Another reason why I ask the million $ question everywhere, which is: “If you were to die today, would you go to Heaven or Hell?”

Kurt Cobain was the guitarist, vocalist and songwriter of Nirvana. His last words from a suicide note were:
Frances and Courtney, I’ll be at your altar. Please keep going Courtney, for Frances for her life will be so much happier without me. I LOVE YOU. I LOVE YOU.

It occurred to me today; it wasn’t a huge insight, but still… The exciting interactions I have with people are because I make it a point to interact with people. And with the opportunity to share about Christ each time, it makes for a dynamic mix. Today was Farmer’s Market day. I talked to two [...]

The night before brain surgery, I thought about death. I searched out my larger values, and I asked myself, if I was going to die, did I want to do it fighting and clawing or in peaceful surrender? What sort of character did I hope to show? Was I content with myself and what I [...]

Costco. The returns counter. Slimy carrots and never-ripened Kiwis. Chris the returns taker. A million dollar bill gospel tract.
Chris said that he awoke that morning feeling like he sinned too much. I gave him the bad news and the good news. He repented right at the returns counter! I asked him to pray for [...]

Wendy DePinto is taking serious the command from Jesus to “preach the good news to all creation,” while using a million dollar bill gospel tract as an “icebreaker.” Of course, after she musters her courage, I fully expect her to preach to humans too…

Photo by Wendy DePinto

This was an encouraging email I just received from a proud Mom, Kyungbin Yi. The timing couldn’t have been more perfect, coming on the heels of two very discouraging emails I got last week.
I just wanted to share with you something very exciting. My 7th grade son, Elijah, lead his friend to Christ by [...]

This epitaph from ancient Rome reads:
To the spirits of the dead, to Lutatia Secundina, the sweetest baby, lived 4 years, 6 months, and 9 days.

At the Redondo Beach Fair, I stopped a group of three boys about 11-12 years-old and gave them the gospel. After a pleasant exchange, they walked away unchanged. A booth proprieter named Dave heard my presentation and was livid. “How can you prosyletize children like that? You should get their parents permission before [...]

Is it right to witness to young kids? I think so. Christians believe in an “age of accountability.” This is supposed to be some God-determined age where God holds people responsible for their sins. My question: Where is this in Scripture? If it can’t be conclusively determined that there is a specified age, should we [...]

The nightmare returns again and again for Sophia Castillo, even when she’s wide awake in the scorching daylight of a Central Valley summer.
Her crew-cut little boy having fun at the county fair. Her little boy jumping alone aboard the Ferris wheel. Her little boy panicking and bolting from the swinging basket 90 feet high. Hanging [...]

This is from agape press.org:
…A federal judge in Dallas has rejected a request from a Christian ministry to have thousands of gospel tracts returned after they were confiscated by U.S. Secret Service agents.

Here’s a comment posted by Jessica Smith on the post below, “Day of Ruin”, about the proper perspective we need to have when reaching out to the lost:
This is an issue I stuggle with most when evangelizing strangers: ruining their day. Last week I approached two men working on an old car, laughing and [...]

John Wesley told his evangelist trainees that when they preached, people should either get angry or get converted. No doubt, he wasn’t speaking about the “Jesus loves you” gospel, but about sin, Law, righteousness, judgment, and hell. -as cited by Ray Comfort in “How to do open-air preaching.”
John Wesley is the founder of the Methodist [...]

We set-up our covert evangelism booth at the Redondo Summer Fair right next to the Democratic National Party booth. I cautioned my volunteers to not get into any political arguments, but to be gentle and respectful. Right across from us was a New-Age booth, and next to them a liberal United Methodist booth. It was [...]

The veteran was mad and sounded like he wanted to take my head off at the Farmer’s Market, where I go each week with my daughters. “Let me ask you a question,” he said through clenched teeth. “Why do you preach to little kids; it just confuses them.” I hadn’t shared my faith with this [...]

Same day at the Market. I handed two million dollar bills to an older couple, right after the incident with the angry vet. “May I ask you the million dollar question,” I said to the man while the woman stood back. “Sure” he said cheerfully, as he examined a piece of soldering wire he held [...]

Same day at the Farmer’s Market. I said to my two girls, “Let’s pray. There’s some strong opposition today. We did. We spotted a bunch of middle aged people from the inner-city having a BBQ celebrating their sobriety. We handed them some million dollar bill gospel tracts which they took enthusiastically. We chattedand laughed. Three [...]

His last words were:
“How about this for a headline for tomorrow’s paper? French fries.”
Executed in electric chair in Oklahoma.

I preached a sermon a while back that emphasized why and how to use the 10 Commandments when evangelizing. Here is one response from a man, Bert Rivera, who wants to do something about Jesus’ command to “GO!” To get an opposite response, scroll down and read the next entry.
Steve, I’ve been a member of [...]

Now here’s an angry response from a person who doesn’t like the way I evangelize.
(To read other angry responses, see E-vangie Tales # 52 )
Steve, Can you take me off the [E-vangie Tales] list please?
Your stories make me sad for the most part. It seems that the “bull in the china shop [...]

How much adventure can a person experience in the “wilds” of Hermosa Beach? Quite a lot, frankly, especially if you want to preach the gospel on an Avenue designed for hard-core partying…
I have made a commitment to share my faith for one hour each Friday evening between 5:30-6:30; I call this The Hour of Power. [...]

The low prices of course! And all the employees wear a vest that says: How may I help you? So I say to them, “I have a question… if you were to die today, would you go to Heaven or Hell?” Surprisingly, most of them say Heaven. When I ask them why, 90% say [...]

I did a funeral today for a man who was quite beloved in the city of Santa Monica. He was a political activist (aren’t they all in Samo?) and helped out lots of people. The city Fathers were there including the mayor and councilman Bobby Shriver, (brother of Maria (Shriver) Schwarzenegger). Not knowing the [...]

His epitaph reads:
A tomb now suffices for him
whom the world was not enough

I get no pleasure in submitting these weekly reports of unexpected loss of life. These are reminders of the brevity of life and the necessity to—”Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.” (Mark 16:15-16)
A [...]

“Almost every natural man who hears of Hell, flatters himself that he shall escape it.”
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Sharkeez was a great place to hand out million dollar bill gospel tracts. It is a total party bar with long lines of people waiting to get inside. I passed tracts to a group of partying women sitting at an outdoor table and they shouted in delight at the currency. I walked away to talk [...]

Three friends from the local congregation were asked, “When you’re in your casket, and friends and congregation members are mourning over you, what would you like them to say?”
Artie said, “I would like them to say I was a wonderful husband, a fine spiritual leader, and a great family man.”
Merle commented, “I would like them [...]

At the Farmer’s Market in Redondo I preached to this group of Developmentally Disabled people and their leaders. All chose to repent and commit their lives to Christ. (The big black man in the back with the leather jacket was already saved and gave me the permission to preach to this group). Oh, the two [...]