Left Behind 3

The makers of Left Behind: World War III have asked Kirk and I if we would like to include our teaching as a special bonus feature on the Left Behind 3 DVD (due for release in October). We would value your prayers as we film this material. This is a tremendous opportunity to get the teaching into the hands of Christians. The first Left Behind movie sold three million copies. By the way, don’t miss Kirk’s column (http://www.wayofthemaster.com/columns_kirk/) this month—it’s wonderful.

Jim Carrey

In a November 2004 interview on CBS’s “60 Minutes,” Jim Carrey was unashamed to voice his spiritual beliefs, which is quite unusual for an actor. I have never seen any actor so bare his soul. When the interviewer said, “I get the sense you are a big bundle of conflicting emotions,” Jim responded, “Yeah, I’m emotional. I’ve decided to be there. I only act in the movies.” My heart went out to him.

This week we received a phone call from a young lady named Kelsey J. who attends Pepperdine University in Malibu. She saw Jim Carrey in a yogurt shop on a Friday night in April. She left, drove around the block ten times, terrified to go back. But she did, and was able to witness to him—for an hour. She took him through the Law and he was very open. Interestingly, in What Hollywood Believes Jim Carrey is quoted as saying, "I don’t know what God is but I know that He’s at least an energy that rules all that walks the earth and I really think there are laws. There are laws and maybe they’re within us." He's right about that. And God sent him someone to tell him about those Laws. Please pray for Jim’s salvation. (This entire witnessing encounter, and many others, will be detailed in a new book due out at the end of the year.)

Mother's Day Gifts

For Mother’s Day, honor the women in your life with a gift that yields eternal dividends.
How to Bring Your Children to Christ . . . & Keep Them There shares biblical principles that will help parents with the most important of issues—guiding their children toward genuine conversion.

101 Things Husbands Do to Annoy Their Wives will delight both sexes, and makes a humorous evangelistic gift for other relatives, friends, and neighbors. This lighthearted look at marriage helps wives understand their other half and it helps husbands not to feel alone in their quirks. It also explains what true love is (God’s love shown on the cross), and gives “Ten final tips on how to keep a wife happy.”

In fact, both of these make equally good gifts for Father’s Day.

The Reason for the Book

The Way of the Master book was written specifically for Christians who say, “Okay, I agree with what you are saying about modern methods. But the use of the Law is just one way to reach the lost. You have your way of evangelizing, and I have mine.” After receiving the below email about my last column, I sent the gentleman a copy of the book because it specifically addressed his concerns, and was encouraged by his humble response:

Dear Ray, I love the no-nonsense nuts and bolts approach to evangelism of your ministry but I think you need to be a little more responsible and consistent with what you say in your column. In the “Tsunami, Cheese Sandwich" column you mention that “a God of love who is all-powerful and wants to better the life of humanity doesn’t exist.” To make a blanket statement like this is fundamentally wrong. Of course, the world is facing a God of wrath, but for those in Christ Jesus we have Romans 8:28 and we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose . . . Sorry to come off on the attack, but I think you need to be more accountable to someone in your ministry because thousands of people read your column. In Jesus, Ken

Dear Ray, thank you for the book. I am on the third chapter and all I can say is I’m sorry for the vehement charge laid in ignorance. Ken

About a year ago, we were delighted to publish the book with Tyndale House Publishers (they sold more than fifty million copies of the Left Behind series). It’s a risk going with big publishers as your book can get lost among their many titles. But thanks to you and other folks, there are already 52,000 in print. When it hits 100,000, they may start aggressively promoting it. Please pray that this happens.

Say it with a sign...

Max P. of Courtland, Virginia, sent us a picture of some magnetic signs he had a local sign maker fabricate for the back of his utility trailer.

The gospel message at NeedGod.com is very simple and straightforward. It starts unbelievers out with a "test" to see if they are good enough to get into heaven, then goes through a series of questions and answers that are much like the ones you would use when talking one-on-one. Finally it concludes by presenting the incredible grace we are offered through the blood of Jesus.

Seminars Down Under

If you live Down Under, be sure to check the schedules for “The Way of the Master” seminars throughout New Zealand. Go to www.livingwatersnewzealand.com for details.