March 1, 2018 Show with Tony Miano on “Tried & Convicted in an American Court for Preaching the Gospel at an Abortion Mill”

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Tony Miano’s Background and the Call to Open-Air Evangelism

I'm so delighted to have back on the air with me on Iron Sharpens Iron Radio as my guest, Tony Miano. Tony Miano is an open-air evangelist, a retired 22-year veteran of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department from 1987 to 2007, a former gang investigator, field training officer, drug recognition expert, and DWI or DUI enforcement specialist, receiver of over 60 commendations and citations for meritorious service, arrests, criminal investigations, critical decision-making, and community service.

He's the 1993 Deputy of the Year for Santa Clara or Clarita, California, recipient of the Mothers Against Drunk Drivers Centurion Award for apprehending more than 100 drunk drivers in a 12-month period, chaplain for the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department from 2000 to 2008, founder and director of 10 for ministries from 2002 to 2008, currently serving as advisor to the ministry, and Living Waters Director of Ambassadors Alliance and director of their conferences and special projects from 2008 to the mid -2012, and writer and co-host of nearly 400 episodes of Living Waters' live program On the Box with Ray Comfort.

He's the author of Take Up the Shield, Should She Preach? Biblical Evangelism for Women, and Cross Encounters, A Decade of Gospel Conversations. Today we're going to be discussing tried and convicted in an American court for preaching the gospel at an abortion mill, because that is exactly what happened very recently to Tony Miano, and it's my honor and privilege to welcome you back to Honorium Sharpens Iron Radio, Tony Miano.

Well, very good to be with you.

My pleasure, and let me give our listeners our email address right away in case they have questions for you. Our email address is chrisarnsen at gmail .com, C-H-R-I-S-A-R-N-Z-E-N at gmail .com.

Now, as I indicated in my introduction of you, you are an open-air evangelist, and by the way, for some of you who are wondering why I went on with a very long introduction and description of my guest, Tony Miano, it's because I think that it's very important that you know his pedigree because of this arrest that recently occurred.

He is not some raving lunatic who lives in a tent in the woods and likes to harass people who disagree with his views on abortion. He is a minister of the gospel who seeks to rescue children from being murdered by proclaiming the gospel to those parents who are on their way into an abortion mill to have that very thing done or to be counseled in regard to their pregnancy.

And this is quite a startling thing to hear of Tony's arrest and conviction in a place that is, meaning the United States of America, the land of the free and the home of the brave, where freedom of speech is one of the very pillars of our existence, guaranteed to us in the Constitution.

But if you could, Tony, tell us about what you do as an open-air preacher and specifically what you do in that realm in regard to abortion mills.

Sure.

Yes, in fact, you don't believe that a man should be doing even street evangelism unless not only is he a member of a Bible-believing church in good standing, but that his elders approve of what he's doing.

Right. Now, yes.

Yes, amen.

And by the way, I do want, before I forget, in case I forget to do so later,.

I want to give the website for the church where Tony is a member, gracefellowshipqc .com. I'm assuming that's an abbreviation for a county QC.

Well, QC is the abbreviation for Quad City.

Oh, Quad City, okay.

Yes.

That's gracefellowshipqc .com, and that's the website for Grace Fellowship Church in Davenport, Iowa. I also want to, in case I forget later, I want to make sure that I give my friend Jeff Durbin a plug because of the fact that he is involved in the same type of open-air evangelism, especially at abortion mills.

Jeff Durbin of Apologia Studios and Apologia Church and Apologia TV and Apologia Radio. His website is ApologiaStudios .com, ApologiaStudios .com, and Jeff also has very recently interviewed Tony Miano.

So after this show is over, of course, I don't want you to tune away to my show, from my show, but when we're finished, if you want to take a look at the televised interview that Jeff had with Tony Miano, you can do so.

But let's return to our discussion about what exactly happened when you were evangelizing outside an abortion mill with at least one of your elders, right?

That's correct. Yeah, the day was May 30th of last year. It was a Tuesday.

Praise God. Did they lower the fine? Because I thought in the recording it was like $600.

Well, that is quite disturbing. Yeah, so I filled out my visa.

Oh, boy.

This is so troubling because, in fact, if any honest liberals that have an ounce of integrity are listening, they should be equally troubled by this because of the fact that you have this very subjective, arbitrary determination of what you did as being loud and raucous public behavior and also that you're causing distress to those that are hearing you.

