I was hit by a jet ski and I was told by a doctor that I may have only five hours to live if my liver had been totally destroyed.

And I was faced with all of a sudden this idea that in five hours I might be standing before the judgment seat of

Christ. I was 30 years old. I knew the Bible very well. I was happily married. I had two kids.

I was very much the epitome of a good American Christian. And I realized at that moment when it was

real and I was laying on a gurney, I'm going to get before Christ and this is going to be inadequate.

I will not go in with my head held high.

What have I done to help all the hurting people out there?

Not much.

And I realized at that moment I never wanted to be in that situation again.

Theology in books is one thing.

Theology when you're laying on a gurney realizing I might be seeing Christ in the next couple of hours

is another.

When I was on the Los Angeles Police Department and I saw a brutal, awful crime in a really

horrific crime area.

And then as I got into international business, I got to see that depravity is in $5,000

suits just like it's in du rags and running around

with AK-47s.

We see over here on the nice Americanized Christianity that we have that some people do seem

totally transformed and some not.

Lots of people claim to be Christians.

Lots of people believe in Christ, but they don't seem that much different than some of the

stuff I saw on the streets of Los Angeles. What's the difference? Jesus has given us the people believe in Christ, but they don't seem that much different than some of the stuff

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