Robert Craig "Evel Knievel" died recently. As long as I can remember he has been an American Icon. A self proclaimed "Dare Devil," he brought a new dimension to the motor cycle. Some ride for pleasure, others for transportaion, still others for identity...He used it like Michael Jordan used a basketball.
I'm sure there are various opinions about him ranging from heroic to downright crazy. No doubt he defied death on many occasions. He definitely escaped death on numeous occasions.
Now, I would not normally be writing a blog on Mr. Knievel. However, months before his death a very important event happened in his life. He made a life changing decision. A decision that everyone needs to make before they die.
On April 1 of this year Evel Knievel publicly confessed faith in Christ. Before an audience of 4,000 and a world-wide audience of millions over Dr. Robert Schuller's "Hour of Power" broadcast.
Knievel told how he had refused for 68 years to convert to Christianity because he didn’t want to surrender his lifestyle of "the gold and the gambling and the booze and the women." He explained his conversion experience by saying, "All of a sudden, I just believed in Jesus Christ. I did, I believed in him!" Knievel said he knew people were praying for him, including his daughter's church, his ex-wife's church, and the hundreds of people who wrote letters urging him to believe.
Evel Knievel came to faith in large part due to Lee Strobel's book "The Case for Christ."
Quote from Lee Strobel:
"I'll tell you what, we have seen such a change in Evel Knievel. I mean I am so thrilled to be his friend now and to watch how similar to my story coming from a profane and immoral and drunken kind of a life, and finding faith, and watching a life change thanks to the work of God. And to see that in Evel Knievel it's just been thrilling.
The "Dare Devil" became a Christ follower. Praise the Lord.
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