Burt: A Broken Man

Using the plea bargain agreement and the reduction of sentence received by NFL running back Adrian Peterson, stemming from an incident in which Peterson abused his four-year-old son, and drawing truth from Proverbs 28:5, Tony preached the law and the gospel at the Newhall Metro Station. Standing close to Tony as he preached was an older man dressed in dirty, gray sweat clothes. The man stood with his gaze fixed on Tony. When Tony finished preaching, he introduced himself to the man who almost immediately began to sob. His name was Burt. 61-years-old, a heroin addict most of his life, in and out of maximum security prisons, and now an alcoholic, Burt had been homeless for two months. Together, Tony and Burt sat down on a nearby bench and talked.