At Ray Comfort’s Headquarters

March 10th, 2010

The first graduating class of 2010 had a special treat when the six week “Sharing Your Faith without Fear” evangelism training course ended: a personal visit with Ray Comfort and a tour of the Living Waters headquarters.

Chase DelRosario got faked out with a phony ketchup bottle…

…and the rest of the class got to eat popcorn and watch a preview of the first episode of Season 4, where Ray and his team preached in London.

It’s the best episode yet: fast-paced, exciting, humorous—there’s even a cameo with a certain evangelistic blogger!

Each episode is only $7.50. Get yours by clicking here. Watch a preview here.

It was a great privilege to enjoy all this from the hallowed inner sanctum of the Way of the Master Conference Room where such great ideas as The Darwin Book  Give-away are hatched.

I also got another interview with Ray concerning his latest hair-brained idea that is sure to frustrate even more atheists, especially Richard Dawkins. Tune in tomorrow to see it.

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Destinations: St. Patrick’s Day Parade/New Tract

March 9th, 2010

This Saturday we are going loco local and offering everyone a chance for their own pot o’ gold at the Hermosa Beach St. Patrick’s Day Parade. The pot o’ gold being, of course, salvation in Jesus Christ, and then the opportunity to dance on streets that are golden!

Meet at Hope Chapel at 9:30AM; we’ll walk on down together. Wear green. Please, no Jesus clothing.

Last year, “Righteous” Richard Chavarria experienced a huge disappointment that happens to all evangelism leaders eventually. Click here to see the tragedy.

To help you with your own St. Patrick’s Day excursions, here’s a special tract for you to download and hand out in your local pubs. (Don’t know how to share your faith in dives? Then read “Pastor Bar Hop” here.)

FRONT OF TRACT

BACK OF TRACT

Click here to download the St. Paddy’s Day tract.

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A Thousand Words, Part 1

March 8th, 2010

Here’s the first part of a random sampling of interesting images of the “ARE YOU READY?” cross at various evangelistic locations we visited.

This isn’t Hell. It’s the end of the Chinese New Year Parade in Chinatown. They celebrate the finale by firing off about a million firecrackers at once.

There’s a whole lot of choking and coughing that goes on, which, of course, prompts our important eternal question. 

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Sudden Death: Back of Truck!

March 8th, 2010

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Chris Henry was no stranger to trouble.

Indeed, his multiple arrests during a five-year NFL career were among the factors prompting the league to toughen its personal conduct policy.

But to hear his teammates tell it — even the team’s owner — the Cincinnati Bengals receiver was determined to leave behind his troubled past and move ahead toward a bright future.

Tragically, his efforts were cut short when he died from injuries in what police said was a domestic dispute with his fiancee.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said the 26-year-old Henry died early Thursday, less than 18 hours after he fell off of the back of a pickup truck on a curvy residential street about eight miles northwest of downtown Charlotte. Read the rest from NBCsports by clicking here: “Bengals’ Henry dies day after fall from truck.”

(Thanks to Edward Jacknitsky for this)

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Answer the Atheist

March 5th, 2010

Here is a comment from a past post. How would you answer this atheist? Does he have a valid point?

Hi Steve–

I find your videos with people standing on busy intersections really strange.

To me at least, if I were a pedestrian waiting at a busy intersection for a light to change while somebody was barking a sermon into my ear with a MEGAPHONE, I can pretty much guarantee that as I walked away with ears ringing, I wouldn’t be thinking “Gee! I need to get right with God, so I can spend eternity with THAT guy!”

I’m an atheist. People like you generate people like me.

—Captain Howdy

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3 Years of Preaching Without a License

March 4th, 2010

“Righteous” Richard Chavarria celebrated three years of preaching at the DMV last week. (He started on February 28, 2007.) During that time he has spoken to 11,051 hearers and has handed out 14, 947 Gospel tracts. You can print off and memorize his message by typing “Open Air Preaching Speech” in the search bar. Now, watch him in action:

You never know what God has in store for you. After Richard retired from the City of L.A. he decided he was going to serve the Lord—by working in the parking ministry of Hope Chapel. He wondered if that was all God had for him, after all, he had been a Christian now for 18 years.

