good person and you will go to Heaven.” Being the sucker that I am I did just that, it didn’t turn bright red and Ray said, “Everyone does it— they all put their finger on it!” And they do!

This is a great way to break the ice, get a quick laugh… then share the Gospel. (They no longer have the “Low Tech” red spot Smart Card. It’s now high tech with reflective images—and it works great! TAKE A LOOK AND ORDER SOME HERE!

Here’s the latest from Ray Comfort and Living Waters Ministries moving to Texas:

In a recent news blast, we informed you all that our ministry would be relocating to Texas. Unfortunately, due to recent circumstances beyond our control, this is no longer going to happen. We are just as surprised as you are by this recent development, and we thank you in advance for your prayerful support. (more…)

Jehovah’s Witnesses are a persistent lot.
I’m continually amazed at their dedication to the cause of a false religion. Case in point: They were “pioneering” in my neighborhood again! They were just here a couple of day ago (see below). This time I was in a hurry and couldn’t hang around to chat for very long. They were standing at the bottom of my steps; so I hurried down to greet them with a few Million-dollar bill Gospel tracts. “Hi! Since you are always giving away your literature, I’d like to give you mine… a million dollar bill.”

The two ladies looked at it, but refused to take it. JW’s are trained not to take any literature from people. “C’mon,” I insisted, “you are always handing out your stuff; it’s only fair that you take this from me.”

No go. They continued to politely stare and listen. “Oh! You must read what’s on the back. Did you know that there is a message written on the back? Tell you what, I’ll read it to you now…”

The two ladies were a captive audience. They couldn’t leave because that would have been just plain rude and a bad Jehovah’s Witness witness. I began to read. “It says, ‘The million-dollar question: Will you go to Heaven? Here’s a quick test.’” I read fast not knowing if they would suddenly leave, offended that I mentioned Heaven, which they don’t believe in. “Have you ever told a lie, stolen anything or used God’s name in vain?” Amazingly, they listened to everything including, “The Bible warns that if you are guilty you will end up in Hell,” which they also don’t believe in.” I wished them a Merry Christmas (which they don’t celebrate), and sent them on their way.

Turning on their heels, they returned a forced smile and scurried away.

I hopped in my car with a self-satisfied smile and drove to my destination.

I suspect that this hasn’t happened to you yet while standing for your faith…

In the town of Potiskum, a Christian believer, Azibuike, was stoned and macheted almost to death by Muslims. Another Christian was beheaded. His head was then placed on a stick and carried around the town by a Muslim who repeatedly shouted, “Allah Akbar! Allah Akbar!” (God is great!) This happened when about 5000 Muslims, mostly young Koranic students, invaded Potiskum with the same shouts.
The Muslims burned nine churches to the ground, and killed several Christians, among them Pastor Yahaya Tsalibi and Brother Ezra Turaki. Another 165 Christians were injured and Bibles, books, cars, trucks,and equipment belonging to Christians and the churches were set on fire.

Malo Garba was accosted by Muslims and told to recite the Koran, when she refused they struck her in the face several times and broke all her teeth and damaged the bones in her face so severely that it required two operations to repair the damage.

–From The New Foxe’s Book of Martyrs by John Foxe, rewritten and updated by Harold J. Chambers