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Last week I posted an article called “Jerky Evangelism” that addressed the criticism directed toward our creative Gospel preaching methods. Many comments were posted. One atheist wrote, “…if people are going to be mad at you, it should be for your message and not because you’re crossing into personal space. Another thought our methods were funny with a qualifier: “I only find “jerky” evangelism funny when it’s used on me; I get annoyed when it’s used on other people.” The Christians, of course, defended our methods, while the atheists were confused as to why we would invade others’ personal space.

I said I would post an answer today explaining why we do what we do but time ran out.  The article will be posted on Monday in the weekly Sudden Death post entitled, “The Drowning Woman.”

I recently got this email from a heart-broken reader of this blog.

“Today I witnessed the death of my grandmother. She was 94 and died a ‘natural’ death; it was sobering and profound, as this was the first time I had seen things I had only read about in the Bible: To see the life of an unrepentant non-born again person who heard the Gospel repeatedly for 25 years and apparently rejected it; to see and hear their words, attitudes, as well as the reaction of unbelieving relatives; like Scripture says: ‘without hope.’

“But my reaction is more reverence for God and more amazement at His grace, more gratitude to the Lord Jesus for my salvation, and more conviction of how real our faith is.”

Yes, Ray Comfort will be turning 39, uh, 49?, well, uh—he’s another year older today, December 5! If you’d like to wish him a Happy Birthday, leave a comment and I will forward this post to him this evening. (Read his own article about his birthday by clicking here.)

Eight years ago, on All Saints Day, 2001, God saw fit to send us a second angel! And you are worth more than all the millions in the world!

Happy Birthday!

See her demonstrate—as a 5-year-old—how to hand out Gospel tracts on an escalator by clicking here!

And read why she asked this question: “Daddy? Are you going to jail?” by clicking here!

Here is a rare image of Martin Luther nailing a Gospel tract to the doors of a church in Wittenberg, Germany (the Million Dollar indulgence tract had not yet been invented). Shortly thereafter, he stood on a milk crate and preached at traffic signals where he was castigated by other Christians for being too zealous.

On October 31, 1517, one man did something outrageous: He challenged those who misrepresented the man who did something outrageously wonderful 2000 years ago. Because of one man’s convictions, the rest of us have the privilege—and freedom—to tell others that they can go directly to God without charge or priest! The assumption is, of course, that people will tell others…

Read more about Reformation Day here: (more…)

On Friday morning there will be a national prayer gathering of Muslims on the west front of the U.S. Capitol Building.  They are expecting at least 50,000 to attend from mosques all across America. They will gather to pray from 4:00 AM until 7:00 PM. The gathering will take place by the site where U.S. Presidents have been inaugurated since 1981.  The organizers say that it was Obama’s inauguration in January and his speech broadcast in June that gave them the idea for this prayer gathering on Capitol Hill. To see a live stream of this event, click here.

But here’s the good news. I just got off the phone with an on-fire evangelist who is bringing a team to the event. I’ll reveal who he is in a day or two.

I think this is a call for Christian prayer, too. Ya think?

Read this excellent article by David Barton on the new boldness of American Muslims by clicking here. (more…)

I will be preaching at all four of our services this weekend. The title of my sermon: “Sudden Death.” Guess what it will be about? I’ll post it here next week. Thank you.

I got a rude awakening last Saturday while preaching to the drunken crowd at a beer garden on the boardwalk and you’ll see it as soon as it’s edited. I also got a very strange interview with a very strange man, The Metal Ball Guy, a fixture at Venice Beach. He balances a metal ball while dressed in a G-string. Don’t worry; we shot him above the waist. Stay tuned.

I will be on ONE ONE Radio on Sunday afternoon, 2:40PM PST. It will be archived here.

The host, John Chisum, was on my team at the very first Ambassador’s Academy last year. He stood on my preaching stool and broke it. Watch how he got surrounded by security the first time he preached on Hollywood Blvd. here.

I will be preaching at my church for four services this weekend and would appreciate your prayers. I’ll be speaking out of Matthew 7. You know the passage; it includes the desperate plea of a man who lived foolishly; his first two words being, “Lord, Lord….” 

And after thinking and praying more on the subject, I will also be speaking on Matthew 25: 1- 13.

UPDATE!!! After fretting about what passage to teach from, I’ve finally decided to preach from Matthew 8:18-22. “Follower or Fooled” will be the title.

My editor friend assures me that the “Michael Jackson” interview video is coming next week. So check it out later. This is one that you will want to send to an unsaved friend. The guy looks like Michael, and talks like him, too. And after he runs away, I present the Law and Gospel.

In the meantime, I was on Ambassadors’ Alliance Radio talking about the Memorial at the STAPLES Center. If you missed it and would like to hear the archived version, click here. I’m on at about the 35 minute mark.

I received my package of 6,000 commemorative tracts at 7:45 this morning, ready to be given out freely, without a lotto, to all the thousands of fans at the big Memorial service this morning.

Please pray as one commenter, Robert Moss, will be praying: “May people be receptive and turn their focus… to the King of Kings.”

And pray for parking, too!

I am taking a little time off and when I return will be offering an opportunity for you to enter a new contest. Stay tuned!

The Everyday Club June Report should post automatically on Wednesday, so look for it.

Any comments you leave will be moderated if I have access to a computer, but if not, they will be moderated when I get back, so please still leave them. Thanks for your support and keep fishin’!

You may want to click here to see this ridiculous video of my interview with a drunken “Al Pacino”. It was a disaster…

And you may also want to click here to read about the time we invaded a Jehovah’s Witness Convention. It too, was a disaster.

And one more disaster: I preached to a bunch of Hindus at a beach BBQ. It didn’t go well.

Want to have your evangelistic blog featured at some point on this site?

I want evangelists and would-be evangelists to be encouraged wherever they can. If your blog features regular evangelism articles of any kind, I will put it as a post sometime in the future. Then I’ll put it on my sidebar so you will get “hit credits” whenever anyone goes to this home page.

Remember, since I’m on vacation, I’ll most likely have to moderate your comments when I get back.

I am currently away at the Ambassadors’ Academy, The Way of the Master’s evangelism training arm, to show 10 students from around the country how to share their faith without fear. I will post new stuff on Monday.

In the meantime, if you’d like to read about what happened at the very first Academy, including how John Travolta interrupted my open air sermon, and what happened when a clown demon possessed a man, then click here.

I just pulled a post: It dealt with handing out tracts and mumbling as as you do it; people will wonder what you are saying and take the tract. It was meant as a light-hearted way to share your faith, but some took offense, so I deleted it. It is a delicate balance to present evangelism with an edge AND a sense of humor.

So until tomorrow’s posting, enjoy this video from Living Waters University on how to talk to an agnostic.

I will be at “The Way of the Master’s” Ambassadors’ Academy for the next several days encouraging an eight member team to take some steps of faith in their evangelistic endeavors. I’ll be back on Monday with a new posting or two. In the meantime, please watch the awesome BBC documentary below, “Deborah 13: Servant of God,” if you haven’t seen it yet. And pray for me, please.

Read my take of what happened at the very first Ambassadors Alliance training by clicking here!

NORCO — A 13-year-old cheerleader at Norco Intermediate School, has died from complications of the flu, according to health officials.

The Riverside County Health Department confirmed Peters was one of two children who died from influenza-related complications this flu season. Read the rest here.