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As A Young Teen, I Loved To Read Books From The ...
Contributed by Beth Garrod-Logsdon on Apr 14, 2009 (message contributor)
As a young teen, I loved to read books from the “Choose Your Own Adventure” series. In the first couple of pages a story would be set up – for example you are going on a hike with your cousins and it begins to storm. But by the end of page three the reader comes to a critical point in the story and has to make a choice – for instance, to get out of the storm will you choose to go into the deserted cabin or the dark cave. The reader makes the choice and turns to the appropriate page and continues reading, then soon enough another choice presents itself. And on and on the story goes until you make a choice that ends your adventure. What I loved about these books was that I could read the same book time and again and rarely ever have the same story. I, as the reader, was in charge of the story and where I would take it.
The gospel of Mark, as it ends in verse 8, is like a Biblical “Choose Your Own Adventure.” As readers and hearers of the gospel, we have heard the same news that Mary Magdalene, Mary the Mother of James and Solome have heard. As readers and hearers of the gospel we have traveled to the tomb and found the stone rolled away and the grave empty. As readers and hearers of this gospel we have received the same command from the young man dressed in white… the command to go and tell the others that Jesus Christ is risen. And then it’s up to us.
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Sarah Winchester, widow of Oliver Winchester, who invented the famed Winchester Rifle that won the West worried about the departed soul of her husband because of all the Indians that his rifle was responsible for sending on to the next life. She also feared for her own soul and the souls of the ...read more
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The Following Lines Were Discovered On The Dead ... PRO
Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Mar 26, 2004
“The following lines were discovered on the dead body of an American soldier killed in action in North Africa, in 1944. They were found by a corporal in the Royal Army Medical Corps and were printed in a Tunis newspaper. They found their way to Britain through the United States. A friend of the ...read more
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You See These Guys Don't You Driving The Delivery ...
Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Jan 12, 2007
You see these guys don’t you driving the delivery trucks with the sticker on the back which says How’s my driving telephone 0800 0999. – report if going too fast, driving too reckless – too slow etc . The driver is representing that particular company – it looks bad on them. The application is ...read more
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There Was A Very Capable Evangelist Whom God Used ...
Contributed by Mark Ferrante on Jan 12, 2007
There was a very capable evangelist whom God used in a significant way. But he lost his interest in spiritual things and drifted into a life of sin, for a number of months. Some of his sin was done in secret but ultimately, it became public knowledge and even made the headlines. At first, all he ...read more
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Many Large Cities Have Computerized Warning Signs ... PRO
Contributed by Charles Salmon on Sep 18, 2004
Many large cities have computerized warning signs to alert drivers to hazards ahead. In 1976, these signs were installed in Pittsburgh when we lived there. I recall one occasion when we were on the parkway and a sign told us, ""Accident ahead - major delay - time 1:17. There was no other reason to ...read more
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