March, 2011 - Stone The Preacher

Hollywood Anti-War Protest, Pt. 4: Preaching on the Frontline

Mar 31, 2011Steve Sanchez11 CommentsBIG Events, Open Air

I found this short, 2 minute version of my preaching at the Hollywood anti-war protest on YouTube from a stranger who was listening and filming. We delivered our message many times after the march started. I am actually in the middle of the protest itself—and the police helped to get me there. How? I’ll tell

Notes from the “Bound with Them” Conference

Mar 30, 2011Steve Sanchez7 CommentsMartyrs

UPDATE: TAKE A LOOK AT THE VIDEO LINKED AT THE END OF THIS POST.

I went to the Voice of the Martyrs Conference last Saturday. Man, we sure take our freedom for granted. You have to try real hard or be a real jerk to get arrested or persecuted for your faith in this country. If only Christians realized how truly valuable and precious our faith is, and how freely we are able to share it. I remember a line from a Joni Mitchell song of long ago: “You don’t know what you got till it’s gone….”

Here are a few notes from the conference:

More people have been martyred for Christ in the last 100 years than all previous centuries combined.

A visitor from another country was curious about why a church in a land that persecuted Christians had a rooster in place of the cross on their roof. The reason: When the time comes that they are persecuted for their faith they do not want to deny Christ like Peter did. The rooster was a reminder to stay faithful lest they hear it crow three times.
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April Evangelism Adventures

Mar 30, 2011Steve SanchezAA- EVANGELISM SCHEDULE

This Saturday, April 2: Santa Monica Pier. Meet at Hope Chapel at noon to carpool. Difficulty on a scale of 1-10, 10 being extremely challenging: 2

April 9: Huntington Beach w/Ray Comfort. Meet at Hope Chapel at noon to carpool. We leave promptly at 12:15.

Stone the Preacher Turns 5 Today!

Mar 29, 2011Steve Sanchez16 CommentsABOUT ME & MY BLOG

On March 29, 2006, a blog about Biblical evangelism went public; it’s name was “E-vangie Tales and More.” Of course, it’s now called Stone the Preacher and after 2,229 posts, 14, 631 comments, and nearly 169,000 visits, it’s now 5 years old!

Here’s a little history of how it all came to be:

Atheist Tuesday: Does God Have to Obey the 10 Commandments?

Mar 29, 2011Steve Sanchez51 CommentsAtheist Tuesday, The 10 Commandments

If it is immoral for us to kill people, why is it okay for God to kill people? Doesn’t God keep His own commandments? And if He doesn’t keep His own commandments, then what does it mean to call such commandments an absolute when God Himself doesn’t have to keep them? And, if they are not absolutes, then why do we have to keep them? Then one begins to wonder, maybe God’s rules are not necessary, they are just things He cooks up for us that apply to us and mess up our fun. This is a tact that people take in raising this particular issue. So, how are we to take the commandments seriously?

The first thing in answering the objection is to make sure we understand exactly what the commandment says. “Thou shalt not kill” is actually a misquote.