The Reconciliationist

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!

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.

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.

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

  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.

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!

I have uploaded a video about open-air preaching in Huntington Beach, and I expressed a desire for my readers to see the ‘look’. Well, my good friend Jennifer took some GREAT photos (She is a goode person) and I think they sum up what I call ‘the Look’ rather well~

This young man had never heard the Gospel presented like this before. Throw in the fact that he thought he was coming to the beach that day just to have fun and hang out with friends. He heard the truth, and his conscience was seriously pricked.

He continued to listen, and as you see in the video below, he followed along with his friends as the law was presented and then the good news was shared. The look tells you that the conscience is doing its good work as the Holy Spirit is convincing this young man of his sin.

As a follow up, I went over and gave all the young people some literature to take with them. I encouraged them to take very seriously what I said, and to consider the truth that was shared with them. I could tell that they, as a group, were all digesting the truth that had been presented. I pray that they repented and trusted the Savior that very day.

This is one of the times that I had the priviledge to open air preach while at the Ambassador’s Academy in May 2008. This was across from where a fellow was hammering a nail into his nose, so I had to use trivia to draw a crowd. In the background, there is an anti-immigration protest going on that you might be able to hear.

This academy was a wonderful experience. You really should consider going. At the very least, you will step out of your comfort zone and be challenged to truly open your eyes to the needs of the people all around you. There are not many places in this country where you will see the variety of people and cultures all crowded into one place, so it is really the opportunity of a lifetime.

This young man was very brave, and honest. You should have seen his face change after the 7th commandment was given. In speaking with he and his friends afterwards, he was not going to allow anything to stop him in his pursuit of answers. He had never heard the Gospel like that in his church. I pray that he and his friends have considered the scripture found in the materials I gave to them.

Immediately upon leaving the bus, the ‘pusher’ Steve Sanchez demonstrated an open air technique known by him as free speaking. This is where you pick a corner and you begin to preach a message to those who are passing by.

After Steve did it with no incident, I decided to give it a try. Unfortunately, Steve had done such a good job, the storeowner contacted security.

We were trained by Steve to keep on preaching even when people tried to block us off. We were given a primer on how to deal with security vs. how to deal with law enforcement officers. This training didn’t make me feel any better about being surrounded, but by the power of the Holy Spirit, I pressed on.

They simply wanted to tell me that my voice was too loud, that it was carrying across the street, and to tone it down a little. They were very polite and encouraged us to keep it up. In fact, later in the day they stopped to hear a second message! We were polite and respectful, and that gave us an edge in being able to get the word out. Part of our training encouraged us to be polite and to thank the officers for what they do. This goes a LONG way in being able to preach the Gospel when the armed security feels respected, and is even in defense of your right to preach.

This Blog is called the Reconciliationist.

Allow me please to explain. I am a born-again Christian. Our job as Christians is to make disciples, that is to reconcile lost people to the God who loves them, for His glory and His honor. Jesus Christ paid the price by being crushed by God on the cross for our sins. However, in order for people to be reconciled to God in Christ Jesus, they need an ambassador to share the good news. Every Christian is called to be an ambassador, or a reconciliationist.

Reconciliationist is a term I invented to describe myself. I used to be an evangelical, but that term has become a dogs breakfast of late. Rick Warren calls himself an evangelical, and so do guys like Rob Bell. Neither one of them has said anything in the last three years that indicate to me that they care about the Great Commission. It is my job (along with other believers) to reconcile guys like Bell, Warren, and other people who consider themselves evangelical, and those who do not, with truth that is found in scripture. Reconciliation is term that means to bring into agreement. When we receive Christ through repentance and faith we are reconciled to God. We are brought into agreement with Him, because our fine has been paid by Christ. In Christ we are justified, redeemed, and reconciled. And we also become ambassadors; representatives of the One who has sent us so that He may have the reward for His glorious suffering. 

This site will contain quotes and stories about reconciliationist activities. Since being a reconciliationist means bringing fallen wretched people into agreement with God, this involves evangelism. Stories of the activities of our ministry in Marshall, MN, as well as stories of our friends all over the states and around the world will be published here. file:///Users/johnchisham/Desktop/AA_logo_lrg.jpg