Cross Encounters

Tony's guest will be Bill Adams, founder of Sports Fan Outreach International and Revival USA. Tony and Bill will discuss, among other things, the state of the church and the street evangelism community in America; as well as the effectiveness of sporting event evangelism. Tony will play a recent conversation he had on the campus of Cal State University Northridge, with a young man named Jeremy. Tony will also tackle the sacred cow of "friendship evangelism." Tony believes "friendship evangelism," as it is most commonly practiced by Christians today is neither friendship nor evangelism. And, of course, the chat room will be open and lively and we will take your calls.

Join Tony and his guest, Sye Ten Bruggencate, for a two hour conversation about: Reformed Soteriolog: Which comes first: regeneration or conversion? Why can there be no natural, mathematic, or logic laws without God? Can a well-intentioned evidentiary based apologetic blaspheme God? Should the Christian try to prove God exists? Can the "builder-building/painter-painting" analogy be improved? When does a conversation with an atheist become a sinful exercise of "casting pearls before pigs?" And your questions.

Tony's special guest during the first hour of this week's program is Patte Smith. If you do not know Patte, you should. Tony respectfully and affectionately refers to Patte as the "First Lady" of abortuary ministry. Now that Tony has officially begun ministering outside an abortuary in his area, who better to talk to about the issue of abortion than Tony's mentor in the ministry of saving the unborn. Tony's guest for hour two will be pastor, church planter, open-air preacher, and author Emilio Ramos. Tony will talk to Emilio about his new book, Convert. How does a right understanding of conversion affect and inform one's evangelism? And, as always, Tony will be taking your calls.

Our guests will include Marv Plementosh of One Million Tracts and Shane Sands of United In Christ Jesus. Tony and Marv will talk about their new partnership, as Tony begins to write tracts exclusively for One Million Tracts. Marv will share how he started the ministry and what makes a good gospel tract. Tony and Shane Sands will talk about the Olympic Games trip and we will hear one of Shane's London open-airs. We will take your calls; and the fellowship in the chat room is sure to be lively. And stay up to date during the week at the Cross Encounters blog.

Join Tony and his special guest, Mike Stockwell of Cross Country Evangelism. Mike will share the story of how he was cited for disorderly conduct when a woman indecently exposed herself while Mike was preaching outside a bar in Philadelphia. Stop rubbing your eyes. You read it correctly. Mike was cited because someone else acted disorderly while he was preaching. You can read the story at the below link. http://christiannews.net/philadelphia-police-cite-preacher-for-being-flashed-by-female-heckler/ Tony will share the audio of his conversation with the liberal pastor of St. Paul's Cathedral, in London. You will have to hear it to believe it. In the show's second hour, Tony will be joined by pastor and evangelist, Geoff Kirkland. Geoff pastors Christ Fellowship Bible Church of St. Louis--a church plant out of John MacArthur's Grace Advance church planting effort. Tony and Geoff will discuss Geoff's recent blog artice regarding particular atonement, and how he is incorporating open-air preaching and street

Cross Encounters, hosted by Tony Miano, is a weekly program that addresses biblical evangelism, theology, current events, and more. This is the premiere broadcast of Cross Encounters. On today's program, Tony will discuss his recent 2-week mission trip to London, during the Olympic Games. He might even have a guest or two.