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This morning we continue in our series in the book of Acts, and it's been with great anticipation that I've waited to approach the 21st chapter. As we continue in the journey of the Apostle Paul as he concludes his third missionary journey and zeroes in on the city of Jerusalem.
I've entitled the . . . look at verses 1 through 16, "The Courage of Conviction, the Courage of Conviction." We'll be considering this in at least two parts. This morning we'll be looking at verses 1 through 6.
Somewhere over Greenland, which was quite a sight on a clear day, I was reading Sports Illustrated, which I always keep very near my Bible and my study books, just so I never get behind on important matters. And I read a most interesting article that I thought was perhaps a very good setting for the thoughts that were in my mind, in regard to this particular portion of Scripture. There was an article in there - brief article, it said this, "Sentiment is running high at Iowa State to name the new football stadium for an ex-football player, and not, as ordinarily happens, after the heftiest contributor. The player, Jack Trice, by name, was no all-American, except for one game, the only game he ever played for the Cyclones. He was not even a starter. That was 50 years ago. In the noiseless footsteps of time since then, memory of Trice on the Ames campus had all but vanished."
"One day last year an English teacher, Alan Beals, became curious about a plaque attached to the old state gym. Under a coat of dust and bird droppings was a tribute to Trice. Beals assigned some students to find out why? Jack Trice, they learned, was a sophomore in 1923. He was married, majored in animal husbandry with a 90 average, and played football. He also was black. Because of that, he was kept out of the first two games of the season, but the team and coaches rallied behind him, and he started against Minnesota at Minneapolis."
"Ahead 14-10 in the third quarter, Minnesota ran a cross buck and the Iowa State defensive line crumbled. Trice rushed in to close the gap. He stopped the play, but fell on his back and three charging Minnesota players ran over him. As he was carried from the field Minnesota fans rose and chanted, 'We're sorry Ames, we're sorry.' Trice returned to Ames, lying on a bed of straw in a Pullman railroad car. He was taken immediately to the college hospital, two days later died of hemorrhaging lungs and internal bleeding. The day Trice was buried friends found in his jacket pocket a note that he had written to himself, in the Minneapolis hotel room, on the night before the game - headed, 'My thoughts just before the first real college game of my life,' It read: 'The honor of my race, my family and myself is at stake. Everyone is expecting me to do big things. I will. My whole body and soul are to be thrown recklessly about the field. Every time the ball is snapped I will be trying to do more than my part."
Now you can have different reactions to that. You can be analytical and say, "Now that man is a fool. Anybody who would give his life for something as stupid as football, needs psychiatric counseling." But you didn't think that, did you? What you thought. . . your first response was, "There is a man with tremendous courage." And that's normal. Even though carrying a piece of pig across a white line isn't ultimately very significant, I know, I spent enough years doing it. Even though, in fact, it doesn't matter at all, and even though it isn't a cause worth dying for, there is something about somebody giving his life for anything that speaks about conviction and about courage, doesn't it? As foolish as it is to die for a game, it's the courage and the commitment of the man who believed in something enough to abandon his own self-pleasure to see it come to pass. Now that's the spirit I think that is characteristic of all of God's greatest people throughout the history of biblical revelation.
You can go back into the book of Numbers, for example, and not just there, but in Numbers 13 and 14, "The spies were sent into the land," remember? "God said, 'That land is for you, now spy it out.' And they went in and ten came back and said, 'We can't go into that land, there are giants over there and we're like grasshoppers.' But Joshua and Caleb said, 'No problem. Let's go get it.' Formidable cities, massive armies, and they believed God, and they were willing to risk their lives for what they believed.
There was a lady in the book of Judges, who happened to be a judge in Judges 4. Her name was Deborah. And Deborah believed that God had given the children of Israel a victory, and so Deborah encouraged the army, said, "Look, the victory's ours, let's just go take it." And she led them out and they did.
And there is in 1 Samuel 17, that marvelous story of a young boy who had a handful of rocks and a slingshot, and said, "It's only a giant, and God is going to give the Philistines into our hands." And went out there and twirled that slingshot around and won a war. He had conviction and he was willing to stake his life on it. There were three young men in Daniel chapter 3, by the name of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, who were willing to stake their life on a spiritual principle that it was proper to worship God and not idols, and they walked up to a fiery furnace. They said, "Go in," and they did. They were willing to die for what they believed. They would not bow to a false god. There was another man who had the same feeling, and he was the same man that the book is named after, Daniel. Daniel chapter 6, they said, "If you don't quit praying, we'll put you in the lion's den." They put him in the lion's den. Courage of conviction.
And as we've studied to the book of Acts in the New Testament, we have been finding out repeatedly that these people have convictions that they're willing to die for. Didn't they? God's greatest people have always believed their cause was worth dying for. And Paul was one of those people. Paul said to the Ephesian elders in the parting that we just read in the last studies that we've had in Acts 20. He said, "You will see my face no more," verse 38. This made them very sad. But he said, "You're not gonna see me anymore." Why did he say that? Because he was moving towards Jerusalem, and in the back of his mind he was well aware that all the way along, every step he took, every town he came to, the Holy Spirit kept testifying to him that bonds and afflictions awaited him. But did that stop him? No, not a bit.
As much as he realized the danger awaiting at Jerusalem, as much as his heart burned to reach the city of Rome and use Jerusalem only as a stop and then to Rome, as much as he knew the saints loved him and appreciated him, he still didn't stop because he had a conviction, and he had the courage to see it through. His conviction was this: for several years he had been collecting money to give to the poor saints in Jerusalem church. He had collected it from all the Gentile churches. It was a two-fold project: one: to show the Gentile churches loved the Jewish church, and to unite the church into one and two: to meet the needs . . . practical money needs of the poor saints. And he believed this. He believed God had given him this goal, and this cause, and this objective, and he pursued it. And he saw the Jerusalem church kind of, like a . . . a beleaguered or besieged garrison. It was cut off from supplies, it was weary, it had been through famine and persecution, and the power spiritually was being blunted.
And he saw the possibility of going and giving them the money, not only relieving the physical need, but injecting spiritual blood and spiritual energy into this church that was suffering from its persecution. Of course it wasn't a safe thing to do, because all over the world the hierarchy of Judaism had hated Paul. From place to place . . . remember how we've seen? They chased him and chased him, and chased him, and tried to kill him. And now he's gonna go from the frying pan into the fire. He's gonna walk right into the main headquarters of the whole operations - Jerusalem itself. And all the way along, everywhere he goes, people keep saying, "You know what's gonna happen when you get to Jerusalem?" The Holy Spirit kept telling him in every single city that bonds and afflictions awaited him. He knew that, but he had a conviction, and he had the courage to see it through without worrying about the consequence. Do you see? That's the courage of conviction. You've got to have a purpose and follow it up. Safety comes long after obedience. Safety isn't even a factor.
Now as we look at chapter 21, and just start, really, and take the first two points and the new two next time. As we look at chapter 21, we see Paul's courage of conviction. It's a tremendous lesson for me, I know, and I trust it will be for you, to see this man who had such crystal clear objectives and who marched towards those objectives with no thought for anything but meeting them. Now we see here, I think, four aspects of the courage of conviction. If you were to define the courage of conviction you'll never get a better definition than right here. Four aspects of the courage of conviction. These . . . the courage of conviction: 1: knows its purpose, 2: can't be diverted, 3: pays any price, 4: affects others. The courage of conviction knows its purpose, can't be diverted, pays any price.