Well Lo! and Behold! he ended up taking the very first evangelism class that I taught in 2006. Read the rest of this entry »

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Destinations: Academy Awards & RB Pier

March 3rd, 2010

This Saturday we’re going local to the Redondo Beach Pier. Meet at Hope Chapel at noon to carpool.

BUT ON SUNDAY… It’s Oscar time again! That’s right, we will be heading down to Hollywood Blvd. and Highland to preach to all the people who think they will get a glimpse of their favorite star (they won’t).

Wanna join us? Meet at Hope Chapel at 1PM to carpool.

Last year, Peter Johnson preached to the teeming throngs at the ripe old age of 16-years-old.

I preached also and gave a lame stand-up routine at the same time. See it here.

Next week: St. Patrick’s Day Parade

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Great Expectations: A Class Act

March 2nd, 2010

I’ve been teaching our evangelism training, “Sharing Your Faith Without Fear,” for nearly five years now and have never seen a level of commitment like I have with this latest class, the first of 2010.

The first big deal: Only two students dropped out. The 50% rule was overruled!

The second big deal: There were three first place winners! Pierre Cordero was #1, Eva Ho #2, and 12-year-old Cherish DelRosario was #3.

How can there be three first place winners? Read the rest of this entry »

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The Everyday Club Report 2010: For February

March 1st, 2010

Here’s another remedy for those who say that they can’t get out of the house to witness everyday: Send a funny email!

Ugly Pictures of Jesus gives you the top 10 ugliest portraits of all time of our Savior, with Scripture, and a Gospel message to boot.

Whether someone is a lapsed Catholic, back-slidden Protestant, New Age dolphin worshipper, or a too-smart Evolutionist, this image display is near-guaranteed to get even an atheist to smile (though he’ll say that he’s laughing at you).

Simply type something like this: Hey! I thought you’d like to see the top 10 ugliest pictures of Jesus ever. Then send it! If you wanna really get creative, add one of those ridiculous “threat” post scripts; something like: If you really love the Lord, you’ll forward this to 100 others.

Now you will never have another excuse to NOT share your faith, especially when SPAMgelism is right at your fingertips.

Click to go UglyPicturesofJesus.com right now! (And don’t forget to post your totals for February in the comments section below.)

*****

This is the opportunity for you to make an evangelistic commitment and report on it twelve times a year. (I post each report at the beginning of each month and send you an email reminder.) You can sign up by clicking here.

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Sudden Death: Lottery Win!

March 1st, 2010

SANDUSKY, Ohio (Jan. 27) – Authorities say a woman who had been out celebrating her lottery winnings at a north-central Ohio bar was killed when she was struck by a car.

The woman appeared on the Ohio lottery show “Cash Explosion Double Play” on Jan. 12. She died Tuesday after being hit by a car.

The Ohio Highway Patrol says the 47-year-old woman of Crystal Rock had just left the bar near Sandusky on Tuesday night and was hit as she was walking along a road.

An Ohio Lottery spokeswoman says she won $8,000 in the lottery’s TV game show “Cash Explosion Double Play.” Read the rest from AOL.com: “Ohio Woman Killed After Celebrating Lottery Win”

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Joker’s Wild: The Interview

February 26th, 2010

It probably won’t surprise you at all that this Joker is an atheist. Apart from the fact that he didn’t like  evangelists “screaming” at people in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, that he thought we were brainwashed, that he didn’t believe in God (though he believed in Jesus), and that there was no Hell (but there was a Heaven), this Joker was quite reasonable to chat with. You be the judge. Does he make some valid points? If video doesn’t play, click here to see it.


