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Authors: Bernard Palmer
Tags: Children's Fiction, Christian fiction, High School, teens, christian testimony, choices and consequences
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they went racing down to the locker room to dress for the first baseball practice of the season, everyone was calling him "Dynamite Dan."
"Preach us a sermon, Dynamite," one guy called loudly.
Danny got slowly to his feet. He could feel the color flooding his cheeks, but his voice was clear and firm.
"I don't know anything about preaching a sermon," he said evenly, "but I'd certainly like to tell you what Jesus means to me and what He can mean to you."
A hush descended over the locker room.
The coach called from the doorway, "Come on, you guys; snap it up."
As they trotted onto the field, a senior jogged up beside Danny.
"That's the stuff, kid," he said approvingly. "Don't be afraid to stand up for what you believe."
That night when Danny got home, his cousin called him into his room. "Man, have I got some news!" he exclaimed happily.
"You mean you're not going to have to go to trial?"
"It's almost that good," Larry went on. "Dad went to see Joe and his dad today. We're going to pay the hospital bill for them, and Joe isn't going to say anything about me running the transmitter."
"You...you mean you're going to buy him off?" the young woodsman asked.
"Oh, no," Larry said quickly. "They practically offered to help us out. We're just paying the bill as a favor."
"What about the other kids who were there?" Danny asked lamely. He felt a little sick inside. "Won't they tell on you?"
Larry shook his head. "They know what's good for them," he said. "They're just glad that Clarence hasn't rounded them up yet." For the first time he smiled a little. "It isn't them I'm worried about, Danny. If you'd just help me out now, everything would be all right."
Danny shook his head uncertainly.
That night he dropped to his knees at the side of the bed and began to pray that the Lord would guide him. But there didn't seem to be any help for him, even there.
The next morning when he went to school, he was just as miserable, just as uncertain of what he should do.
Somehow he got through the afternoon classes and baseball practice that followed. Every moment had been torture, but there was youth group that night. It was strange how much going to church and praying meant at a time like this.
After supper, when Danny was in his room dressing for the meeting, his cousin came down and knocked on his door.
"I think I'll go along with you, Danny," he said.
Perhaps this was the time when Larry would see that he needed a Saviour. Perhaps tonight? There was a prayer in the young woodsman's heart as he and his cousin walked to church together.
The meeting seemed to be planned just for Larry. The testimonies were better than usual, and the message hit sledgehammer blows at sin. When the invitation was given, Danny could feel his cousin's shoulder quiver as they stood together.
"Wouldn't you like to go forward?" Danny whispered hopefully.
But Larry shook his head. "I want to talk to you first."
As the two boys started out the door together, someone touched the young woodsman on the shoulder. He stopped and turned quickly to see Eric Tanner and Peggy Denton standing there. They were both juniors at school and had never been to youth group before.
"Could we talk to you, Danny?" Eric asked.
"I...I don't know," Danny hesitated, looking desperately at Larry who was already moving away. He had hoped to talk with him more about the Lord.
"It's awfully important," Peggy said, her blue eyes serious and pleading.
While the young woodsman stood there helplessly, his cousin disappeared out the door.
Chapter Sixteen
DANNY'S PROMISE
I T was easy to see that something was wrong with Eric Tanner and Peggy Denton. Her deep blue eyes were large and luminous, and she looked as though she could start to cry at any moment. Eric was staring at her awkwardly.
"I've got to talk to you, Danny," Peggy repeated.
"Sure thing," Danny answered.
"Let's go some place where we can talk," Peggy went on.
"We can go over to the drugstore and sit in one of the
"Preach us a sermon, Dynamite," one guy called loudly.
Danny got slowly to his feet. He could feel the color flooding his cheeks, but his voice was clear and firm.
"I don't know anything about preaching a sermon," he said evenly, "but I'd certainly like to tell you what Jesus means to me and what He can mean to you."
A hush descended over the locker room.
The coach called from the doorway, "Come on, you guys; snap it up."
As they trotted onto the field, a senior jogged up beside Danny.
"That's the stuff, kid," he said approvingly. "Don't be afraid to stand up for what you believe."
That night when Danny got home, his cousin called him into his room. "Man, have I got some news!" he exclaimed happily.
"You mean you're not going to have to go to trial?"
"It's almost that good," Larry went on. "Dad went to see Joe and his dad today. We're going to pay the hospital bill for them, and Joe isn't going to say anything about me running the transmitter."
"You...you mean you're going to buy him off?" the young woodsman asked.
"Oh, no," Larry said quickly. "They practically offered to help us out. We're just paying the bill as a favor."
"What about the other kids who were there?" Danny asked lamely. He felt a little sick inside. "Won't they tell on you?"
Larry shook his head. "They know what's good for them," he said. "They're just glad that Clarence hasn't rounded them up yet." For the first time he smiled a little. "It isn't them I'm worried about, Danny. If you'd just help me out now, everything would be all right."
Danny shook his head uncertainly.
That night he dropped to his knees at the side of the bed and began to pray that the Lord would guide him. But there didn't seem to be any help for him, even there.
The next morning when he went to school, he was just as miserable, just as uncertain of what he should do.
Somehow he got through the afternoon classes and baseball practice that followed. Every moment had been torture, but there was youth group that night. It was strange how much going to church and praying meant at a time like this.
After supper, when Danny was in his room dressing for the meeting, his cousin came down and knocked on his door.
"I think I'll go along with you, Danny," he said.
Perhaps this was the time when Larry would see that he needed a Saviour. Perhaps tonight? There was a prayer in the young woodsman's heart as he and his cousin walked to church together.
The meeting seemed to be planned just for Larry. The testimonies were better than usual, and the message hit sledgehammer blows at sin. When the invitation was given, Danny could feel his cousin's shoulder quiver as they stood together.
"Wouldn't you like to go forward?" Danny whispered hopefully.
But Larry shook his head. "I want to talk to you first."
As the two boys started out the door together, someone touched the young woodsman on the shoulder. He stopped and turned quickly to see Eric Tanner and Peggy Denton standing there. They were both juniors at school and had never been to youth group before.
"Could we talk to you, Danny?" Eric asked.
"I...I don't know," Danny hesitated, looking desperately at Larry who was already moving away. He had hoped to talk with him more about the Lord.
"It's awfully important," Peggy said, her blue eyes serious and pleading.
While the young woodsman stood there helplessly, his cousin disappeared out the door.
Chapter Sixteen
DANNY'S PROMISE
I T was easy to see that something was wrong with Eric Tanner and Peggy Denton. Her deep blue eyes were large and luminous, and she looked as though she could start to cry at any moment. Eric was staring at her awkwardly.
"I've got to talk to you, Danny," Peggy repeated.
"Sure thing," Danny answered.
"Let's go some place where we can talk," Peggy went on.
"We can go over to the drugstore and sit in one of the
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