June 1985 Newsletter (5745:8)
You can’t eat soup with a fork, and you can’t walk by using your ears instead of your legs. And don’t enter a kangaroo in a horse race or try to hitch a gorilla to a plow—not unless you are seeking a comic result. Absurdity is the very essence of...
Our Summer Witnessing Campaign 1985 begins soon in several major U.S. cities. Last summer we distributed great quantities of tracts and received thousands of names and addresses for follow-up. It took much effort and prayer, but something most encouraging happened...
I first met Valerie on the hot summer streets of New York during our 1980 Summer Witnessing Campaign. She had noticed me in my Jews for Jesus T-shirt as I stood on my corner at 42nd Street, handing out broadsides. We got into a conversation about prophecy and Jews,...
It’s a comedy routine! No, it’s a parable! No, it’s…a STREET TESTIMONY! What’s a street story? Let me explain. One of the hallmarks of Jews for Jesus is that we communicate the gospel to Jewish people in a variety of ways: through drama, music,...
Before we send our evangelists to the streets of New York, we give them extensive training on witnessing, conversation and confrontation techniques. But there are some things about witnessing in New York City that you learn only through experience: 1. Smile a lot....
One of the most appealing Bible promises is abundant life for the followers of Jesus (John 10:10). Yet many Christians would readily admit that their lives are too rarely experiences of abundance. On the Christian road many find themselves experiencing one...