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The “Stoning” of Richard

Jul 10, 2008Steve Sanchez10 CommentsGuest E-vangies, Open Air, PERSECUTED!

“Righteous Richard” Chavarria is a good friend of mine, a leader in our church’s evangelism ministry, and an Ambassadors’ Academy mentor. Here’s a horrific encounter that he experienced recently: I didn’t want to go to the Department of Motor Vehicles to preach this morning. I was full of justifications for not going, but I went

Mr. Big’s Motivation

Jun 17, 2008Steve Sanchez2 CommentsOpen Air

Last week I wrote about how I was pulled down from a 3-foot high mobile traffic sign at the third game of the Lakers Finals by a man I affectionately called “Mr. Big.” (Read it here!) You may be asking why? Why did he pull me down as “Righteous Richard” and myself preached at the

Fury on the Fringe of the Lakers Finals, Pt. 2

Jun 13, 2008Steve Sanchez3 CommentsOpen Air

(Read Part 1 first by clicking here!) “Come down from there! Hey! Hey! Come down from there!” I have heard that so many times, I’ve lost count. Whenever we preach on some type of elevated platform, inevitably, some offended listener tries to push their weight around by demanding, even yelling, that we stop preaching our

Fury on the Fringe at the Lakers Finals

Jun 12, 2008Steve Sanchez3 CommentsOpen Air

The four policemen marched ominously toward the man standing on the box in front of Staples Center, riot helmets in hand. This was not a good sign. On game three of the Lakers finals, would the evangelist preaching to the ticket-holders in line be arrested in effigy—made a scapegoat—for the hometown team’s previous two losses?

What happened at the Lakers Finals?

Jun 11, 2008Steve SanchezBits 'n Preaches, Open Air

We had quite a team of evangelists go to the third game of the Lakers finals at the Staples Center yesterday. My version of what happened (including my being pulled off forcibly from a three foot ledge by an angry Security guard) will come later. But please visit Tony Miano’s blog to read his version