Now, why is it that we have a constitutional guarantee of the freedom of speech unless some things that people were saying before we had this constitution were distressing people? I mean, there would be no need for a constitutional guarantee of freedom of speech if people were just saying things in public that the majority of people around them agreed with.

I'm not understanding that concept of the whole issue here. You have to just wonder why the multitude of leftist marches and protests, why all of those people involved in those public activities aren't rounded up and arrested for saying even things as horrific as, you know, kill the pigs and fry them up.

You know, you could go on and on with all kinds of leftist rhetoric that is shouted and obviously intended to intimidate if not horrify people, let alone give them distress, and yet not a thing is done to them.

In fact, you'll see very often police protecting them at a barricade at such types of public demonstrations. There is obviously a real double standard here. It's pretty frightening. Yes, and preaching the gospel is equivalent to swearing at people, according to this judge.

That's right.

And can you imagine him saying that if you were a Muslim?

You know what, Chris, I don't believe I ever would have.

I seriously doubt it also. We're going to take an early break right now for our first break, and then when we return, we're going to be playing the 22-minute audio that is available, by the way, at sermonaudio .com.

If you go to sermonaudio .com and you type in the search engine either Miano, M as in Michael, I-A, N as in Nancy, O, or you type in State of Iowa, V as in versus Anthony Miano, you'll find this audio.

But when we come back from the break, we are going to play this because this is a recording of what took place in the courtroom. Now, the first voice that we hear who called you to the stand, was that the prosecuting attorney?

No, that was my attorney. Yeah, I lied.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. And then we also, of course, hear the judge. But, yeah, we can set it up when we return from the break.

Okay, great.

And if anybody would like to join us on the air with a question of your own for Tony Miano, our email address is chrisarnsen at gmail .com, C-H-R-I-S-A-R-N-Z-E-N at gmail .com. Please give us your first name at least, your city and state and country of residence, if you live outside the USA, and please only remain anonymous if your question involves a personal and private matter.

And we could obviously understand that a theme like this would lend itself to people wanting to remain anonymous for some reason or another, especially if they're involved in some kind of abortion mill evangelism.

But, again, that's chrisarnsen at gmail .com, C-H-R-I-S-A-R-N-Z-E-N at gmail .com. So unless you're remaining anonymous for a personal and private matter, give us your first name, city and state and country of residence.

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In fact, why don't you just briefly tell our listeners about that book, even though we've already interviewed you on that for two hours, I believe. Why don't you give our listeners a summary of that book?

Sure, yeah. And the summary is really in the title.

And of course, this isn't a new work. It's centuries old.

Right.

But it is a work that is new to many.

Right.

And I'm sure that there are not many. In fact, there might not be any listeners in our audience, but there could be a few that have the 22 hardcover volumes of this giant of theology.

And, you know, Chris, we need publishers.

Yeah, so that was definitely a name that was, even though he lived, I believe, at Capodispensha was the 19th century, correct?

Right, yeah.

Yeah, even though he lived in the 19th century, he was a very new name to scores of people, even very well-read, studied pastors and scholars had not heard of Ichabod Spencer until Mike Gaydosh reprinted his works.

Yeah, and to his credit,.

That's right.

And so that's how highly he was regarded.

Remember that website, which is, let's see, the website is solid-ground-books .com, solid-ground-books .com. I did not forget Mike's website. I was distracted by an email that came in with a question for Tony, which we will get to at some point, but that's where I went into dead air there for a second.

But, well, Tony, we are going to be playing this sermon audio clip of your defense attorney having you cross-examined on the stand, and then we're going to have the judge sentencing you in this recording that is available on sermon audio, but I want you to set up the recording for us.

Sure. The recording that folks are going to hear...

And Jeff Durbin actually informed me that that's actually based on biblical law from the Old Covenant.

Yeah, exactly.

Praise God.

Yeah, amen. Okay, well, here is that recording from the courtroom.

That is available on sermon audio.

Okay, let the record reflect that we are present in Johnson County Clause Number 06521, SMSM 105568. My name is Edward Leff. It is January 9, 2017. It's about 1 .17 in the afternoon. This is... The State has already rested.

This is the State of Iowa versus Anthony Edward Miano. The State has rested. It's now a defendant's opportunity to present any evidence if they choose to do so.

Mr. Edwards.

Thank you, Your Honor. I would call to the stand Mr. Miano, Anthony Miano.

Sir, please watch your step as you come forward, and before you have a seat, please raise your right hand. Do you swear or affirm that the testimony you're about to give.

Will be the truth?

I do.

