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The Perfect Lesson

Mar 2, 2007Steve SanchezOpen Air

While D.L. Moody was attending a convention in Indianapolis on mass evangelism, he asked his song leader Ira Sankey to meet him at 6 o’clock one evening at a certain street corner. When Sankey arrived, Mr. Moody asked him to stand on a box and sing. Once a crowd had gathered, Moody spoke briefly and

George Whitefield’s Preaching Stool

Feb 6, 2007Steve SanchezOpen Air, Salt

Speaking of street preaching… I don’t know if Mr. Whitefield was ever arrested at a pagan festival, but he was able to preach to upwards of 20,000 people at a time in the open air. He helped to bring about The Great Awakening in the 18th century. This is his preaching stool! If I lost

Open Air: Isn’t She Lovely?

Jan 23, 2007Steve Sanchez3 CommentsBits 'n Preaches, Open Air

Stevie Wonder once sang: “Isn’t she loooovely; isn’t she beauuuuutiful?” I wonder if he had our open-air dummy Eutychus’ Sis, in mind? Doesn’t she look just radiant posing with Craig “The Animal” DeLisle? After looking on Ebay and pleading with all my contacts to find a mannequin for our first official open-air preaching engagement at

My Great Evangelism Adventure, Part 7: Open-Air Preaching with Ray Comfort

Jan 15, 2007Steve Sanchez20 CommentsE-vangie Tales, Open Air

Over the last two Saturdays the evangelism team has gone down to Huntington Beach to experience Ray Comfort and his seven-foot gorilla named Link. He stands on a box and proclaims the Gospel to all who would stand around and listen to him preaching in the open-air like the evangelists of old: Wesley, Whitefield, Spurgeon—all