Archive for July, 2007

I Celebrate 2 Years of Recovery Today!

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

Yes. That’s right. I’ve been a Christian for 17 years and a pastor for 9, yet 2 years ago I became sober—minded!
On July 31st of 2005, Ray Comfort taught “Hell’s Best Kept Secret at my church.
And after hearing it—and applying it—I felt that I was born again, again.
On that night he [...]

Florida Woman Sues to Hand Out Tracts

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

A Florida resident who once successfully sued Orlando International Airport for the right to hand out religious literature at Easter time has decided she will sue again. This time Shirley Snyder is suing for the right to distribute flyers and gospel tracts to people at an Orlando public park.
Snyder has retained First Amendment public interest [...]

“Righteous” Richard (almost) Gets Whacked!

Monday, July 30th, 2007

The motto for our evangelism team is “Go and make—mistakes!” Richard Chavarria made this one on a recent weekend in Huntington Beach:
I handed a man a Million dollar bill Gospel tract.
“What is it?” he asked.
“It’s has the million dollar question on the back,” I replied. “If you died today would you go to Heaven [...]

Sudden Death: Planes and Elephants!

Monday, July 30th, 2007

The following deaths were reported in the L.A. Times. And every person thought they had another day to live.
July 26—A sightseeing plane crashed in the mountains of Misty Fiords National Monument, killing the pilot, two sisters and their husbands on a side trip from a cruise ship, state troopers said.
July 27—Two domesticated elephants rampaged through [...]

Foundations: Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758)

Friday, July 27th, 2007

“Some talk of it as an unreasonable thing to fright persons to Heaven, but I think it is a reasonable thing to endeavor to fright persons away from Hell. They stand at its brink, and are ready to fall into it, and are senseless of their danger. Is it not a reasonable thing to fright [...]

E-vangie Video: SAVED!!!?

Thursday, July 26th, 2007

Every now and then a miracle happens: One sinner repents, the angels in Heaven rejoice—and we get it on film.

Please pray that this young man will make his calling and election sure by continuing to walk in the truth and persevering till the end.
Why is there a question mark in the title of this [...]

What’s Your E-vangie Tale #18 & this Weekend’s Evangelism Schedule

Thursday, July 26th, 2007

The Bible says that the righteous are as bold as a lion. If you’ve been a bold witness this week for Christ, write down your experience here.
This Saturday we are going to an International Surf Festival in Huntington Beach where Ray Comfort and his preaching team will be also. For details, click here.

Open Air: Dummy on the Pier

Wednesday, July 25th, 2007

We set up our dummy, Eutychus’ Sis, on the Redondo Beach Pier last Saturday to attract the crowds.
People would stop in horror; we would preach to them. After three sermons by three evangelists, it was my turn. I gave it a go and when I finished, three policemen greeted me. Someone had complained about [...]

Reporter Asks Jesus Into Heart, Loses Faith

Wednesday, July 25th, 2007

William Lobdell, a Times staff writer, responded to a false Gospel presentation by asking Jesus into his heart at a weekend mountain retreat. Here’s what he wrote:
At the climactic service Sunday, Mike Barris, a pastor-to-be, delivered an old-fashioned altar call. He said we needed to let Jesus into our hearts.
With my eyes closed in prayer, [...]

Lost Liberties: Hindu Prayer in Senate

Tuesday, July 24th, 2007

Last Tuesday, I posted an article concerning some of the things that are happening to our country as we rapidly decline to an anti-Christian nation. I believe that this is in large part due to our lack of evangelistic zeal and lukewarm Christianity. The most shocking part of the article was the Hindu priest who [...]

Lost Liberties: Witnessing is No Parade

Tuesday, July 24th, 2007

Frederic Baumann, a resident of Cumming, was arrested on April 22 for distributing tracts outside the Cumming City fairgrounds. The charges? Officials told Baumann that he did not have a parade or demonstration permit.
Attorneys for Baumann are waiting for a judge’s ruling following a hearing this week, in the unusual case and lawsuit against [...]

Friday the 13th, Part 2

Monday, July 23rd, 2007

(Read Part 1 of 2 here)
A few hours after the debacle at Peet’s Coffee, a few of us tried out a new destination to see if the “bad luck” still clung as we tried to evangelize on Friday the 13th. The new outdoor mall complex catering to the rich ungodly in El Segundo had [...]

Actor’s New Role: Iraqi Hangman

Monday, July 23rd, 2007

“I feel like I deliver something to the Iraqi people, and I feel good about it when I take these people and send them to the gallows…”

“It is not a nice thing to see someone being killed or dying in front of you…”
Actor Basam Ridha on his current role as Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki’s [...]

Sudden Death: Mineshaft!

Monday, July 23rd, 2007

A 16-year-old U.S. tourist fell 1,000 feet to his death at an abandoned mine in central Mexico, and rescue workers were trying to recover his body. Witnesses told police that Taylor Crane of Pennsylvania tried to jump over the 10-foot-wide shaft of Cinco Senores mine in San Luis de la Paz in Guanajuato state and [...]