Like the young man in the article who throws his body recklessly, and affects others. Like the young man who died in 1923, and is now gonna have a stadium named after him. The courage of conviction . . . first of all let's look at this point: knows its purpose. You can't have courage if you don't have the conviction. I think that's basic. The first factor in expressing courage is you've got to believe in something. There's got to be an objective, there's got to be a goal, there's got to be a purpose that you're going at, in which you can express your courage. This is the conviction itself.
Now, for Joshua and Caleb, what's the conviction? The conviction was God has given us this land. Right? Then if God has given us this land let's be courageous and go possess the land that God has given us. But it all begins with the belief that God gave the land. For Deborah, the conviction was, "God promises victory." For David, the conviction was, "God wants Israel preserved from the Philistines." For the three Hebrews, "God wants to be worshipped, and does not allow us to worship any other gods," and we have the courage to believe that conviction, whatever it costs. For Daniel, same thing.
Patrick Henry, just to use a secular illustration, said, "Give me liberty or give me," What? "Death." The conviction was he wanted liberty. The courage is expressed in the fact that if he couldn't get it he'd die for it. The conviction is the basic point or object to which you set your sights. Now Paul was a man who lived by conviction. I'll tell you, I don't believe that that man ever had a five-minute period in his life when he wasn't going towards some objective. He was saying, "I've got to get to Jerusalem, so that I can get done with Jerusalem and go to Rome." And do you realize that before he ever got to Jerusalem, before he ever got to Rome, he sat down in Corinth and wrote the book of Romans that says, "I'm going to Jerusalem, and as soon as I get to Jerusalem I'll come to you in Rome, so that I can go from you to Spain. And if he hadn't have been beheaded he probably would have discovered America. The man was a man who lived constantly with objectives in mind.
Somebody said, "If you don't have any goals, you'll be sure and hit it every time." Must be an objective. And in this particular case, he had a very clear objective. He said, "There's a need in Jerusalem for two things: an understanding of the unity of the church, and some financial needs." And so, he said, "If I take this offering and these dear brothers from the Gentile church come along with me, we can sew the church together, practically into one unit, and we can meet the physical needs. This was his conviction. And he was a man on a crusade to that end, and he was willing to die for that. That's right. He said, "After the Holy Spirit . . . in Acts 20:23, "The Holy Spirit witnesses in every city that bonds and afflictions await me." He says, "But none of these things move me. Neither count on my life, dear into myself. I'll die to get this money to Jerusalem." Now that's conviction, and he was in a hurry.
Chapter 20 verse 16 says, "He wanted to get there by the feast of Pentecost. In chapter 20 verse 22, He says, "I go to Jerusalem bound in the Spirit." I mean, he was compelled. He was a man who functioned on conviction. Now as you approach our text, he's on his way to Jerusalem. He's got the money, and the men from each area of the Gentile church, as well as Luke, who's writing as he goes. And he's concluded his farewell to the Ephesian elders, and they all cried, and so forth, verses 36 to 38 of chapter 20, and had a terrible farewell there at Miletus, because they hated to see him go. He sets off to go to Palestine, and at that point we pick up verse 1.
And at that point we pick up verse 1. And in the first three verses we see the fact that the courage of conviction knows its purpose. And it's just implied here, because in these three verses we have a little narrative of the little journey they take from Miletus to the coastline of Palestine. But it serves just to speak to us of the fact that Paul was on a journey toward an objective.
Verse 1: "It came to pass that after we were parted from them," and that's a most interesting phrase because it literally translates, "After we tore ourselves away from them." It's kind of a beautiful little thing there in Miletus. These Ephesian elders didn't want to let him go, and they cried and fell on his neck and kissed him, and all that stuff, and then in verse 38 they went down to the ship, and they got to the ship, and he couldn't get away. You know, that probably was being very bothersome to the people on the ship who wanted to leave, but finally they had to tear themselves away. That phrase also is used in Luke 22:41, the same word to speak of our Lord tearing Himself away from His disciples in Gethsemane. It speaks of a love bond, which is hard to sever physically, and so they had a sad kind of parting. Well once they had broken . . . they got on the ship. It says, "They put to sea." A nautical term, they just took off in their boat. "Now we came with a straight course onto Cos, and the day following to Rhodes, and from there to Patara."
The interesting note of these is apparently it was a nice wind. They went on a straight course, didn't have to tack back and forth. But also it's interesting to note that those are stops 45 miles to coast, 70 miles to Rhodes, 70 miles to Patara. Again, they probably only sailed during the daytime. The winds would blow in the daytime and calm at night. And so they would sail at the day and stop at night. Also interesting that they sailed along the coast. They never got very far. From one little island on the coast, to the next little island on the coast, to Patara, which is not an island, but a city on the coast, on the Xanthos River in Asia Minor.
So they sailed unto Cos. That indicates they had a little boat, just a little ship that hugged the coastline. And so they went to those various places, stopping along the way. Well when they finally got to Patara, they arrived at a place that was a port. Patara was a large port, and since the Xanthos River emptied there, into the sea - the Mediterranean Sea, certain ships would unload cargo and it would be taken up the river to various inland spots, so it was a place where larger ships would dock. And there they would have gotten off their little boat and they would have gotten on to a larger one.
Verse 2 says, "Finding a ship sailing over unto Phoenicia, we went aboard, and set forth. Now this is gonna be a non-stop shot, right from Patara to Phoenicia. And Phoenicia, incidentally, is the coastline of Palestine - the old ancient land of the Phoenicians - the coastal area of Palestine. Now the indication is, is this is a large ship, and the reason we feel that is because it went straight to Phoenicia. And that meant it would have had to sail right out into the midst of the Mediterranean. But another reason we think it's large is in verse 3. It says, at the end of verse 3 that it unloaded its cargo in Tyre. And verse 4 says, "They stayed there seven days." Now any ship that needed seven days to unload must have been a large ship. And so very likely it was a large ship that they were on at this time, and it would go straight across.
Chrysostom, one of the early church fathers says, "From Patara to Phoenicia or Tyre, was about a five day sailing trip, if you had good winds and a straight course. So they took a larger ship and sailed. Now notice verse 3 says . . . "They had gone forth," in verse 2. "They sighted Cyprus on the left hand. They sailed south of Cyprus and sailed into Syria, and landed at Tyre." Syria, of course, the coastline area, Tyre the city that's famous in the Old Testament. "And there the ship was to unload her cargo." Now all we can really pull out of this, for our spiritual application, along the lines of the theme of our study this morning is, again to see that Paul is a man on a mission. He is directly going towards Jerusalem. The fact that he went, incidentally, across the sea in probably five days, and they got a large ship, which he may not have anticipated, meant that he had a little more time that he could spend before the time of Pentecost. And that perhaps is why he was tarrying seven days in Tyre, and waited till the ship again left Tyre, and would sail down the coastline to the ports near Jerusalem. So he sails pursuing his course to Jerusalem. A simple narrative, and yet it has lying underneath it a tremendous truth - the Apostle Paul accepting the tremendous challenge of bearing this gift to the Jerusalem church.
