Hugged A Paedophile

A guy came in for food, said he was on probation and asked me if I knew of any soup kitchens where he could help out. He said he was a chef by profession. In his earlier years he had been the youngest chef in a Michelin-starred restaurant in the UK. I told him any potential soup kitchen would want to know why he was on probation.

It came out that he had voluntarily seen his doctor about his predilection for paedophilia on the web and the outcome was that he was arrested and taken to court. He pointed out that his offence was “non-contact”, i.e. that it was all internet related.

To cut a long story short, I told him that Jesus was the one who could forgive him and enable him to forgive himself. Although not a believer, he agreed to take a gospel which he said he would read on a park bench that afternoon. I ended by offering him a hug which he gratefully received. I felt that’s what Jesus was calling me to do,

Christian Websites and Evangelism

Just been reading a pdf file on Web Evangelism which says that 99% of Christian websites are aimed at Christians and only 1% are designed to evangelise the lost.

Check out the tongue in cheek British website The Bishop where you can watch cartoons, see some lovely Flash movies and even confess anonymously online – if that’s your bag!