Archive for November, 2006
Thursday, November 30th, 2006
BELLFLOWER, CA—Ray Comfort’s ministry (Living Waters Publications) has had such phenomenal growth it is being forced to follow in the footsteps of Focus on the Family and other Christian ministries, and move out of California.
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Thursday, November 30th, 2006
Has this happened to you for handing out a Gospel tract or Bible lately?
Five evangelists were arrested in the Maldives for spreading, “religious propaganda of the Christian religion” along the roads of Male. According to a VOM News source, the five men had translated the Bible into their language and were distributing copies throughout the [...]
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Wednesday, November 29th, 2006
It was USC versus Cal Berkeley football at the Los Angeles Coliseum and the crowds were wild and wooly, hyped-up, hopped-up, drunk, pushy, loud and obnoxious—the regular ritual for all those who are adherents to the Cult of Fandom. Fifteen fearless evangelists were on a mission: hand out as many Million-dollar bill Gospel tracts as [...]
Posted in E-vangie Tales | 4 Comments »
Tuesday, November 28th, 2006
“Just an oil change!” I said to the attendant while sitting back in the comfort of my Volvo wagon, Bible propped on the steering wheel, enjoying a few minutes of rest as the mechanics did their thing in the underground cavern beneath my car.
“It’s recommended that you change the drain plug,” Mechanic #1 interrupted, [...]
Posted in Bits 'n Preaches | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, November 28th, 2006
Last week I posed this challenge and Jessica guessed it right! (You can read the whole story below.)
I followed this car into my gym’s parking lot. The two bumper messages struck me as quite odd.
Here’s a close-up view:
Hmmmm… Have you figured it out?
Tell me why you think this is odd and you will [...]
Posted in Bits 'n Preaches, My Thoughts/Your Thoughts | 3 Comments »
Tuesday, November 28th, 2006
A Detroit suburb’s Nativity scene has been voted off city property. In the latest attack on Christmas, the Berkley City Council, faced with the threat of a lawsuit by the American Civil Liberties Union, has voted 6-1 to donate its manger scene to the Berkley Clergy Association for display on church property. Click here [...]
Posted in Lost Liberties | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, November 28th, 2006
Before he was executed for robbery and murder on Sept. 12, 2006, Farley’s last words were:
To my family and my mother and my three precious daughters, I love you all. And to my brother and sister for standing with me throughout this situation. Stay strong and know that I’m in a better [...]
Posted in Last Words/Tombstones | 1 Comment »
Monday, November 27th, 2006
A godly woman I know told me this recently:
“I feel like vomiting whenever I hand out a million-dollar bill; but I fear God more than I do man, so I do it.” She has also said that her hand shakes and she thinks that someone is going to beat her up when she gives [...]
Posted in Fun w/Millions, Salt | 2 Comments »
Monday, November 27th, 2006
My friend from Kentucky, Danny Allen, whom I met at the Hollywood Blvd. Evangelism Bootcamp several months ago, where we got chased by crazed Scientologist security guards, (see Hollywood Babble-On, Parts 1,2 & 3)sent me this. It is an unusual E-vangie Tale…
Last night I had the privilege to witness to Mark in my “fishing [...]
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Monday, November 27th, 2006
A Bakersfield teenager was killed by a train when she stopped to help a friend who had tripped on the tracks, sheriff’s officials said. Brittany Loise Juilfs, 15, and five friends were trying to beat the train when one of the teenagers fell, according to the Kern County coroner’s office. She was in the [...]
Posted in SUDDEN DEATH! | 6 Comments »
Thursday, November 23rd, 2006
After thanking God for a multitude of blessings, Abraham Lincoln closed his Thankgiving Proclamation with this (is it timely or what?):
No human counsel hath devised nor hath any mortal hand worked out these great things. They are the gracious gifts of the Most High God, who, while dealing with us in anger for [...]
Posted in My Thoughts/Your Thoughts, Salt | 2 Comments »
Thursday, November 23rd, 2006
I will be taking the next few days off from blogging to be with my family and to celebrate my wife’s birthday on the 24th. So until Monday, please check out this web page from Living Waters and watch the free videos that are offered to help you with your evangelism efforts. I especially [...]
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Wednesday, November 22nd, 2006
One early Wednesday evening after leaving work at Cedars-Sinai, I planned to go to Trader Joe’s to pass out a Million-Dollar bill Gospel tract for my Evangelism class assignment. However, as we all know, the Lord sometimes changes our plans to suit His.
At 4:28 pm as I was turning right onto a [...]
Posted in Bits 'n Preaches | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, November 22nd, 2006
Christianity Today has an interesting article about how the Ted Haggard scandal could damage evangelism efforts. Pay particular attention to the last paragraph.