And I can't help think about this, and I did, as I thought about it in terms of my own life, that this is a man who has a conviction. The conviction is get the money to Jerusalem. And I began to think about that, and I thought, that becomes . . . now watch . . . that becomes the basis of his courage. Now hang onto this thought. I think part of the reason that we feel so detached from the kind of courage that Paul, and part of the reason that we cannot express in our own lives that devotion until death, if need be, that he knew, is because we don't live the kind of object-oriented conviction that he lived. You see, the only time that you really get that depth of courage is when you have that depth of commitment to an objective.
If you were to go to the average Christian, and I'm sure this is true, though you'd never be able to get a survey on it, and just pick a random group of Christians and say, "What is your greatest objective right now?" You'd probably get something like, "I don't . . . huh? Could you rephrase the question? I'm going to church tomorrow." No. "What is your objective?" If I were to ask you right now, take out a piece of paper, and I'm not, this is rhetorical, but if I were to ask you, for the sake of your thoughts, to write down the three great objectives of your life today - this day, what are they? If you have to think about 'em very long you don't have any. You might try to form some just to write it down.
But, you see, the Apostle Paul never lived a day of his life, from the time of his conversion to the time that they cut his head off, he never lived a day, that I can find in Scripture, when he wasn't going somewhere to do something that was so consuming that he would die for it. He just traded one of those things in for another one. You see, it was a question of conviction, which precedes the acts of courage. And you can't just say to Christians, "Be courageous." They can run around saying, "I'm going to be courageous." Courageous about what? If you don't have an objective you never get into a situation where you have to be courageous. Nobody ever got courageous sitting on the bench in football. You don't get courageous there; you only get courageous when you get in the game. And a lot of Christians sitting on the bench wonder why they don't have any courage. Don't have any reason to be courageous; you're not doing anything. So there needs to be a goal orientation, an object orientation, you're going somewhere, you're accomplishing something.
Now in case you don't know what your objectives are I can help you a little bit, in a general way, and then turn you over to the Holy Spirit for specifics, but in a very general way . . . just let me illustrate. Philippians 3 might serve as a good illustration. If you would say, "All right Paul, I want to get in on this objective thing, this purpose thing, this goal idea. What is your objective in life? Let's talk about a general, spiritual objective. Let's not get specific, in terms of any specific ministry, like going to Jerusalem with a bag of money, but let's get general first. Paul, what is your objective?" Philippians 3:10, He kind of shares it with us. Here it comes. You ready? "That I may know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being made conformable unto His death." Paul says, "I'll tell you what my general, overall, spiritual objective is, that I may know Him."
Now if you're looking around for a good objective, try that one. That's a good one. If you were to ask me, "John, what's your objective?" I would not say, "My objective is to know the Bible." That is not my objective. My objective is to know Him, but if I'm ever gonna know Him, what am I gonna have to do? Know the Bible. The Bible is not the objective; the Bible is the means to the accomplishing of the objective. Just to know the Bible, in itself, doesn't mean anything, unless the God of the Bible becomes to be all that He wants to be through His revelation. So my goal is not to know the Bible, my goal is to know Him, but in order to know Him I gotta know His Word.
Then, in a general sense, I have another goal. Just to illustrate from my own personal life. And that's what Paul's saying, "I wanna know Him. I want to know the power of His resurrection. I want to know the fellowship of His sufferings. I want to know everything there is. I want to put myself, as it were, into Jesus Christ. I want to know the expression of His resurrection power. I want to feel the pain of His sufferings, as I suffer for His sake. I want to know all there is of Him." That's a great objective. But if I were to analyze my own objective I would say, one, I want to know Him. Two, I desire, more than anything, to feed His flock. But in order to know Him I have to know His Word. In order to feed His flock I have to know His Word. So my objective, though it is far off and spiritual, becomes very real and actual. In order to accomplish the ultimate objective there is a very practical thing that I have to do, and that's pursue Scripture. So you can have a very spiritual, general goal that can become very, very, very practical.
But what about specifics? What are your goals? Do you have an objective? You say, "Yeah, my objective is to win my unsaved husband to Jesus Christ." That's a good objective. Are you willing to pay any price to do that, sacrifice your own self-will, your own pleasure, anything for that objective? "My objective," somebody might say, "is to be in the ministry. Is to accomplish my study and my training and to serve God." Are you willing to make any and every sacrifice to accomplish that? Good.
I always think of the Bible teacher, who taught so well, and a young man came and said, "I'd give the world to be able to teach like that," and he said, "Good, that's what it'll cost you." And maybe that's right. Maybe your objective is to win your neighbor. Maybe you say, "My objective is to get ole Sam over there who sits on his lawn and drinks beer every Saturday. That's the guy I want to win to Jesus Christ." That's a good objective. That's a good objective. I don't know, but you ought to have some. Right? Because if you never have an objective you're not going anywhere, and you'll never have the occasion to know what it is to express courage, and to be able to set your will aside to accomplish what it is that God's laid on your heart.
There have been some great people . . . I always think of the preacher who said, "Give me Scotland or I die." And God did get an objective. All right? Then the courage of conviction begins with a conviction. Do you have any? What is it that you want? What is it that you're shooting at? Or are you just saying, "Well, I'm just going along and someday Jesus will come and I'll get raptured." You might as well have your own private rapture now for all the good you are. If you're just sitting around there ought to be something you're shooting at. All right, then the courage of conviction begins with a conviction. First of all, the courage of conviction knows its purpose. Secondly, the courage of conviction can't be diverted. You can tell how deep a man's conviction is by how fast you can get him off the track.
There's an old, old story, you know, about the old monk who was always saying to the head of the monastery, "I want to be a martyr . . . I want to be a martyr. . . I want to be a martyr." So the monk kept begging, and begging, and so finally the guy who was head of the monastery decided, "I'll just let him get a shot at being a martyr." And the story goes that they sent him out and put him a very precarious situation and he was forced to be burned at the stake by certain people or recant his faith and he bowed down to idols. And so they let him go and he crawled back to the monastery a broken man. You see, the courage of your convictions has to do with what it takes to divert you from them. Right? "I really want to win that person to Christ." And there he is sitting on his lawn and you're saying, "Oh, I've got to go over to get the tickets to the ballgame tonight. I don't know if I have time to . . ." What does it take to divert you? If it takes . . . whatever it takes to divert you is the measure of your conviction. Right? Wouldn't you agree to that? So the courage of conviction, if it's genuine, can't be diverted.
Now look at this in the case of Paul. And go back, if you're in Philippines still, to the 21st chapter of Acts, and watch, verse 4, "And they landed at Tyre there - coast of Syria," and that's right in the north of Palestine there, so they're not far from Jerusalem. "And they come to Tyre . . . and verse 4 says, "And finding disciples . . . I like that. I think the greatest part of traveling is when you run into Christians. On our trip to the Holy Land, a couple of times, somebody would come in and say, "Oh, you'll never believe. Today I met a Christian." You know, which is, you know, exciting meeting a brother or sister in Christ. I had great fellowship with a Christian brother I met in Beirut, Lebanon. We had such a good time that he's gonna come to Southern California. It's either this month or the first of next month, and we're gonna get together and have some more fellowship. But, you know, it's exciting to go somewhere and find Christians. And these were Christians Paul didn't know. Paul did not found the church in Tyre. No. Indirectly he had a lot to do with it, as I'll show you in a minute, but he didn't found it. So these were new people. So when they went to town . . . you know, most visitors go to town . . . to a new town. The first thing they want to do is find out, "What's going on in this town? What do you do here? What do you do for fun in this town?" In the early church they said, "Where do the Christians meet?" I like that better.