Please have a seat. Could you please state your name for the record?

Anthony Edward Miano.

Mr. Miano, you're the defendant in this case?

Yes.

And where do you currently live? What town?

Davenport, Iowa.

Could you tell us about any training or education you have received in terms of... Have you attended any academies or trainings of that nature?

In 1987, I attended the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Academy, and in the years 1999 to 2000, I attended the Master's Seminar in Southern California. I've had hundreds of hours of both law enforcement and pastoral training.

Did you successfully complete your training with the Los Angeles Sheriff's Office?

I did.

And upon completing the training, what position did you assume?

Deputy Sheriff for the County of Los Angeles.

At that time, were you appointed or assigned to be a chaplain?

That would be later in my career. The last eight years of my career were spent as both a deputy and a chaplain.

Okay.

Did you join the Sheriff's Office to become a chaplain?

No, I did not.

Why did you become a chaplain?

I became a chaplain because during the first year of my law enforcement career, Jesus Christ saved me, took my heart of stone, gave me a heart of flesh, brought me to the realization that I had sinned against the Holy God and that I was due the punishment owed me for that sin, and that was eternity in hell.

A sergeant on the department explained to me the gospel, that 2 ,000 years ago, God the Father sent his Son to earth in the person of Jesus Christ, fully God and fully man and without sin. Born of a virgin, as the prophet Isaiah declared more than 700 years before his birth, as God in the flesh who lived a perfect life and thought were in need, and at a time appointed before the foundation of the world, he voluntarily went to a Roman cross, suffered and died a death he did not deserve, to take upon himself the punishment I rightly deserve for my sins against God, and then forever defeated sin and death when he rose from the grave.

And it was at hearing that gospel message that I realized that I was not right before God, that his wrath was upon me, and by his grace and his mercy and his love, he caused me to be born again, and he gave me the gifts of repentance and faith in Christ.

And so at that point, my entire life changed. I continued to serve as a deputy sheriff, but my focus on that department was not only enforcing the laws, but to ministering the gospel to my brothers and sisters behind the bat.

Did you receive any training pertinent to that appointment as a chaplain?

Yes, yes, I have. I received hundreds of hours of in-service training regarding the chaplaincy. Critical incident stress debriefing was a good portion of that. I was the on-scene chaplain for ten of our department's line-of-duty deaths, so I spearheaded the ministerial work for those affected by those deaths, including the department members, family members.

Did you ever do, for lack of better words, non-uniform ministry work? Did you ever start that at some point in time?

Yes, I planted and pastored Pico Canyon Community Church in Valencia, California, from 1999 to 2002. I've served as an elder in multiple churches. I served with an evangelistic ministry known as Living Waters in Bellflower, California, from 2008 through 2012, and I have been in full-time Christian ministry in one aspect or another since 1999.

You retired from the department?

Yes, in 2007.

Okay, and you now are a member of which church?

Grace Fellowship Church in Downport, Iowa.

And as a result of that church, has that church authorized you to engage in ministry?

Yes, I am under the authority of the three elders in my church. As far as my ministerial work on the streets outside the church, I am accountable to those three men, and they do send me out onto the streets to minister the gospel in a number of different ways.

As kind of a side note, I take note of your voice when I first met you. Have you ever been, for lack of better words, on television shows, radio shows, or had any activity using your what I would call talents?

Yes, I hosted a live radio program on a Christian radio station in Los Angeles. I wrote and co-hosted more than 400 live broadcasts online when I was with Living Waters, and I've also shepherded multiple radio programs online.

Have you authored any books?

Yes, I've authored three books all within the realm of Christian literature.

Do you recall the events on May 30, 2017 that have been discussed here today?

Yes, I do.

And were you present at the Planned Parenthood on Orchard Street?

Yes, I was.

On that date and time that has been discussed, about 10 a .m.?

Yes.

Why were you there?

Well, as a follower of Jesus Christ, the two greatest commandments in my Christian faith from God are to love the Lord my God with all of my heart, soul, mind, and strength, and to love my neighbor as myself.

And there is no greater way that I can show my love for God than by telling other people about him through faith in Christ. And there's no greater love I can show to other human beings than to point them to Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of their sin and salvation.

Were you standing on a footstool on the sidewalk that day?

At the time of the question, yes.

Okay.

What were you doing immediately before the police arrived?

Do you recall that?

Yes, I was reading Scripture verses from my Bible.

Were you doing anything other than reading Scripture verses?

