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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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booths," Eric suggested lamely.
The three of them walked up the next block and across the street to the drugstore where most of the kids congregated. Nobody spoke until after they had found a booth and ordered something cold to drink.
"I...I want to ask you about this," Peggy said softly at last, leaning forward and handing him a crumpled tract. He saw in an instant that it was one of those that he had handed out at school. "What does it mean?"
"I tried to tell you that it doesn't mean anything, Peg," Eric broke in irritably. "It's a lot of malarkey. I'd never have showed it to you if I'd thought you were going to make such a fuss about it."
But she acted as though she hadn't even heard him. "You gave it to Eric yesterday," she explained. "And he showed it to me. I haven't been able to get my mind on anything else since. "
Danny picked up the tract and fingered it, praying for the right words to say.
"Well," the young woodsman said slowly, "when we're born into this world, we're born with a sinful nature, according to the Bible. But when we see that we're sinners and need a Saviour and put our trust in Jesus for salvation, then we're born again. We really and truly become children of God."
Peggy looked at him blankly.
"It doesn't mean a thing, Peg," Eric put in angrily.
"It's this way," Danny went on. "The Bible tells us that we 'all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God'!" Quickly he turned to the verse in his New Testament and let her read for herself.
"I know that we all do things that we shouldn't," she admitted, "but we try to live the best we can. Isn't that good enough?"
"The Bible tells us that it isn't," he countered. He turned to another verse. "Now if the wages of sin is death," he said, "and we've all sinned, then we've all earned death, haven't we? That's the price we have to pay for the wicked things we've done."
"I...I suppose so," she said hesitantly. Her lips began to tremble.
"That's why Jesus came into the world," Danny continued, "and died on the cross and arose again. 'For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.'" Danny was silent for a moment. "That was for you and for me, Peggy, so that we wouldn't have to accept the payment of death for our sins."
Peggy sat there for a long while, staring down into the untouched cold drink on the table in front of her. Then, without warning, she began to cry. Danny had seen people cry before, but never as Peggy was doing now. Tears flowed down her cheeks. Her whole body trembled, and she sobbed until the kids three booths away turned to stare at her.
"Aw, now, Peg," Eric said awkwardly. "Don't cry like that."
She tried to speak, but could not. Finally she got to her feet and fled.
"Here," Eric snapped to Danny as he threw fifty cents on the table, "pay the check!"
Danny hurried home as fast as he could, his heart still pounding with excitement. To think a tract he had given out had brought Peggy to the place where she saw that she needed a Saviour! If only he could have talked with her for another ten minutes!
Larry too had been challenged by the message of Christ. Conviction had been written on his face as he hurried out of the church after youth group. Danny started to walk a little faster. If he could just get to talk to his cousin before he got to sleep!
The young woodsman intended to talk to Larry. When he walked up on the porch, Uncle Claude and Aunt Lydia were sitting in the living room talking with Larry.
The next morning Danny planned on walking to school with Larry, but Uncle Claude took Larry downtown with him to some lawyer's office. When he reached the schoolhouse a few minutes before the final bell, he found Eric Tanner waiting for him.
"I want to talk to you, Orlis," the lanky basketball star began.
"Sure thing."
Eric took Danny's arm and guided him off to one side. "Listen." he said harshly, "If you tell anyone what happened
The three of them walked up the next block and across the street to the drugstore where most of the kids congregated. Nobody spoke until after they had found a booth and ordered something cold to drink.
"I...I want to ask you about this," Peggy said softly at last, leaning forward and handing him a crumpled tract. He saw in an instant that it was one of those that he had handed out at school. "What does it mean?"
"I tried to tell you that it doesn't mean anything, Peg," Eric broke in irritably. "It's a lot of malarkey. I'd never have showed it to you if I'd thought you were going to make such a fuss about it."
But she acted as though she hadn't even heard him. "You gave it to Eric yesterday," she explained. "And he showed it to me. I haven't been able to get my mind on anything else since. "
Danny picked up the tract and fingered it, praying for the right words to say.
"Well," the young woodsman said slowly, "when we're born into this world, we're born with a sinful nature, according to the Bible. But when we see that we're sinners and need a Saviour and put our trust in Jesus for salvation, then we're born again. We really and truly become children of God."
Peggy looked at him blankly.
"It doesn't mean a thing, Peg," Eric put in angrily.
"It's this way," Danny went on. "The Bible tells us that we 'all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God'!" Quickly he turned to the verse in his New Testament and let her read for herself.
"I know that we all do things that we shouldn't," she admitted, "but we try to live the best we can. Isn't that good enough?"
"The Bible tells us that it isn't," he countered. He turned to another verse. "Now if the wages of sin is death," he said, "and we've all sinned, then we've all earned death, haven't we? That's the price we have to pay for the wicked things we've done."
"I...I suppose so," she said hesitantly. Her lips began to tremble.
"That's why Jesus came into the world," Danny continued, "and died on the cross and arose again. 'For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.'" Danny was silent for a moment. "That was for you and for me, Peggy, so that we wouldn't have to accept the payment of death for our sins."
Peggy sat there for a long while, staring down into the untouched cold drink on the table in front of her. Then, without warning, she began to cry. Danny had seen people cry before, but never as Peggy was doing now. Tears flowed down her cheeks. Her whole body trembled, and she sobbed until the kids three booths away turned to stare at her.
"Aw, now, Peg," Eric said awkwardly. "Don't cry like that."
She tried to speak, but could not. Finally she got to her feet and fled.
"Here," Eric snapped to Danny as he threw fifty cents on the table, "pay the check!"
Danny hurried home as fast as he could, his heart still pounding with excitement. To think a tract he had given out had brought Peggy to the place where she saw that she needed a Saviour! If only he could have talked with her for another ten minutes!
Larry too had been challenged by the message of Christ. Conviction had been written on his face as he hurried out of the church after youth group. Danny started to walk a little faster. If he could just get to talk to his cousin before he got to sleep!
The young woodsman intended to talk to Larry. When he walked up on the porch, Uncle Claude and Aunt Lydia were sitting in the living room talking with Larry.
The next morning Danny planned on walking to school with Larry, but Uncle Claude took Larry downtown with him to some lawyer's office. When he reached the schoolhouse a few minutes before the final bell, he found Eric Tanner waiting for him.
"I want to talk to you, Orlis," the lanky basketball star began.
"Sure thing."
Eric took Danny's arm and guided him off to one side. "Listen." he said harshly, "If you tell anyone what happened
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