Verse 4, "Finding disciples, we tarried there seven days." And these disciples said to Paul through the Spirit that he should not go up to Jerusalem. Now this isn't anything new, same song, second verse, everywhere he's gone they've been telling him the same thing. Chapter 20 verse 23, "The Spirit witnesses in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions await me." Now they knew there was a church in Tyre. You say, "Well, how did that church get started?" I'll tell you how. Paul didn't start it himself, but he indirectly did, because it was started out of the overflow of the persecution of Stephen.
In Acts 11:19, it says that, "As a result of the persecution and execution of Stephen, the saints were scattered." And it says, "They scattered into Phoenicia, into Cyprus, and into Antioch." And so the scattered saints, you know . . . the greatest thing that ever happened to the Jerusalem church is persecution. It just shot the preachers all over the place. And so they all went out preaching, and the church of Tyre was founded in the overflow of the persecution of Stephen. So the guy who was the catalyst behind the persecution of Stephen was Saul. So Paul was good for the growth of the church even before he was saved.
Well they got there and they got a familiar message. They said to them . . . they stayed with them seven days. It must have been a sweet seven days for them to be sitting under the feet of Paul. And they fell in love with him in those seven days, as I'll show you in a minute. But they said to Paul, through the Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem. Now if the little phrase, "Through the Spirit," wasn't there that verse would be real easy. They said to Paul that he shouldn't go up to Jerusalem. And that could have been easily understood. They loved him and they didn't want him to go up there, 'cause they knew he was so hated of the Jews and that the people were after him, and so forth, for what he had said. And that there was no sense in putting his life on the line. . . blah . . . blah. But the problem that really gets to us is the one that says, "They said to him through the Spirit." Now the question is this: Did Paul get a word from the Holy Spirit not to go to Jerusalem? If he did, then he went anyway, he was disobedient. So the question that comes up, is Paul disobedient? Did he make a mistake in going to Jerusalem?
Now let me give you an indication of what the phrase, "Through the Spirit," means. I don't think that's conclusive. I don't think the phrase, "Through the Spirit," can prove either way. The phrase, "Through the Spirit," means, through the exercise of the spiritual gift. Now in the early church there were many who had the gift of prophecy. Now the gift of prophecy was manifest two ways: one, through preaching. Like, 1 Corinthians 14:3 it's defined as, "Edification, consolation, and exhortation," teaching, preaching. But the gift of prophecy was also predicting, wasn't it, in the early church? God would speak practical things regarding the life of the church in prediction form very often. And so they got there and somebody with a gift of prophesy . . . that's what the phrase, "Through the Spirit," means, I feel. That the phrase, "Through the Spirit," means, in the exercise of a spiritual gift. Now you can exercise a spiritual gift in the true energy of the Spirit or in the flesh. I don't think it's conclusive there how it was, but the phrase, "Through the Spirit," means that somebody exercised the gift of prophecy and said Paul shouldn't go. Now just because a person prophesies doesn't mean you have to believe it, because in 1 Corinthians 14 it says that people should prophesy in two's and three's, and that the spirit of the prophet should be subject to the prophets. In other words, you need to check on the prophecies.
I just read a book written by a Pentecostal pastor who was saying in the book that we've got to be careful about the prophecies. And he was talking repeatedly about the problems that are going on in various Pentecostal churches because people are standing up giving prophecies and creating chaos. Somebody will stand up and say, "I have a prophesy from God that the pastor is to be dismissed." That happens quite frequently. Or they'll be having a discussion about a certain problem and somebody will say, "I have a word from God that this a solution." Well you get enough people doing that and you don't know who to believe. And this was what was true even then, that people would prophesy in the Spirit, but they also could enact that gift sometimes in the flesh, and so there needed to be kind of two or three that could check on each other. But somebody prophesied that he shouldn't go to Jerusalem. It's inconclusive as to whether or not that's legitimate or not, from that verse, but it does create the problem that if Paul did get this word from the Spirit and go to Jerusalem, he disobeyed. Some think he did. Some think Paul disobeyed, and that's fine. They say, "He disobeyed, but let's face it, it was a mistake out of love." I mean, if you got to make a mistake make that kind. Right? It was selfless. I mean, it was gonna . . . it could cost him life, and he made it out of love.
Absolute, overpowering love for the Jewish church caused him to do what he did. "Oh, it was a mistake to go," they say. But the motive was so fantastic - love - and, of course, that's great. If you got to make a mistake make one of those, will you? It was a mistake to go but . . . and I like that . . . I like this viewpoint. Actually I prefer it for this reason: because it's an encouragement to me to know that Paul made a colossal mistake. I like that, because that makes him human. I lean toward liking this view better. Peter blundered, Paul and Barnabas quarreled, and I like that too. It's encouraging to me. In fact, if you read in the Bible you'll find that everybody that God ever used, His choicest people fouled up. Noah failed after the flood and got drunk, Abraham denied his wife, Isaac due to fleshly lust, Jacob failed daily, Moses failed and was left out of the Promised Land, David had a terrible blot on his life. And that's the best that God had. That's the best. John; gentle, loving, tender, John the Apostle, did one of the most stupid, self-motivating, materialistic, selfish things in the world, when he got his mother to try to get Jesus to give him the chief seat in the Kingdom. Peter denied Jesus, Thomas doubted.
God could have written failure over every one of those lives but listen people, God's in the business of picking up failures. Aren't you glad? So I lean toward that view, in terms of preference. However, I don't believe that's true. I don't believe Paul failed here. I don't believe he made a mistake. I just like that view better. I don't believe it. You say, "Well, what do you mean? Do you think he was not disobeying the Spirit?" No, I don't think he was disobeying the Spirit at all. "Why?" I'll give you some reasons: first of all his life was lived in sensitivity to the Holy Spirit. I cannot see the Apostle Paul, all of a sudden, becoming carnal, without any indication from God that he did. He lived his life in sensitivity to the Spirit.
Illustration: Acts . . . just back a few chapters, chapter 16 verse 6, "When they had gone through Phrygia and the region of Galatia, and were forbidden by the Holy Spirit to preach the Word in Asia." You know something? The Holy Spirit forbid them to preach in Asia. You know what they did? They didn't preach in Asia. Paul didn't violate the Spirit. Verse 7, "When they come to Mysia, they attempted to go to Bithynia, but the Spirit allowed them not." They didn't go there either. "In a vision that appeared to Paul in the night: a man of Macedonia beseeching him saying, 'Come over to Macedonia and help us.' After he'd seen the vision immediately we endeavored to go to Macedonia." Now watch, the Spirit said, "No," Paul said, "No." The Spirit said, "No, Paul said, "No" again. The Spirit said, "Go to Macedonia," and what did Paul do? Went to Macedonia. Listen, this man lived is life in sensitivity to the Holy Spirit.
