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EV TIPS: Guys with Guns Always Win

Jul 20, 2006Steve Sanchez4 CommentsEv Tips/Tools

The question was asked: “How far can you go when sharing your faith or handing out a tract?” I answered, “As far your courage lets you.” When we were at the Redondo Beach Pier last Saturday, our team of evangelists had just manuevered into position, million dollar bill gospel tracts in hand, when a police

Tombstones: Effie Jean Johnson (1897-1922)

Jul 18, 2006Steve SanchezLast Words/Tombstones

This epitaph is from a cemetery in Waynesville, North Carolina: Come blooming youths, as you pass by , And on these lines do cast an eye. As you are now, so once was I; As I am now, so must you be; Prepare for death and follow me. This isn’t very funny at all. But

Fun w/ Millions: Disney Destinies

Jul 18, 2006Steve SanchezPics, Stupid Million Dollar Tracts

I take seriously the command from Jesus to “Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation”—even when the creation is a character! There was a long line waiting to see Winnie, so I could only give him a million dollar bill gospel tract. I’m sure glad he didn’t pooh-pooh the salvation message…
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To see some more 100 Acre Woods characters on the brink of eternity…

SUDDEN DEATH: Chinese Government!

Jul 17, 2006Steve SanchezSUDDEN DEATH!

Liaoyang, China—In the end, Yuan Baojing’s wealth couldn’t save his life but merely ensured a less messy execution.
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On a windy March morning, Yuan was sentenced to death

mini-vangie: Pier Rats

Jul 17, 2006Steve SanchezBits 'n Preaches

At the base of the Hermosa Pier during my “Hour of Power,” I had the opportunity to talk to about fifteen kids ranging in age from 14 to 24. They wore generation “Y” rebellion gear including the full range of tattoos, piercings, weird hair, scraggly beards and wild eyes. The pier is a regular haunt of theirs and I assume that their parents don’t care, or are never around to offer some supervision. null

I use an edgy approach when approaching groups like this, because I want to get their attention immediately before a new distraction competes with the gospel. After handing out my million dollar bill gospel tracts to break the ice, I asked one individual, “What would happen if you were sitting on your bike, fell over, cracked your head open, bled all over the cement, and when your friends came they slipped in your blood and were unable to help you, and then you died? Where would you go, Heaven or Hell?