I had a momentary interaction with a couple walking into the Planned Parenthood where I believe. I asked them not to go inside and called them to turn to Christ.

Were you speaking in a volume louder than you are right now?

Most definitely.

And why were you doing that?

Because I wanted the people inside the building to hear me.

Were you intending to distress these people?

No, on the contrary, I was trying to bring them peace. I was trying to bring them hope. I was trying to explain to them that there was hope for them in Jesus Christ, that there was forgiveness of sin.

That was my purpose for being here.

Were you trying to create a ruckus on that day?

No, I was not.

I don't have any further questions for you right now, sir.

Thank you.

Mr. Miano, I can certainly appreciate your request for a deferred judgment. To my knowledge and to what the states tell me, you have no prior record, and you've lived your life. You've been in service as a sheriff's deputy, now devoted your life to the ministry.

And certainly those things would argue for a deferred judgment. But I would think, as a former officer of the law, having been warned that your activity was disruptive, causing distress to people inside Planned Parenthood, having at one point sworn to uphold the law and having been told that, and having concern for others, as I think a minister would, that the last thing you would do is go back, and not just go back, but is go back and continue to talk in a volume loud enough to cause distress to the people inside.

And, you know, you weren't just standing there, I think, with a placard. You were standing there, peering over the bushes, doing it in such a way that you can direct your words towards the people in Planned Parenthood, even so far as to try and talk people into not going in and telling them that they should turn their lives over to Christ.

You know, I can appreciate your attorney's argument that you didn't use any kind of swear words, you didn't call anybody, you know, use abusive epithets and stuff like that. I'm not sure I entirely agree with that.

You know, people that are going into Planned Parenthood, okay, you don't have to drop an F-bomb or you don't have to call them other curse words, as we would know about it. But essentially telling them that they're sinners and that they should seek forgiveness for their sins, I can certainly see where that would be equally as offensive to people.

And I'm not sure I put a whole lot of, I'm not sure I distinguish the two necessarily. You know, I think some people would rather be called certain curse words than be told that they're a sinner, that they should seek forgiveness for whatever they're doing.

There's people going in there for medical care. I understand you're there and you're protesting abortion and you've got the right to say what you want and do that, but also it can go too far and that's what the disorderly conduct statute does that.

And you can't cause distress. I mean, it's not just people going in there for abortion. They provide other health care to people and most people should be able to go in there and not be caused unreasonable distress.

But having been, despite having been warned, you kind of believe that your agenda took precedent over that. You weren't just standing out there with a placard that said, you see them all the time in town.

You know, there's photographs and there's placards and there's anti-abortion signs. That's fine, but you put your agenda above everybody else's and that doesn't strike me as being very ministerial at all.

The fact that you went back there knowing you shouldn't, that doesn't qualify, that doesn't strike me as somebody that's worthy of a deferred judgment. A deferred judgment, you know, you make a mistake and you're, hey, okay, I come in, I made a mistake, you know, I understand my mistake, and it won't happen again.

I think the evidence has shown that's not the case with you. My biggest concern about what to do is what kind of sentence to fashion is, is what's going to get your attention to not do this type of activity again.

I would hope that a police officer come into the scene, I think several times anyway, and warning you about doing it, at least that's what the evidence showed, that there were several times that they had come out and warned you, that that would have been sufficient.

You know, and I'm really kind of, so that's where I'm at, is what sentence is going to best prevent you from doing that. You know, I think 30 days suspended as, you know, that the state is asking, the question in my mind is, is do I suspend all 30 days or do I make you go over to the jail and serve a couple days to give you some indication that this, that, you know, we're serious about this.

Because warning you once or twice or however many times it was, but more than once wasn't enough. I think what I am willing to do is I am hopeful that essentially giving you 30 days and suspending all of it so you don't have, don't need to go to jail today.

You just will have essentially that threat of jail, that hammer over your head that basically says to you that if you violate the law again, then you're going to have to come back in and do 30 days. I hope that that would be a sufficient warning to you.

So I think the state's recommendation in this case is reasonable. I will sentence you to serve 30 days in jail. I will suspend all 30 days of that sentence. I'm going to order you to pay a $100 fine with surcharge and court costs, whether it be a $35 surcharge, and I'm not sure what the jury costs will be.

And conditions of probation are that you have no new law violations and that you have no contact with anyone at Planned Parenthood or any Planned Parenthoods. And that's not just here in Johnson County.

That would be anywhere.

Wow.

The Courtroom Recording and the Judge’s Reasoning

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