My wife called to me, “Honey! There are some men at the front door!”
I rushed at the opportunity; I suspected that I knew who these men were: Jehovah’s Witnesses! Now most normal people would be glad to see these cultists move right along; not me! I wanted the chance to strike up a conversation [...]

“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, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

My daughters and I stumbled upon a mass of party-on-down ne’er-do-wells while visiting the L.A. Natural History Museum a few weeks back. It was tailgate party time for USC fans and they had taken up every bit of grass that separates The Coliseum from the museum. I was not aware of the cult of USC-dom.

Hundreds—no [...]

My neighbor moved. Suddenly.
A very successful real estate developer with properties all over the city sold his mini-mansion across the street and has now moved to Redondo—right next to the beach.
With cell phone in ear, a drive by and a quick wave, that is, when he noticed me.
A 16-year-old daughter with different multi-colored [...]

There’s more to sharing our faith then just doing a lot of yappin’. I’m amazed at the real ministry that can take place out in the open, right in public!
On a recent P.I.E. (Pizza, Intercession and Evangelism) outing we went down to the Hermosa Beach Pier.
I like a particular route that takes us by [...]

Ronald McDonald House was sponsoring a day at the beach for kids stricken with cancer. I was on the same beach with my two daughters for our Hope Chapel Family Camp. I handed out about a hundred million-dollar bill Gospel tracts, when I decided to strike up a conversation with three young people in their [...]

Ishamael admitted to being a lying, thieving, blasphemous, adulterer-at-heart and knew that he would be found guilty on Judgment Day if God judged him by the standard of the 10 Commandments and would pay for his sin in Hell. He said it concerned him and he listened attentively as I gave him the good news [...]

My friend Steve and I went to a movie last night at the three-dollar theatre. After paying, I noticed that the crowd was congregating around the theatre doors , but no one was going inside because they wouldn’t open them for another 10 minutes. I saw my chance and took it. I asked Steve if [...]

I saw a camera crew on the beach and wanted to find out what was going on. I asked who they were with. “Playboy,” they replied, “and we’re asking if people ever cheated.” I gave the director, Adam, a million dollar bill gospel tract and asked him a few questions too…
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This is Beiddie, a cashier at the Museum of Natural History. I asked him about his name and he said that his “Parents had a thing for double vowels and consonants.”

I asked him where he would go when he died. “I’ll have a drink. A martini in Heaven and a hot buttered rum in Hell.” [...]

At the base of the Hermosa Pier during my “Hour of Power,” I had the opportunity to talk to about fifteen kids ranging in age from 14 to 24. They wore generation “Y” rebellion gear including the full range of tattoos, piercings, weird hair, scraggly beards and wild eyes. The pier is a regular haunt [...]

Stories are starting to emerge about a certain guy who can hand out stacks of gospel tracts in minutes flat. “He had a stack this big,” they say, “and he came back in fifteen minutes empty-handed!” “No,” another would say. “He had a stack this big…” Craig DeLisle is nick-named, “The Animal,” because of his [...]

My wife Karen is a great help-mate; I just don’t always realize it, you know, being a guy and all. I had to preach four sermons this past weekend on: What else? Evangelism. Karen suggested that I invite the congregation over to our house for P.I.E. (Pizza, Intercession, Evangelism) afterwards, then everyone would walk on [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

I bumped into two Morman missionaries at Costco. After talking with them awhile they were unconvinced that they would be found guilty on Judgment Day and would go to Hell for eternity. I asked them, “If you die and I’m right, you will have made a horrible error. If I die and you’re right, what [...]

There is always a friendly Daily Breeze salesman at the Farmer’s Market on Thursdays offering a free paper and a ten dollar coupon for those who will subscribe. It was a different guy today though; he was focused, unpersonable, a bit rude and… quite frankly, I got a little agitated with him. “Here’s a million [...]

Eulis was a “Winograd-for-Congress” supporter who had a little table at the Farmer’s Market. I spoke to him a bit and found that he was actually reasonable (See E-vangie Tales #81, & “Winograd Grandad” below). I didn’t know how to pronounce the candidate’s name so I asked, “WINO-grad?”
“WIN-ograd,” he corrected gently. After hearing my presentation [...]

The Redondo Beach Pier is a great place to evangelize and hand out million-dollar bill gospel tracts; it’s family-friendly and the people that go there are usually quite humble and open to chatting, especially those who are a captive audience as they fish from the rails. On Saturday ten of us met to do our [...]

I talked with another “Winograd-for-Congress” supporter about eternal things while he sat behind a table at the Palos Verdes fair. He was an elderly man who declared, “I’m a Universalist,” (that is, he believes that everyone will be saved in the end). When presented with the fact that he would be judged someday by [...]

I didn’t want to go.
But I made a commitment for an “Hour of Power” each Friday evening from 5-6pm to share my faith with as many people as I can, and hand out as many gospel tracts as possible in that one hour. I was alone and had a bit of trepidation and wasn’t [...]