Witness Encounters
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It was about 8:00 p.m. as my wife and I were riding from Viejas Indian Reservation to Alpine, California, in our daughter's and son-in-law's van with...
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Cleveland
As I waited in line to check-in for my flight from Cleveland to Chicago, a woman in front of me asked me to save her spot while she made an...
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A number of years ago Karen and I met a couple at the San Diego airport. Both of them were archaeologists on their way home to Baltimore. I talked to...
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During a flight, I was sitting beside the assistant curator of a large museum. He saw me eating something nutritious so he asked if I was into health...
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The purpose of the following article is twofold. First, it is a witness encounter to motivate you to take advantage of any opportunity to share your...
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While working out at the YMCA in San Diego, I overheard two businessmen discussing death. One said, “I am not sure what’s beyond the grave, but no...
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While volunteering as a chaplain for the American Red Cross during the California Wildfires of 2003, Bill stopped at Sharp Cabrillo Hospital to visit...
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An elderly Jewish woman, who had accepted Yeshua as her Messiah, heard my radio broadcast. She called the ministry because she was concerned about...
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In addition to speaking engagements, I love doing one-on-one evangelism and witnessing. I want to share a few of my many "witness encounters" that...
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I arrived at church on a cloudy spring morning and saw a parked van in the church lot. Nothing unusual in this, but I couldn’t see through the darkly...
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A Jewish man listened intently for one hour as I shared with him about the history of the Middle East conflict and the unfolding and final Biblical...
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After a woman used crude language several times during our conversation I said to her:
“I wallowed in the filth of my lifestyle and language for many...
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During a recent flight I sat beside a woman who had graduated from a conservative Christian College where she met her husband. They first attended a...
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Jeff was program manager at a local radio station which aired my weekly broadcast. I would usually go to the station late at night on Friday or...
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Lynne Patton Stewart called the ministry to see if I could visit her ex-husband, Terry (and father to their children, Eric and Kristin) who was in...
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How many potential witness opportunities have you had in your lifetime? Hundreds? Maybe thousands? How many of these people did you share your faith...
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I have hundreds of witness encounters every year. An unexpected one happened last summer. As I was walking up to the Giant Eagle grocery store an...
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While ministering in San Diego one year, I shared with a Muslim taxi driver from Iraq my faith in Jesus Christ. He replied, "Us Muslims and you...
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While conversing with a yoga instructor at a San Diego YMCA, a man who has been training Navy Seals for the past year and a half overheard us. He...
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You never know whom you might meet. This was evident one day as my brother, Randy, was on his way back from the grocery store. His car broke down and...
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I was witnessing to a man devoted to a religion which claimed all paths lead to God. He believed the founder of his religion was the true...
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While doing street ministry in the San Diego area, Bill Rudge met a man named Tom who appeared to be about 60 years old. He had been living on the...
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It was rush hour in Pittsburgh, when Karen and I were walking across the bridge. I noticed a man just sitting there. Most people walked past him as...
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While I was receiving therapy for injuries sustained in a car accident, the therapist asked me questions about my faith and the Bible. He often made...
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A couple of years ago, I was speaking at Erie Assembly of God to very receptive college students attending Master's Commission. Afterward, Karen and...
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I was having a conversation with “Joe” at his place of employment one day. A co-worker blurted out that “Joe” was living with one woman but also had...
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After speaking at the Iranian Center in London, a young man from Iran came up to me and told how he came to know that the God who created him was a...
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