First of all, I think that Paul obeyed here because he lived sensitively to the Holy Spirit. Secondly, his reasons for going to Jerusalem were right kind of reasons. His motives were so pure; that I don't think you can get an impure act out of an absolutely pure motive, if you're really plugged into the Spirit. Listen to Acts 20:24. Now I keep saying to them, "You're gonna get it, you're gonna get it." Notice verse 23, "Except the Holy Spirit witnesses in every city, saying bonds and afflictions await me." Now listen to me. Does the Holy Spirit say, "Don't go?" No, the Holy Spirit says what? "When you get there this is what's gonna happen." I like that. The Holy Spirit knew he was going, and I believe it's the Holy Spirit that sent him there, and it was a case, not of prohibition, but of preparation. You see the difference? "Get ready, Paul, this is what will happen." So that his heart would be ready and prepared for it, not prohibition. He just told him, verse 24, listen, "None of these things move me, neither count on my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy and the ministry which I have. . . now here comes the crux . . . received of the Lord Jesus." Do you know that the Apostle Paul felt that his journey to Jerusalem was something that the Lord Jesus, Himself, had commissioned him to do? Do you get that there? This wasn't his own plan. He says, "I don't care what's gonna happen in Jerusalem. None of those things move me. I'm gonna finish this thing that Jesus has given me to do." I believe that he felt in his heart that going to Jerusalem was something, which the Lord Jesus Christ had commissioned him to do. His motives were right all the way along the line.
In chapter 24, in verse 17, he says, "After many years I came to bring alms to my nation and offerings." In verse 11, he says, "I went to Jerusalem to worship." He went because he loved the church. He loved the saints. He believed it was the Lord that gave him the job. He went to bring alms to his own people, and he went to worship God. I dare say, that to put all those motives together and have them issue in disobedience is very difficult. I'll give you another reason: I feel the Apostle Paul was not disobedient, because I feel he was urged in his heart by the Holy Spirit. If you look at 19:21 of Acts, "After these things were ended, Paul purposed in the Spirit when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia to go to Jerusalem." And you say, "Well, that's his human spirit." All right, I'll buy that. Some say it's the Holy Spirit. Well that's fine too, because you can't prove it by the verse. It's just a question of a capital S or a small s, and there's no capitals in Greek, so you can't prove it either way. You say, "What do you believe?" I think it was his human spirit under the control of the Holy Spirit. I think they're both there. But it was an inside thing. It was compulsion in his innermost being, purposed in the Spirit, controlled by the Holy Spirit. Chapter 20:22 says the same thing, "Bond in the Spirit."
Now let me give you another thought. "The Spirit had been revealing to him," as I read in chapter 20:23. "It had been revealing to him that bonds and afflictions awaited him." The Holy Spirit had shown him that it was going to be difficult and he was gonna have problems. But that was to be expected. Why? Because in chapter 9 and verse 16 when he was converted . . . remember he was taken to the house at the end of the street called Straight, and Ananais came to him and said, "The Lord has instructed me to show you and tell you about the things which you are going to have to suffer." So this wouldn't have been any surprise at all, in the plan all along. So I think he was obedient. I think he was right because his life was lived in sensitivity to the Spirit, his motives were all right, he was going by the urging of his heart, his innermost spirit, under the control of the Holy Spirit, and he knew the dangers awaited him, but they had been predicted to him from the very start.
And another reason: the very fact that Paul gives no indication that he thought he had sinned is good evidence. I think he was a sensitive enough person to have admitted his error, but he does not. After he finally arrives in Jerusalem and he's got to give testimony to the Jerusalem hierarchy, in chapter 23 verse 1. Just listen to this. "And Paul earnestly beholding the council . . . he looks at these guys and said, "Men, brothers . . . and not Christian brothers, but Jewish brothers . . . "I have lived in all clear conscience before God until this day." Does that sound like the testimony of a man who's just been disobedient? No. You say, "Well, maybe he didn't feel like he was disobedient." You can't be disobedient and not feel it.
Chapter 24:16, he said something similar. "And this I do exercise myself to have always a conscience void of offense toward God." Listen, he was so sin conscience, he was so sensitive to the Holy Spirit, that I do not feel that he flagrantly and openly disobeyed God. The message the Holy Spirit was giving him was this. Now here's the point. The message is this: "Paul, don't go unless you're willing to suffer what's gonna happen." And he was. That's the courage of conviction. And it was natural that his friends, who, by prophetic spirit, could foretell his pain, would try to talk him out of going. It's natural. But Paul had no concern for safety, only for service. And he's like Jesus who set his face steadfastly to go to Jerusalem. This is the courage of conviction. It can't be diverted.
Soon after the beginning of the reign of Bloody Mary, in England, an officer was sent to bring various preachers in for trial. A particular officer went to take the good and godly preacher, by the name of Hugh Latimer, and to bring him to London. Latimer had six hours' notice that they were on their way to get him. But instead of running, fleeing, he just packed and prepared for his journey, a journey which he knew could end in execution. When the officer arrived to take him, Latimer said to him, "My friend, come in, you're welcome. I go as willingly to London to give an account of my faith, as ever I went to any place in the world. And I doubt not that as the Lord made me worthy formerly to preach to two excellent princes, he will now enable me to bear witness to the truth before the third, either to her eternal comfort or discomfort." And off he went to London and Bloody Mary burned him at the stake. She didn't burn him alone; she burned two other preachers with him. And as the flames were leaping up Latimer said these words: "We shall light a candle in England today that will never go out." The costliest fire the Roman Catholic Church ever lit was that fire. It became the flame that ignited the English Reformation and the death of Catholicism in England. A man who had conviction and who had the courage to die in flames for his conviction, and the confidence to believe that in the sacrifice of his life, God would bring to fulfillment the goal and the dream that he had in his heart. That's the courage of conviction. But friends you'll never have the courage unless you've got the goal.
The disciples at Tyre were not all friends of Paul. Look what happened. And we'll just read these two verses. "When he'd accomplished those days . . . I like the word accomplished, they were doing something . . . we departed and went our way. They all brought us on our way . . . that beautiful custom of accompanying someone going on a trip, and the term, "Brought us on our way," means they gave them supplies and all that they would need . . . with wives and children till we were out of the city and we knelt down on the shore and prayed." See the beauty of that premedy? We just saw, just before, in the last chapter, that's with old friends. This is to do with new friends. One thing about Christianity, it doesn't take long, does it? Doesn't take long to make a sweet fellowship. "They knelt on the shore and prayed, and when we had taken our leave, one of another, we took ship," and they returned home again.
And so in the city of Tyre we see the fact that Paul could not be diverted. Even these dear, sweet, beloved Christian brothers and sisters, newfound, with all their love, and all their instruction, as well meaning as it was, could never divert him one wit from his objective. So the conviction: he knew his purpose, and the courage: he couldn't be diverted.
Let's pray. We acknowledge Lord that it's easy to live without objectives. It takes nothing, nothing but indifference and indolence. God help us to sit down and set some objectives, some goals. If, no more than to know You and teach Your Word, that others may be fed and grow, to start there. Whatever it is, Father, help us to set a goal, the energy, the spirit, to go at the courage of conviction, to pay any price.
We thank You for the testimony of this dear Paul, who was willing to pay the supreme price of his own life for what he believed in. God, give us Christians like that. Help us each to be like that. Help me to be like that. Help us to be willing to go wherever You send us, to do whatever You lay upon our heart, whatever the cost, whatever the price, and never be diverted.
