FOUNDations: Dead Cat Applause
“I was honored today with having a few stones, dirt, rotten eggs and pieces of dead cats thrown at me.” -George Whitefield, a famous preacher who preached over 18,000 sermons between 1736-1770
Roe Now Pro
I once watched a televised interview with Jane Roe – of the famous Roe-v-Wade abortion case. During the interview, she shared that she had become a believer in Jesus Christ. As she told her story, you could hear how her heart had been softened and she’d become a warm, caring, loving individual. It dawned on
E-vangie Tales #75 “Despised and Rejected”
It isn’t all fun and games out there when I try and share my faith. Sometimes people get really nasty. Sometimes things go completely awry. Sometimes there’s real persecution…
“Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” (Matthew 5:10)
I asked a lettuce vendor at the Farmer’s Market if she would go to heaven or hell when she died. A lady overheard me and said, “Oh no, not here at the market…” Ouch!
“…if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed.” (1Peter 3:14)
At The Spot restaurant, the cashier would not admit that she was a liar and a thief. She then asked me if this was the gospel. “Yes,” I answered, “Do you still want to hear it?”
My Great Evangelism Adventure, Part 6: “The Comfort Zone”
The kid was yelling and swearing at a security guard when we pulled into our parking spot at the Los Cerritos Mall. From the safety of her truck cab the guard demanded that the rebellious youth leave the premises immediately, but he refused. I jumped out of my car and told the kid to apologize to the guard for being so rude. Amazingly he did. I assured the security lady that he would leave—after we had a little chat… (Click here to start at Part 1 of “My Great Evangelism Adventure”)
A group of us went out to Bellflower to evangelize with Ray Comfort, the man who changed my entire perspective when sharing the Gospel after hearing his teaching of “Hell’s Best Kept Secret.” We received two signs from God as we left the parking lot of our meeting place. The first was on our church billboard: “The wages of sin is death; repent before payday.” The second sign was a double rainbow.
E-vangie Tales #74 “The Shepherd of Brokeback Mountain”
“We’re here! We’re queer! Get used to it!” That was the ominous chant I heard twenty years ago on a news program from a pro-gay group called “Act-Up!” I didn’t think much about it then—after all, this was some strange, fringe, radical group that would never make an impact with their in-your-face methods. Boy, was
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