Street Fishing

Street Fishing


Latest Episodes

Episode: Jerry and the Wickedness of Wokeness
November 14, 2020

On this episode of Street Fishing Podcast... 33 years ago Tony might have taken Jerry behind his county jail barracks and put him in a rear armlock, torquing his arm not so far as to dislocate his shoulder, but to place him in considerable pain. Then, To

Episode: Augustana College--Moments of Calm Amidst Chaos
November 09, 2020

On this edition of Street Fishing Podcast... Allen emailed me asking for a short list of books that have influenced me. After the Bible, these are the books that have most impacted my life: Holiness, by J.C. Ryle The Gospel According to Jesus, by John Mac

Episode: A Muslim's Crisis of Faith
November 02, 2020

In this episode, Tony chalk-talks a conversation he had in the summer of 2018. Tony was crosswalking at the corner of Locust/Marquette, in Davenport, IA, when he was approached by a man named Hassan (28). Hassan grew up in the Shiite Muslim religion. He h

Episode: Cancer and Pride Were Killing Stuart
October 26, 2020

In this episode of Street Fishing Podcast, Tony travels back in time five years to a memorable conversation with Stuart, in Barking, England. Tony was in England, in the summer of 2015, with a small team of evangelists, preaching the gospel on the streets

Episode: Tele Wanted to Help People Forgive Themselves
October 12, 2020

On this episode of Street Fishing Podcast, Brackston is, once again, on the campus of Illinois State University. Brackston came across Tele, a freshman psychology major and professing Christian. Tony spends 40 minutes on the phone with Tele discussing th

Episode: Montana Stopped to Talk
September 28, 2020

Matthew Lincoln and Tony were engaged in crosswalking and sign evangelism in downtown Davenport, IA, when Montana, seeing the cross, stopped to talk. Although "churched" most of her life and presently alternating attendance between three churches, Montana

Episode: Did the Lord Save Thomas?
September 21, 2020

The Lord may have saved Thomas! Brackston Combs went street fishing at a small lake in his community. There he met Thomas (45) who was fishing at the lake. Thomas believed himself to be a Christian, but during his conversation with Tony it became clear T

Episode: Ava Thought Everyone Went to Heaven
September 14, 2020

In this edition of the Street Fishing Podcast, Brackston is street fishing on the campus of Illinois State University. There, he found Ava, a 3rd-year Mass Media major who was shooting some B-roll for the campus TV station. As a younger girl, Ava went to

Episode: Destiny Had Been Killing People in Her Mind
September 07, 2020

While cross walking at an area in Davenport, IA called "Five Points, two young women, Destiny and Samantha, approached Tony. Destiny's first words: "I have problems. I've been killing people in my head." That was the start of a 45-minute conversation duri

Episode: Ethan Wanted His Friends to Hear the Gospel
August 31, 2020

The fish weren't biting very well, but it only takes one to make your day at the lake a story worth telling.Brackston landed Ethan, a 14-year-old professing Christian.Ethan wanted to wait until his friends arrived before getting on the phone. When the