To God be the glory! Speaking of Evel Knievel did you ever watch his testimony of salvation, just months before he died? Amazing grace. Honest and Powerful. Given at Crystal Cathedral no less, which i am sure was because they and Schuller needed to hear it. Knievel basically gives an off the cuff sermon and invitation resulting in mass baptisms, well, sprinkling, and i cannot say they all had the conviction (Jn. 16:9) that precedes true conversion.
http://youtu.be/ueXtsPlYTag (note it is a given that links do not affirm all the source offers)
“I don’t know what in the world happened. I don’t know if it was the power of the prayer or God himself, but it just reached out, either while I was driving or walking down the sidewalk or sleeping, and it just—the power of God in Jesus just grabbed me. … All of a sudden, I just believed in Jesus Christ. I did, I believed in him! … I rose up in bed and, I was by myself, and I said, ‘Devil, Devil, you bastard you, get away from me. I cast you out of my life.’ … I just got on my knees and prayed that God would put his arms around me and never, ever, ever let me go.”
And then what do you do with George Foreman,
http://youtu.be/ynap-dvvsHY
When I was in that dressing room [after the fight withYoung], down on that floor, blood on my hand and forehead, screaming that Jesus Christ was coming alive in me, I wasn’t interested in any religion. [But] from that point on, I started reciting the Bible, talking from the pit of my stomach, in that dressing room. [I was] talking about how Jesus was God’s son and that he was alive. So when I came out of that, I asked a friend to go get me a Bible. And he said, “What kind?” And I said, “I don’t know. One like your mother has.” So, he went out and bought me a King James version of the Bible. And that’s how I got into religion.
I [previously] thought about [Islam], but one day I tore [Ali’s] jacket off of him, being the mean guy that I am, and he cussed me out so bad. And I said, “Wow! I’m like that already.” So, I left [Islam] alone....
In the past he was one of the fellows that I truly didn’t like. I really hated him. He took my title, never gave me a title shot. But, when I found Jesus Christ, the first thing that came to my mind was to make sure I shared my experience with Muhammed Ali. And over the years we became the best of friends. We’re signing notes, “I love you. George.” “I love you. Muhammed.” If he had two dollars, and you asked him [for it], he would conceal that it was his last two dollars and give it to you. We’re great friends. I love him.
There’s a photo in the book of you and Ali in 1984 reading the Bible together. Would you often read and discuss the Bible with him?
Every time I saw him, to the point that he’d hide. “Stop it. Stop it, George!” Just like he would run his mouth to opponents, I was running my mouth to him about the Bible—always pointing out a Bible scripture. He told me, “Just let me alone.” But I loved that. That was my greatest experience, explaining and showing him things in the Bible.
http://www.beliefnet.com/Entertainment/Celebrities/George-Foremans-Second-Chance.aspx?p=2
More various testimonies that Jesus is alive: http://www.cbn.com/700club/features/Amazing/