Father, we know that if it's true that we are people of conviction, and if all we learn out of this message today is that we're to have some convictions, and some goals, and that we're to be courageous in the attaining of them. If that's all we learn, Father, we would be revolutionized this moment. May it be so, in Jesus' name. Amen.
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|2009-08-12, 23:07
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|2009-08-12, 23:12
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Main thing is when that holy lock is gone, we'll he able to control himself or want a human hamburger. I'd be more worried about that, then his fighting skills. Of course I guess that might go hand in hand. Although with this new arc, I get a feeling Fairy Tale will come calling...
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Funny how the physical changes, with exception to the hair color and eyes, don't show up at all in the manga though. Probably due to the fact that those are Japanese measurements, the physical changes aren't all that much noticeable. In reality she went from a full B-cup to a smallish C-cup. Not that noticeable of a change and definitely not over-exaggerated like the anime....but still nice
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Ah, how I love shounen.
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So our top good guys tiers are :
Ura-Moka, Gin, Tsukune(ghoul/vamp) and Yukari.
and mid tiers are Kurumu and Mizore.
Pretty much I agree with guidebook seeing it logically and through monster books and research, witches do pose more of a threat due to spells, seeing her control Tsukune with the voodoo doll is a threat enough to have you controlled by her. Ruby probably should be as the same level as Yukari since both are witches.
So Mizore is a Sagittarius...Hmm the archer. No wonder she hit my heart with her arrow now Iam in love and frozen... lol j/k
Also I thought Kurumu was a D...she was a Gcup! ZOMG!!!
Also looking at Ruby and Moka in the anime Ruby seems taller right? But I guess due to her shoes that has higher heels rather than of a school shoes makes her look taller. Man I love R+V the guidebook!
Probably the guidebook will keep this thread alive in this month. Thanks alot GrrDraxin for the insights and data on the guidebook.
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Hey, where'd you get those images? I know(some of) those are from the ps2 game. They need to include inner Moka. But in the words of Tatewaki Kuno, "Argh! Whichever shall I choose?! I love them all!" *wham*
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Well if we have more questions about the R+V characters and other baddies we can ask GrrDraxin.
Also I wanted to ask. Was Daddy StarBucks or Moka's dad mentioned in the guidebook along with his wives and Moka's sisters?
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|2009-08-14, 02:38
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Uhm, who's Daddy StarBucks?
And no, Moka's father was not mentioned that I could tell. The book only has subjects covered in the manga thus far. Though Kahlua is mentioned in some detail.... but nothing outside of that, since the book was published right around the Snow Village arc of the story. There is also no mention of Moka's eldest sister. Not even the 4 sister image seen when Kokoa and again for Kahlua appeared, not a hint of it.
There is a relationship diagram for the major characters. It's setup in a way that most of the NP club members are the core group including Gin. However since this latest arc with Sun-sempai, there may be a smaller update companion book published to help cover the latest additions.
They also have a section that intermixes some Claymore characters and info. Though I have no clue what significance it has to R+V. I suspect that it may be Ikeda's own fanfiction of it.
There's a character mini Q&A. A section for things like the school overview, but not anything for a floor plan, and other locations around the school. The Bestiary detailing 32 monsters/characters, and a small section for the monstrels. As well as a detailing of the making of R+V, such as the studio layout and equipment and tools used.
|2009-08-14, 03:24
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I'd be very disappointed if it didn't have anything to do with coffee, chocolate, alcohol, or any kind of drink. Since it's a common theme that their names are some sort of drink, and it has to be a murky brown drink at that.
I guess the DBZ quirk of naming people after various "things" leaked it's way here. Saiyans being vegetables, Bulma's family name about under garments and such. But then they did do a Dr. Slump parody during the growing drops arc, so no surprise there.
Fun thing to do: input the kanji of each character's name into a translator and see what comes out. It's entertaining when using various different translators on the web.
Also, yongshun, is that Mizore with a gun in your sig? Or is it a shop, cuz I don't recall Mizore ever holding a gun like that.... ever. Moka and them, yes. But not Mizore.
|2009-08-14, 07:26
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No that's not shopped, it's the actual DVD ripped where nipples, non-bats on the panties and no smoke or lighting filters are taken out..
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She was born Nov. 5, 1923, in Buckland, to Vera (Stout) and Oscar Sprague, who preceded her in death. On Feb. 6, 1944, in Philadelphia, Pa., she married Thomas A. Smith, who survives.
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Steam Greenlight Spotlight: Contrast
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Welcome to the first of what will be my new weekly feature. There are many great games on Steam Greenlight, but sifting through the hundreds of entries to find them isn't always a task people want to perform. Every weekend, I will pick one game I feel is deserving of your attention and hopefully a "Yes" vote. I will try to focus on games that I feel may have broad appeal, though obviously everyone's tastes differ. I will also be focusing on "hidden gems" – great games that may be flying under the radar. That means it's unlikely you'll find me highlighting a game like Black Mesa, which already has an extremely strong following and is all but guaranteed acceptance. You can visit the forum, where I will be tracking each entry. So without further ado, let's get to this week's spotlight.
Contrast is a single-player puzzle-platformer set on the backdrop of a "surreal 1920s dreamscape." You play as a young girl named Didi, trying to unravel the mysteries behind her troubled family. Aside from the graphical style and atmosphere, what sets this game apart is Didi's ability to shift freely in and out of shadow. To solve puzzles, you must manipulate light sources to alter the shadows in the world. In addition, developer Compulsion Games promises that "your choices directly impact Didi's future; your light reveals what stories remain in shadow." If Compulsion Games can pull it off, Contrast should supply a unique, challenging and compelling adventure.
Below is the Contrast Greenlight introduction video, along with the concept art for several locations. Contrast is certainly deserving of attention and exactly the type of game that should see success on Greenlight.


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NEW YORK (AP) — "The Dark Knight Rises" director is speaking out about the Colorado theater slayings, calling it a "senseless tragedy" and "devastating."
In a statement released Friday night, Christopher Nolan expressed his sadness about the shooting at a movie theater in Aurora, Colo. A gunman opened fire on an audience watching a midnight screening of the highly anticipated movie, killing 12 and injuring 59.
Nolan called movies a great American art form and said watching one is an important and joyful pastime. He called the theater his home, and said the fact that someone would commit an act of violence against innocent people there is savage and "devastating."
He added that the cast and crew's thoughts are with the victims and their families.
"The Dark Knight Rises" is the final film in Nolan's Batman trilogy.


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"My goal was to be a worthy successor to The Fool's Errand, and according to my 50+ testers, I have succeeded." -- Cliff Johnson
"The puzzles, as always, are challenging in just the right way. Moreover, the graphics are gorgeous, the sound effects charming, and the whole enterprise worth waiting for." -- Stephen Sondheim
Ten years ago, Cliff Johnson, the creator of such early computer puzzle games as 3 in Three and At the Carnival, got the urge to make a sequel to his most groundbreaking "meta-puzzle" game The Fool's Errand. He'd been offering his earlier games (as he still does) for free download on his new website and the positive response -- and the promise of digital marketing and distribution -- led him to believe there was an audience for such a project. He thought back then it would take him a year to complete.