10 REASONS TO NOT ASK JESUS INTO YOUR HEART! By Todd Friel

Friday, July 20th, 2007

Todd Friel is the co-host of The Way of the Master radio.
The music weeps, the preacher pleads, “Give your heart to Jesus. You have a God shaped hole in your heart and only Jesus can fill it.” Dozens, hundreds or thousands of people who want to get their spiritual life on track make their way [...]

What’s Your E-vangie Tale #17 & this Weekend’s Evangelism Schedule

Thursday, July 19th, 2007

Have you been harassed, harangued, hit or hanged for evangelizing yet?
If not, write your tale here. If so, write it here, too.
To find out where we are going to witness this weekend, click here.

Friday the 13th, Part 1

Thursday, July 19th, 2007

The day lived up to its name.
I’m not superstitious—I don’t knock on wood; I walk under ladders; and I always make it a point to step on cracks. But there was something kinda funny, kinda strange going on when I walked into Peet’s Coffee for a large caffeinated beverage last Friday the 13th.
Now I [...]

Gospel Preaching Ruled Legal

Thursday, July 19th, 2007

Charges have been dismissed against a man who was arrested last year for sharing the gospel and distributing religious literature on the campus of Schenectady County Community College in New York state. According to attorneys for minister Greg Davis, a Schenectady city court judge acquitted him of alleged criminal trespass that led to his arrest [...]

Sanctifying Idols #2

Wednesday, July 18th, 2007

Here are some more nifty ideas when the restaurant you attend is surrounded by strange, lifeless things that others give power to and may even worship. Put your (Gospel) money where it really counts; that’s what I did at this Mongolian BBQ place.

Let those stone idols with eyes that cannot see and ears that cannot [...]

Famous Lost Words: Michael Huffington

Wednesday, July 18th, 2007

Huffington is a former California congressman and U.S. Senate nominee who has just come out as a bi-sexual. He is quoted here from an article in the July 15, 2007, L.A. Times, explaining why he has partially underwritten two films containing “gay-Christian” themes.
“I came out because I realized God created all of us in His [...]

The USA: Unsalty. Silent. Apostate.

Tuesday, July 17th, 2007

At what price have Christians kept their mouths shut?
History was made in the Senate last Thursday.
“Let us pray. We meditate on the transcendental glory of the deity supreme who is inside the heart of the Earth, inside the life of the sky, and inside the soul of the heaven.” Those were the words of a [...]

Appointment with Eternity #1

Monday, July 16th, 2007

In commemoration of the annual “Running of the Bulls” in Spain and the two American brothers (one from Hermosa Beach) who got gored in the behinds simultaneously (see it here), I am re-running the first “Appointment with Eternity” that I published last year.
This photo gives another good reason why I ask the million $ question [...]

Sudden Death: On the Toilet!

Monday, July 16th, 2007

Here are some people who took their last breaths in the bathroom. I got these from The Bathroom Reader (a very entertaining and funny book):
In 1016, 27-year-old King Edmond II of England was murdered in the bathroom by an assassin who hid behind his primitive toilet. As Edmond sat, the murderer stepped out and [...]

FOUNDations: G. Campbell Morgan (1863 - 1945)

Friday, July 13th, 2007

“If a man does not do the will of God, as God requires it of him,
step by step, and day by day, his belief is only thrown away.”
Click here for brief bio.

Your Thoughts/MY THOUGHTS: Assaulted by Gay Pride

Friday, July 13th, 2007

On Tuesday I asked your thoughts about a man who held up a sign at a gay pride gathering that said: “Lied, Stolen, Lusted? Homosexual, Fornicator, Drunkard? Repent and call on the Lord Jesus to Escape Hell.” He was subsequently molested by the mob (read the account here).
My questions to you were these: What is [...]

What is Your E-vangie Tale? #16

Thursday, July 12th, 2007

A new evangelism class has started with 70 people attending. As part of the homework, my students are to write about their own evangelistic adventures. Click on “comments to read them or write them.

Guest E-vangies: WOWJAM DAMNATION by Dora Hidalgo

Thursday, July 12th, 2007

My family and I attended A WOWJAM event that was held in the park just a block from our house.
We found out about this event from flyers we received on our front door. No information was given about it being a Christian outreach. The flyers offered free haircuts, food, prizes, games, face [...]

Open Air: The Village Atheist

Wednesday, July 11th, 2007

We are going to Huntington Beach this Saturday (click here for details) to experience a little of what you will see in this 6 minute video. Ray Comfort takes on this crazy, angry, silly atheist as he preaches in the open air. Talk about fun…

Your Thoughts: Assaulted by Gay Pride

Tuesday, July 10th, 2007

What do you think?
A very zealous evangelist went to a Chicago gay pride parade and unfurled a banner that said: Lied, Stolen, Lusted? Homosexual, Fornicator, Drunkard? Repent and call on the Lord Jesus to Escape Hell.
And this was the result: “…before it was all over I was basically molested, they handled me in [...]

All’s Fair

Tuesday, July 10th, 2007

Over the last two weeks our evangelism team staked out territory in three separate hometown fairs.

At the Redondo Beach fair we were positioned directly across from the Democratic Party’s booth replete with a life-sized Paris Hilton cut-out. We handed out over 10,000 Gospel tracts in two days.
At another fair in Lomita, our booth faced a [...]


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