{"id":4228,"date":"2011-10-13T10:46:12","date_gmt":"2011-10-13T15:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theamericanjesus.net\/?p=4228"},"modified":"2011-10-13T10:46:12","modified_gmt":"2011-10-13T15:46:12","slug":"the-kung-fu-assassin-evangelist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/zackhunt\/2011\/10\/the-kung-fu-assassin-evangelist\/","title":{"rendered":"The Kung Fu Assassin Evangelist"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Like this video says \u201ctruth is stranger than fiction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m not totally convinced, though, that this is \u201ctruth.\u201d It feels like one of those goofy videos a church youth group might put together. The overly dramatic narration certainly doesn\u2019t help.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the classic \u201ccome to Jesus story\u201d: boy was taken from his parents as a child, raised by his Shaolin monk grandfather to become a kung fu master, then he turned assassin\/bodyguard, then through a downward spiral he turns into a blood\u00a0thirsty\u00a0ganster before ending up in a hardcore prison. Sometime after that, he finds Jesus and starts a travelling evangelism ministry. Classic.<\/p>\n<p><em>Right\u2026.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>However, after doing a little be of digging, this guy is apparently legit. At least in the since that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AjT0vv23ovg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">he is really an evangelist<\/a>, he really has a book called <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1860247067\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=amerjesu-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399369&amp;creativeASIN=1860247067\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Taming the Tiger<\/a><\/em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important;margin: 0px !important\" src=\"https:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=amerjesu-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1860247067&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399369\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\">, and this is really his story\/message\/script for a Hollywood movie.<\/p>\n<p>So, if it is true Tony Anthony has our most heartfelt apologies and we\u00a0sincerely\u00a0hope he doesn\u2019t come and kill us in our sleep.<\/p>\n<p>Then again, see if you can make it all the way through this one with out giggling at least once. I couldn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fvo_WZeF60Y\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fvo_WZeF60Y<\/a>\n<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 Like this video says \u201ctruth is stranger than fiction.\u201d I\u2019m not totally convinced, though, that this is \u201ctruth.\u201d It feels like one of those goofy videos a church youth group might put together. The overly dramatic narration certainly doesn\u2019t help. 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