Five years later, in 2007, he was convinced he'd finally stamped out all the programming bugs and other unforeseen obstacles. So convinced that we did a long interview for JA on the at-long-last imminent release of his sequel, The Fool and His Money. Well, that deadline drifted past and another five long years later, finally, Cliff has his Fool's Errandsequel ready to release, on October 26th.
The game's production was so long that the CD-ROM has nearly disappeared in the interim. One big change since 2007 is the game's availability by digital download, though Cliff will still send his "True Believers" and others the CD he promised them eons ago. As he explained it to me, "I will ship a CD as a souvenir drink coaster . . . and because I said I would."
This time I know it's coming out, at least sometime soon, because I am in the midst of playing the "Omega" test version of the complete game. Cliff did release a tantalizing teaser containing a handful of puzzles a few years back, and that too is still available on his Fool and His Money website. But this is the full enchilada, all 77 puzzles, plus a new "meta-puzzle" like the original.
When I finish the game, God willing, I intend to write a proper review; but Cliff was good enough to answer a few follow-up questions to our 2007 interview about what's transpired since. If you want to get the full story of how he created The Fool and His Money, you should read the 2007 interview.
I will, however, give a brief "preview" for those who want just the facts.
Much of the modus operandi of the original is back. This is a big puzzle game with an adventure story and feel. The main character, the Fool, is still wandering around the land of the Tarot card encountering all sorts of bewitched locals who present him with perplexing puzzles. The majority are word puzzles but there are Tarot card games, jigsaw puzzles, numbers puzzles, and some other clever graphics and logic puzzles tossed into the mix. There is, as in the original game, a perplexing map that slowly fills in as you complete the various puzzles. The Fool and His Money is no static crossword, however. There are numerous, ingenious flash animations and sounds to liven up the proceedings. There's even an occasional "action" challenge, as well as a novella-length story that's slowly "written" as you move through the game world. I have been playing for two weeks and am still only about halfway done.
All true puzzle fans should be thrilled that Cliff Johnson has finally wrestled his programming demons to the mat and is releasing The Fool and His Money. When the original came out, the computer gaming world offered a fair number of full-length puzzle fests, such as Sierra's Dr. Brain series. Nowadays, all we get is match three and hidden object casual flash games. As the Fool once again wanders around the Kingdom of the Pentacles looking for his lost treasures, we should treasure this insanely long gestational effort by one of our great puzzle masters. Even more so because, unlike five years ago when he seemed enthusiastic about writing more Fool and even 3 in Three sequels, he now sounds uncertain. Or, perhaps, tired. Is this the last meta-puzzle game from Cliff Johnson? Let's hope not. But right now, your guess is as good as mine.
Wow, ten years, end nearly in sight. How do you feel?
A decade older and a day wiser.
What was the biggest, baddest holdup?
To borrow a quote from The West Wing, "the total tonnage of what I [now] know... could stun a team of oxen in its tracks."
Have the gameplay, puzzles, or story changed at all?
In 2003, I envisioned The Fool and his Money as a "rags to riches" tale. The game had five transformations: from Vagabond to Street Peddler to Shopkeeper to Shipping Merchant to Land Baron to Emperor.
(I still use the Emperor pose in the first puzzle of the Game.)
In the end, that version had uneven game play, half puzzles and half simulation, and more important, the new story had little relation to the original story.
The next version contained many of the elements of the final game with one exception: I decided to divide the play into four Kingdoms. You had to finish one Kingdom completely before you could enter the next Kingdom. Tied to this were the four floors of The Seventh House. You had to solve both the corresponding floor and Kingdom to arrive at the 1st, 2nd, 3rd Gateways and then move on.
My earliest testers, The Alpha Team, gently suggested that this was an error of catastrophic proportions.
You'd think removing the boundaries would be an easy fix, but I've come to believe "nothing is easy" when it comes to computers. In fact, the easier it looks, the more complicated it becomes.
The final version begins with all the Kingdom of Swords puzzles available. After solving a few, new puzzles appear in the Kingdom of the Wands, then the Cups, and then the Pentacles. The Seventh House has become a Kingdom of its own where the antagonists lurk and scheme. The game is now wide open. No gateways.
The Fool's Errand and 3 in Three were wide open. It was Merlin's Apprentice and Labyrinth of Crete that introduced gateways.
Did that extra time allow you to make any other general improvements to the version that nearly made it out the door back then? Or has it basically been a bug hunt?
It's not that the extra time allowed for changes. It's that the changes required extra time.
The official bug hunt began in November 2011.
Ever feel your Fool and His Money production schedule was mirroring the confusion and obstacles your hero experiences wandering around both the original game and its sequel?
In years 3 – 7, my task felt like Sisyphus, perpetually rolling a boulder up a hill.
In years 8 – 10, my task felt more like the twelve labors of Hercules. Incredibly difficult, but not impossible.
I think it's fair to say any commercial game publisher in your predicament would have thrown in the towel years ago. What kept you going?
Commercial publishers have different goals than I do.
My goal was to create a sequel to The Fool's Errand and that's what I've done.
What keeps me going is always the same. I have a passion for creating things. I need to see that final result.
Has Adobe Flash given you a new appreciation for ye olde old pen and paper puzzle?
To be precise, it is a Director app/exe using embedded Flash that miraculously gives me an identical product on both MAC and WIN.
I congratulate Macromedia and Adobe for their persistence.
I never asked you, but what made you decide on puzzles when you first started writing games for the Macintosh in 1985? Had you long been a puzzle fanatic?
The first half of my professional life was in the film industry and I remain a filmmaker at heart, that is, a storyteller. I think of my computer games as "stories told by treasure hunts."
Back in high school, my best friend subscribed to GAMES Magazine and he would give me his magazines after he had solved them. Then I could flip through the pages, see the challenges, and then nod my head at the solutions.
Myself, I do not play puzzles, but I do appreciate their craft and their clever use of art direction.
After seeing the 1972 movie "The Last of Sheila," a murder mystery emerging from a party game, penned by Anthony Perkins and Stephen Sondheim, I was inspired to make my own Mystery Party Games.
At that time, I chose to deliver the clues in paper-and-pencil puzzle format and then I used photographs, tape recordings, and movies to advance the story . . . once the clues were solved.
I learned to program specifically to bring this idea to a computer. That became The Fool's Errand.
There were a fair number of full-length puzzle games when the PC was young. Now you're one of the last Mohegans. Of course, since 2007, the online "casual" puzzle game has exploded. Have any of these impressed you?
I have not played computer games since the Atari 2600. I might be the wrong person to ask.
Are there advantages to the long-form puzzle game over the more casual puzzle game?
I'd rather watch one 3 hour art film than 3 hours of ten-minute short films.
In any presentation, a longer format allows for greater in-depth storytelling.
That is my preference.
Compared to your earlier games, Fool and His Money has a lot more "help" built in.
INSTRUCTIONS would have been a better word, but it's an awfully long word.
To me, HELP on a computer has always meant INSTRUCTIONS.
True, in a game of puzzles, HELP does imply HINT.
But, as I clarify on the opening screen, I consider HELP to be essential information to play the puzzle.
I know your website is further offering hints and solutions.
I think of it as "one-stop shopping." Why go somewhere else?