(Filmed and edited by Peter Johnson)

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New Kid Evangelism Class Starts

February 25th, 2010

Hey kids! Here is where you post your evangelism tales as you hand out your daily Gospel tracts! Remember, the top of the class will win some strange and goofy prize I’ll think up later. No KIDding!

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Daughters, Dignitaries, and de Gospel

February 24th, 2010

The Chinese New Year Parade had its share of dignitaries. My daughters caught the vision of handing out Gospel tracts to politicians as they drove by. If you need to be reminded of the purpose of this foolhardy endeavor, click here and here.

L.A.’s own embattled Mayor, Antonio Villaraigosa,  was overjoyed to receive his tracts from my eldest daughter D.D.

This is probably the third or fourth time he’s gotten one from us. Hopefully, he’ll read the back of the bill and answer those questions about the Commandments…. No further comment about that is necessary.

Because there is really only one big question he has to answer:

See members of the U.S. Congress, the State Assembly, and some reeeeealy big stars receiving Good News from my daughters’ hands by reading the rest of the post. Read the rest of this entry »

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Destinations: El Camino College Murder Artist & Huntington Beach

February 23rd, 2010

We have resumed our outreach to El Camino College where we meet the strangest people.

The young man below is taking an art class. And what he is holding up is, well, his idea of art; it’s a house where apparently, a mass murderer lives. A cemetery is in the front, a mound of human bones in the back.

What’s shocking is that this man calls himself a born again believer.

Now, can a Christian make morbidly shocking art? I suppose so, but I would ask: Does it glorify God? I’ll tell you more and show you his  other art (Warning! Graphically gross!) by clicking to read the rest. Read the rest of this entry »

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(Almost) Sudden Death: Chinese New Year Parade!

February 22nd, 2010

Forty people went out to share their faith at the 2010 Chinese New Year Parade in Chinatown over the weekend—but something amazing happened that I would call a miracle….

One member of our team, Shawndra Hartman, was walking down the parade route handing out Gospel tracts to parade-goers when she noticed a woman slumped over in her chair. Being a nurse, this roused her curiosity. She turned toward the woman and called out, “Hello! Hello!” trying to get her attention. When the woman wouldn’t respond, she bent down to shake her.

Still no response.

Immediately she had her husband Steve call 911 while she checked the woman’s pulse. There was none.

Shawndra laid the woman out on the street and performed CPR and gave mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. Time was running out. She continued to work until the woman regained consciousness. ”My name is Shawndra. Can you repeat it?”

“Shawndra,” the woman replied.

“God saved your life today,” Shawndra gently explained.

The paramedics arrived and took over from there.

As an evangelism team we are used to going out together with the intention of saving souls. This time however, due to Shawndra’s diligence, a life was saved.

And yes, she got a Gospel tract.

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Politicians Grab the Money…and March!

February 19th, 2010

Because the Little Saigon Tet Parade is in Orange County, a major conservative stronghold, many politicians tried to score points with the minority community. Our evangelism team was more interested in scoring points with the politicians—by handing them Gospel tracts. Our hope was that they’d read them, believe and repent, and make some decent policy changes that would affect our nearly bankrupt (spiritually, morally, fiscally) nation and state. You might say that this was a stimulus package that could actually work!

Loretta Sanchez, Congresswoman for California’s 47th district was overjoyed to receive her tract.

Let’s hope this Blue Dog Democrat spends this hundred dollar bill a little more wisely….

Ed Royce, one of the rare Republicans on the Left Coast, from the 40th Congressional district, took the money… and ran! Any campaign contribution is welcome in these tough economic times, especially if you’re part of the GOP in SoCal.

GO ED!