The head of the US Life Action Ministries has voiced his concerns over the impact that the Ted Haggard scandal will have on evangelism and revival. Click here to read the [...]
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Wednesday, November 22nd, 2006
In an 1992 interview in Vanity Fair, Nicholson said, “I don’t believe in God now,” but he added that “I can still work up an envy for someone who has a faith. I can see how that could be a deeply soothing experience.”
-Retrieved from “http://www.celebatheists.com
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Tuesday, November 21st, 2006
While handing out tracts at Bristol Farms market I had a funny encounter with the store manager…
He asked me for my identification card; I showed him my driver’s license.
“No,” he said. “I want to see your identification card like the one the (Missionary Church of the Disciples of Jesus Christ) lady has [...]
Posted in Fun w/Millions | No Comments »
Tuesday, November 21st, 2006
This is from the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) who continues to fight for religious freedom in America:
“We will be filing our amicus brief in Newdow v. United States Congress in the next 24 hours.
“The day those words are banned—”In God We Trust”—the day they are stripped from our coins and currency—we’ll [...]
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Tuesday, November 21st, 2006
An epitaph from a Ruidoso, New Mexico, cemetery:
Here lies
Johnny Yeast
Pardon me
For not rising.
Posted in Last Words/Tombstones | No Comments »
Monday, November 20th, 2006
Stay tuned for the amazing stuff that happened last Saturday when 15 evangelists went to the game. This will be an E-vangie Tales in pictures. Coming soon!
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Monday, November 20th, 2006
Can you think of a better way to redeem the time in a fast food joint like Tommy’s in Hollywood than handing out Million-Dollar bill Gospel tracts to everyone in line and making them pose for a picture?
Should anyone die of a heart-attack due to the greasy chili burgers, french fries or a drive-by [...]
Posted in Pics, Uncategorized | 1 Comment »
Monday, November 20th, 2006
His last words were:
“Why yes — a bulletproof vest.”
–James Rodges, murderer, on his final request before the firing squad.
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Monday, November 20th, 2006
The Fresno County coroner’s office ruled the death of a middle school student who got into a fistfight with a classmate a homicide. Michael Anthony Mobley, 13, died of “head trauma due to blunt impact,” coroner Loralee Cervantes said. There was no secondary cause of death, she said.
The Ahwahnee Middle School seventh-grader was fighting with [...]
Posted in SUDDEN DEATH! | 1 Comment »
Friday, November 17th, 2006
John Wesley would train up those who thought they were called to preach the Gospel. He would teach them, train them and then send them out. When they came back he would ask them two questions: “Did anyone get saved?”
If they answered yes, he would keep them in his ministry. If they answered no, [...]
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Friday, November 17th, 2006
Listen to how God can use one man incredibly—in the simplest way! This is an immensely popular 9 minute testimony that will encourage you do something, and is sure to make you cry.
Click to hear how God can use one man in a simple witness of handing out Gospel tracts (including Million-dollar bills!)
If that [...]
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Friday, November 17th, 2006
The Apostle Paul said, “I have become all things to all men so that by all possible means I might save some. I do this all for the sake of the Gospel…”
John, a University of Southern California student popped into my office with a bag. “This is for you,” he said. I pulled out a [...]
Posted in Ev Tips/Tools | 7 Comments »
Friday, November 17th, 2006
I love giving this pressed penny to people after a succesful Gospel presentation. They accept it readily and leaves quite an impression. They pick it up, squint, and ask if all the commandments are really on there. I say, “Yes. But you have to hold it up to the light.” They don’t understand the joke, [...]
Posted in Ev Tips/Tools | 1 Comment »
Thursday, November 16th, 2006
This is an excerpt from an article written by Tom White, Director of The Voice of the Martyrs:
A few weeks ago, I was in a country where Christians were forced off their property for evangelizing. One man’s arm was cut off. Others were beaten or killed. One hundred twenty of these believers came to a [...]
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Thursday, November 16th, 2006
I teach a drama/evangelism class for kids in our church homeschool network. Part of the weekly homework is to hand out one Million-Dollar bill Gospel tract a day. Bronson is twelve years old and very bold. Here’s what happened as he was doing his “homework”:
One day I was playing with my friends when [...]
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Wednesday, November 15th, 2006
Olga is Director of Human Relations at her company. This is her account of a million dollar day at work:
I was asked to go to our corporate office in Marina Del Rey, and I needed a box filled with documents to be taken to my car. I asked one of the fellows in the mailroom, [...]
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Wednesday, November 15th, 2006
“I have examined all the known superstitions of the world, and I do not find in our particular superstition of Christianity one redeeming feature. They are all alike founded on fables and mythology. Millions of innocent men, women and children, since the introduction of Christianity, have been burnt, tortured, fined, and imprisoned. What has been [...]
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