Everyone has heroes, or at least people they greatly admire. David Wilkerson was one of mine, along with John the Baptist and a few others. So I was deeply saddened when my daughter called to tell me he had been killed in a car accident. Of course, there was the sweet knowledge that he was with the Lord, but there was also the bitter reality that we no longer had him here on earth.

His passing brought back a flood of memories. Back in 1980, I screened the movie The Cross and the Switchblade at our church. It was based on his best-selling book, and starred Eric Estrada (from the television series “CHiPs”) as Nicky Cruz, the hardened gang member who mocked the naive country preacher who...

Most of the world is enamored with big-name celebrities. This is, of course, tempered a little for the average Christian. We pray for their salvation, not just for their sake, but because we know that their conversion could potentially influence millions with the gospel. But such conversions are very few and far between. It is not that God is not willing to save the really big-name celebrities. He’s just not aware of any, because God is “no respecter of persons.”

There may be another reason for the dearth of Christians among top celebrities. God resists the proud, and Hollywood sure is filled with puffed-up people. Actors crave the world’s praise. Of course, a self-centered pride isn’t unique to Hollywood. It’s human nature to want to be the center of attention. But celebrities have an even greater strike against them. Successful actors are usually...

My TV co-host, Kirk Cameron, passed me his cell phone so that I could speak to his eight-year-old daughter. He said that she had been laughing a lot as she read my book 101 of the Dumbest Things People Have Done. I'm the book's main character, and she said that her favorite incident was when I made a four-year-old Asian boy laugh. I told him to look up, and when he did I gave him a gentle tap under the chin. He loved it (I'm great with kids). When he then told me to look up, I played along with him. I love making kids happy, so I smiled as I gazed heavenward and waited in anticipation for his gentle under-the-chin tap. He karate-chopped my throat!

When she asked if I had done as many dumb things as the book said, I told her that every word was true, and that I could easily begin Volume Two.

That afternoon we were filming post-production for our television program. We had traveled to 13 European countries in 13 days to film 13 episodes, and I had penned the "Vienna" script. I loved Vienna and had fond memories of it, despite the blur of going to so many countries in such a short time. So I had skillfully woven in the fact that even though the 400 gondolas in the city were popular with tourists, the locals preferred taxis.

As we began filming, Kirk asked, "Isn't Venice the...

I watched a lot of holocaust footage while researching for, Hitler, God, and the Bible and its accompanying “Hitler’s Religion” DVD. I read eye-witness accounts of families of Jews being shot, and some of them buried while still alive. I stared through tear-filled eyes at photos of innocent Jewish women (some in their teens) being paraded through the streets, and then hung publically. They weren’t given the mercy of a quick drop to break the neck. Instead, thin rope was deliberately used to make the hanging last longer. The photos show other Jews being made to watch, and German soldiers smiling as they dangled by the rope.

Jews were made to pull teeth from the dead bodies of their fellow countrymen that had been gassed, and extract gold. The corpses were then thrown into ovens for cremation. If gold was missed, those doing the extracting were thrown alive into the ovens.

Adolf Hitler systematically and cruelty slaughtered six million men, women, and children in the horror we call the “holocaust.” After the war, Hitler shot himself, and many Nazis fled to the haven of…