See more politicians grab the cash by reading the rest… Read the rest of this entry »

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Tet, Offensive? Gays in the Parade

February 17th, 2010

A reporter from the OC Weekly  asked me what I thought about the coalition of Vietnamese gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender groups that marched for the very first time in the Vietnamese New Year (Tet) Parade. My answer may have  surprised her: “They have a right to march in this parade like any other group; it makes no difference to me, really. We’re not here to protest; we didn’t come to this neighborhood to make a political statement. We came to share the good news with all lost people, and that includes the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender groups in this parade.”

The reporter was taken aback.

“You see,” I continued, “we love gay people. We’re not out here to yell and angrily point our fingers. We want them to know that they have broken God’s Law, His 10 Commandments, and that they need to repent and trust in Jesus to be saved. They’re no different than the rest of the people out here who don’t know the Lord.”

The reporter had another question. “What do think about the area’s church’s decision to withdraw their participation in the parade?”

It was now my turn to be surprised. I thought about her question and realized that indeed, there were no churches marching in the parade. “That’s ridiculous,” I answered. “The Christian churches should be out here. We’re called to be salt and light in the community and it’s absolutely astounding to me that they would withdraw because of the gay groups.”

So the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender groups won the day. All they had to do was make their presence known and the Christians go running. As an alternative to retreating, the church could have devised a strategy, like doubling or tripling their presence. That way, people would remember this parade as the day that so many Christian churches participated. Instead, it will forever be known as the day the gays marched for the first time in Westminster.

Sin wins.

Yet God did not leave Himself without a witness. From eternity past, He knew the Organized Church would wimp out and run from this opportunity to be a witness for the Risen Lord with their tails between their legs.

In His infinite wisdom, He also ordained that a ragtag little evangelism team of seventeen adults to be there—for the very first time— smiling and friendly, holding an old rugged cross and ready to tell of the fact that Christ died for homosexuals, too.

(Note: 12,000 Gospel tracts were handed out
to an estimated 10,000 parade-goers.)

Tune in Friday to see some big time dignitaries get the Gospel hand delivered to them. I’m talking Congressmen and the like.

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Destinations: Chinese New Year Parade

February 16th, 2010

Last year at the Golden Dragon Parade things went bad. Really bad. See the 1 minute video of the first humiliation. Can you guess what I did wrong?

Then when I preached to the grandstands at this very same parade, an angry man came down, stood in front of me, and started pinching my stomach. Gee, what made him so mad?

To read about the next two embarrassing moments you’ll have to click here.

I sure hope we have a better go of it when we head down there this Saturday. Want to join us? Here are the details: Meet at the Marine Avenue Metro Rail Station in Redondo Beach at 10:00 AM this Saturday, Feb. 20. Bring about $15.00 for fare and dinner together at a Chinese restaurant. And pray for favor!

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Goong He Faht Choy! & Chuc Mung Nam Moi!

February 15th, 2010

Goong He Faht Choy! is how you say “Happy New Year!” in Chinese and Chuc Mung Nam Moi! is how you say it in Vietnamese. Sunday the 14th was the beginning of the lunar year 4708 in those cultures, The Year of the Tiger. There is a special way to deliver the Gospel message if you live near an Asian  community; to find out what it is, click here.

We visited Little Saigon on Saturday for their New Year Parade. What was the result as we passed out 12,000 tracts to an estimated 10,000 parade goers? You judge the results:

But we found out something interesting as we entered this parade: It was the first time gay, lesbian, transgender, and bisexual groups were allowed to march.

You’ll be shocked to know what the churches in this very conservative community decided to do to protest the “Rainbow Lobby”… and what we did as an evangelism team to show our love. Read about it later this week.

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Sudden Death: Pacific Coast Hwy

February 15th, 2010

Three pedestrians were killed by drivers on Orange County roads, and a bicyclist was in critical condition, in a series of unrelated collisions in a 24-hour span.

Two of the fatal three incidents – which were all unrelated — occurred on Pacific Coast Highway, roughly three miles apart. Read the rest from the Orange County Register here.

(Thank to Jaylene Daugherty for this.)

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