IRVINE, Calif. — When rock icon Barry McGuire finished his gig at the Whiskey A Go Go, he walked outside and noticed a man chained to a cross. Though it was 40 years ago, McGuire hasn’t forgotten the moment that dramatically impacted his life.
“I looked him in the eyes and said, ‘Hey, what’s happening?’ His eyes poured love into me. His eyes said, ‘Are you OK?’ I saw concern, compassion for my well-being. I saw no judgment, no condemnation, no self-righteousness in this man. He was just a guy sitting there. His lips spoke one name, ‘Jesus.’”
That incident melted McGuire’s “armor plating.”
“I ran around the corner, but He (Jesus) got me,” he said.
In 1971, McGuire asked Christ to be his Savior. [Christian Examiner.]
