Lee Strobel
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Robert and I became friends.
He called me to thank me for writing the book.
We became friends.
And then he died about a couple years later.
And at his request, on his tombstone, thousands of people came to his funeral.
Matthew McConaughey gave the eulogy.
And on his tombstone, it just says, believe in Jesus Christ.
Now, as you said, who is this guy?
Why did thousands of people come?
Why did Matthew McConaughey give his eulogy and so forth?
Who is this guy?
Evel Knievel.
the motorcycle daredevil rider who had the most broken bones of anybody according to the Guinness Book of World Records, Evel Knievel, became a born-again follower of Jesus.
We became good friends.
And he was absolutely sold out to Jesus.
Good for him.
And that was right at the end of his life.
And yet God, through that one prayer that he prayed, at one point he just said, God, he said, Satan, get out of my life.