SUDDEN DEATH: Russia!
Russia returned the body of a Japenese fisherman killed when one of its patrol boats shot at a crabbing wessel in disputed waters, the Japenese Foreign Ministry said. -L.A. Times, 8/19/06
Your Thoughts? My Thoughts! Forbidden Literature
A businessman, Bert Rivera emailed me and needed an immediate response to a business problem. He sends his product to distributors around the world and includes the million-dollar bill Gospel tract. Here is an angry request from a distributor in Australia to the tract. Question: What would you tell Bert to do, since it is his product? Read my response below…
From: K. W.
Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 6:04 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Complaints
Bert.
I hope you are well.
It has been bought to our attention by several customers that there is unsolicited religious material in your products. I was unaware of this practise. Australia is a multi-cultural society and to have a religious insert in your product is offending certain people in the community.
On a personal note I find the material offensive, and fire and brimstone along with the scare tactics is not how we view religion in this country. Also as a distributor of Hot Shield I am most concerned that your product contained this literature which we were not aware of and therefore indirectly associates the literature with my company.
So we do not offend any more of our customers, we request that the insert not be put into product sent to us here in Australia . Please confirm that this will be done immediately.
Rgds,
Mr. K. W.
Click to read my response to Bert…
Guest E-vangies: Pier Pressure
This is from college student Andy Ross:
I had just walked down to the end of the pier with my sister Amy, Howard, and Ryan. After we had talked to everyone out there, we walked back. When we got to the base of the pier there was a group of 3 (slightly grubby-looking) people sitting on the wall. I walked up to them with Ryan and Howard and handed them the million-dollar bill Gospel tracts. As I talked with them, I began to get the impression that they were high on something.
The first guy and the girl took them and said thank you, but when I handed a bill to the second guy, he took it, looked at it, and asked, “Is this from Hope Chapel?”
I said, “Yes, Hope Chapel was our home church.” His face darkened, and he asked, “With Pastor Zac?”
As I started to respond, I noticed his fingers taking up tearing positions on the bill. But what else could I do? I said “Yes, Pastor Zac was our Senior Pastor.” He proceeded to tear the bill in half,