Repent and Witness NYC 2008

Sonshine 08 Evangelism Videos

 

This was an open air session, complete with Trivia, in which Courtney took the good Test.

 

This was open air with Death Trivia, which gets people thinking about death and if they are prepared to die. This is followed by Marcus taking the good test. 

This is an interview with Grace and Jenny, and I ask them about the message in the music of their favorite band. I then share the necessity of Bible reading, prayer, and evangelism in the life of a Christian.

This is an interview with Andrew, a youth Pastor. Why does he bring kids to Sonshine? What does he want to accomplish in his youth ministry? Very eye-opening. 

This is a video of Michael and Andrew. Andrew sounds like he has heard the Gospel, but he still has not found what he is looking for.

Sonshine 08- The fields are white!

A Lot of people ask me  why I , a 42 year old Pastor would go to a weekend music festival without my kids. The answer? To evangelize! But Pastor, isn’t Sonshine a Christian music festival? Yes, the artists are Christians, and fortunately, they do attract a mixed crowd of believers and unbelievers. Unfortunately, however, most of the messages coming from the stage between songs are more along the lines of self help and Jesus is love rather than a true Gospel message. Darrin Brownlee and I had an agenda: To interview as many people as we could, both Christians and Non-Christians to discover what a Christian is in their minds. It led to a lot of teaching, correcting, and evangelizing! The kids are being brainwashed into thinking a simple belief in Jesus is all they need to be Christians. I heard the word repentance once, and the young man who used it didn’t really understand it! The easy -believism that these kids have been indoctrinated with has rolled over into their Bible study habits; one Christian told me he hadn’t opened the Bible in a month (his youth pastor told us that all they are trying to do in the youth group is build a community and introduce these kids to Jesus’ love. A good way to start, youth Pastor, is to train them to read and to love God’s Word!

The festival atmosphere lent itself well to open air preaching. We found a location on a busy path where we could do some trivia, attract a good crowd, and share with the people, young and old alike, the complete Gospel. Again, in the three open air sessions that we did, there was no lack of people who did not fully understand the Gospel even though they were at a Christian event! The third time we spoke, We were escorted by security out to the front gate. It seems we needed a wrist bracelet to be in the tent area!

Well, we were indeed told that we needed a wrist bracelet, but when we explained that we were interviewing people and we said on the tapes that we were at Sonshine 08, they said we could have a press pass! We now had access to the inside of the shows, but it did not change our goal, which was to interview as many people as we could and share the Gospel with those who would listen.

 

By the end of the day, we had handed out all of our tracts, (over 1,000) all of our prizes, had done several on-camera interviews, three open-airs. We got to share the Gospel in one form or another to over 1000 people, but there was so much more to do! I pray that next year, there will be many more evangelists that will go to these summer festivals with the goal of reaching the lost.

Ten Commandment Challenge- 4th of July

 

This is an interview done with four young people on the Fourth of July. See how they do naming the Ten Commandments!

Interview with Three Musicians in Long Beach

 

This was an interview during the Ambassadors Academy with three musicians. As a reconciliationist, I desire to bring glory to God by being obedient to His command to seek the lost. I desire to love my neighbor as myself by warning that neighbor what will ensue if we do not repent and trust the Savior, Jesus Christ. Pray for these guys!

Two girls and the Good Test

I met these young ladies, Andrea and Cynthia while I was in Long Beach at the ambassador’s academy. They were celebrating the 18th birthday of Andrea, and they were willing to be interviewed on camera to talk about spiritual things. In past posts, I have talked about ‘the look’ that comes over someone when they are feeling very convicted over sin. Andrea gives that look several times in this interview. My heart breaks for these young people who are raised in the church and have no idea about what Jesus did for them and why. This is an encouragement to parents: TEACH your kids these things every day. Do not leave it up to the church. To evangelists: Even if a person says they go to church, or is a Christian, spend some time. Dig deeper. See what they really mean.

Golf Course Evangelism- Follow Up

I met ‘Snake’ last night at the clubhouse during a kickoff gathering to celebrate the new golf year. He was having a drink at the bar. I asked him if he had figured out the Mind Game tract that he got earlier. He said he read it over and over again, and did not WANT to understand it. Unfortunately, this time he was surrounded by young ladies and other friends ( I hope he isn’t married).

I am saddened by this, and glad. Glad that he has the tract, glad that he has read it over and over. He has the witness. I am sad that he seems to be suppressing the truth. As Thurstin always reminds me, my job is to scatter the seed.

Ambassadors Academy Slideshow- REMIX

 

Check out this video with new pictures and a hot new soundtrack. Thanks to Fab Da Eclectic and his krew for the hot lyrics off of LAST CALL

Golf Course Evangelism

  Well, despite what Pastor Steve (The Pusher) Sanchez says, Robert you CAN be a golfer and an evangelist (Pusher, I am giving you a hard time. ). However, in my home town, I am getting more and more nervous about doing it because I already have shared with a bunch of the regulars, and have been frustrated at some level with the response. I have even sensed a kind of standoffish attitude from some of them towards me. Good thing I am dense! Please pray that I will be bold as I golf.
Anyhow, today I was feeling an inordinate amount of fear, but I also knew I had to be obedient. I prayed, and headed off to the course. I continued praying as I went into the parking lot and unloaded my golf stuff. I prayed that someone would invite me into their group, and that God would open doors as I was invited.

Well, I was invited into a group of guys I had golfed with before, and one guy (”Snake”) that I didn’t know. Unfortunately, we were in different carts. I resigned myself to begin by placing tracts into divot repair buckets, as pictured here. I continued praying for an ‘in’.

It was the 13th hole when I got it. One of the group pulled out a Mind Game tract I had left during an earlier round. They began to do the trick with each other on the tee box. Snake was taken in by this trick, and after a few looks, finally figured it out. He took it to show to his wife. I began to pray again, asking God to have him look at it. He was reading it as he waited for the others to tee off! My heart sank when he began to tell the others that they had to read it, because it talked about lust, adultery, and lying. They all laughed, and I was discouraged, but I continued to pray. He kept on looking at it, I noticed him reading it at different times! It still was hard getting a conversation going across carts, but the tract was doing the job.

He took it home, and I hope he and his wife read it again and again and that the Holy Spirit does His work. Pray for Snake and His wife! Also, pray that I will have a compassion for these lost golfers that consumes my fear.

Ambassadors Academy Slideshow

This is a slideshow of the events at the first Ambassador’s Academy. Thanks to Steve Sanchez, Dennis Feeley and Jennifer Good for supplementing my photo collection. Hope you all who were there enjoy this!