Could I ask you to "punditize" a little on the "challenging puzzle with help" versus the "easy puzzle that makes people feel clever" controversy?
I cannot accept the premise. I don't believe puzzles are a "one size fits all" medium.
As to hints & answers, if a person is inclined to go online for quick solutions, they will do so.
I feel it's better to offer them myself and then maintain some quality control over how that particular hint or answer is presented.
Still hoping to make Fool's Paradise, and 3's a Crowd and 3's the Charm?
Since I am a one-man band, I can see no reason why another product would not also take me 10 years to complete.
This is not a casual decision.
The time between your two Fool games has bridged the gap between Apple's dominance in the graphic computer game world. In the 80's the b&w GUI Mac was a miracle. And now the iPad is ruling the gaming 4G LTE waves. Any future plans to knock on the door of the App Store with Fool and His Money?
I do not own a smart phone or a tablet. I never owned a laptop.
I like my computers heavy and my monitors huge.
Why? Because when I am done with the computers, I can turn them off and walk away from them and do other things.
Therefore, it is unlikely I will pursue any projects with equipment I do not own.
For years you've been generously offering your earlier games, Fool's Errand, At the Carnival, and 3 in Three, for free download on your Fool's Gold website. But a Classic Mac or a facility with emulators is required. All three seem ideal for the iPhone/iPad. Is converting them feasible? Weren't they all built on and for the original Macintosh?
Yes, Fool was made on a Mac 512K and Carnival & Three on the first color Mac.
Converting them would require a total make-over.
I'd rather get a hundred thousand paper cuts on my face.
Hey, I just realized the Amiga version of Fool's Errand is in color! When did that happen? You know, I actually own an original Amiga. No hard drive, 256k RAM. But I'd need an Amiga emulator for Windows to get this version to run nowadays.
The IBM, Atari, and Amiga conversions were all in 16-color, and have over a hundred errors and bugs, never fixed.
Only the Mac original was black & white . . . and it is my favorite.
Isn't the iPad the second chance all these early PC and Mac games have been waiting for?
I'd prefer to work on new projects rather than rehash the old ones.
Dare I ask the same about Merlin's Apprentice and Labyrinth of Crete? Two more excellent puzzle games you made for the Philips early CD-i game system. Convertible? Or nigh on impossible?
I have the Philips products well-documented on DVD. The computer assets, owned by Philips, are lost and gone forever.
So, where do you go, creatively, from here?
A decade is a long time, and yet, being at the end of that decade, it seems like yesterday (as I say in The Prologue).
I am delighted with The Fool and His Money. It has surpassed all my expectations.
Creatively, I shall be fixing what's broken on my website and answering e-mail well into the New Year.
If I sound unsure of the future, it's because I feel like I just went 15 rounds with Mike Tyson and somehow I'm still standing.
This is not the ideal time to ask me whether I want to step into the ring again.
By Spring 2013, I expect a full recovery.
And where are you going for your well-earned vacation?
I plan on a splendid New England Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas.
Thank you, to one and all.


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Where Is the Green Sheep?Board Book - 2004
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Mem Fox always does a nice job. My toddler liked this funny picture book, trying to find the green sheep. It teaches a variety of vocabulary and has a nice thyme and rhythm.
Really colorful story for little guys. My son is love this book sooooo much. We read this book again and again. Hi is really enjoy it and ask me to read it again. Try to find the green ship!
I wasn't sure whether this would still be suitable for my just-turned-four grandson. I live far from his family, and read with them via FaceTime. Well, the rhythms, rhymes, humour, mystery and artistry of this book kept his interest enough to want it read again. On the second read, I would start the sentence, "Here is the . . . " and he would excitedly finish the sentence: "...star sheep!" or which ever sheep it was. He loves the colour green, so that fact that the mystery is about a green sheep, makes the book especially good in his eyes.
My Toddler storytime today was quite engaged while looking for the lost green sheep. Mem Fox's rhyme and humor drew the children in as they looked at various types of sheep on each page (my favorite is the rain sheep who is acting out a scene from Singin in the Rain). Great book for talking with your toddler about the pictures as you look for that pesky green sheep.
I use the Big Book version of this book for Toddler Storytime, and it's a big hit. We like to make obnoxious snoring noises and close the book very carefully at the end of the book so we don't wake up the green sheep! Pairs nicely with the classic rhyme, Baa Baa Black Sheep, and Sandra Boynton's amazing book, Moo Baa La La La.
A fun read that rhymes nicely, but there's really not a story at all. Each verse just lists different types of sheep and then asks "but where is the green sheep?" The illustrations are nice, though, and if you read it several times, you can have the child identify each type of sheep.
Suitable for very young children.
My brother loved this book and wanted to read it again and again! The repetition of words helped.
I like the way the book flows. Lots of rhymes for kids to know.
Looking for the green sheep among many various other sheep. I like the sense of humor in the tale. I had the children say with me "but where is the green sheep?" as the sentence repaets several time in the tale.
The summary on the back page of Where Is the Green Sheep? reads: "The story of many different sheep, and one who appears to be missing." I couldn't have said it better myself! As well as teaching about opposites, this book has humour, mystery and sweet, whimsical illustrations.
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Local sportscaster known for his flashy pants
By LISA LETE
POCATELLO—Two years ago, when KPVI News 6 sports director Matt Gittins posted a picture of himself on Facebook wearing a pair of ugly, green bowling pants from his high school days, he had no idea of the adamant reaction he would receive from the station's viewers. Since then he has stepped it up by wearing much "fancier" pants that have now become his "signature look" in East Idaho.
Gittins, who has worked at KPVI for three years, said he was telling co-worker Matt Davenport about the green pants that he wore to make himself stand out in the bowling alley. Just for fun, the two decided to post a picture of Gittins wearing the pants on KPVI's Facebook page to see what the viewers would think.
"The reaction was a resounding NO!" Gittins exclaimed. "People thought the pants were the ugliest thing they'd ever seen."
Gittins figured that if a pair of pants could create such a stir with the viewers, then "why not go for an even bigger reaction." He ordered three pairs of the colorful pants online and started wearing them to high school sporting events.
Gittins said the pants have helped him build a good rapport with high school students, saying, "I made a point to wear the pants with the school colors of whatever school I was covering. If I was at Blackfoot, it was all about the green and black. The kids went crazy; they loved it. The pants are a hit because of the high school kids," he said. "When people ask me, 'what's my favorite' school?' I say, 'it's whatever school I'm covering.' "
Gittins' wardrobe has now grown to over 20 pairs of the zany pants, (which he orders online from Loudmouthgolf.com) and 50 pairs of matching Nike sport shoes. Gittins said he wears the pants to work every day, five days a week.
"The pants have taken on a life of their own," he joked. "They have their own Twitter following and they even ran for president."
Gittins said he has a system of hanging the pants in his closet to ensure that each pair is worn equally.
"After wearing a pair, I hang them to the right of the closet and move the next pair up to the left," he explained.
Gittins, a newlywed, said that while most people get a kick out of his pants, there are people who don't like the pants - and his wife [Lindsay] is one of them.
"She is not a fan of my pants. When we got married she insisted that I wear normal pants and shoes. I did, however, wear some pink socks," he laughed. "I guess you can say that in some ways, she wears the pants in the family."
Gittins said that his pants are part of his persona as a KPVI news personality and that when he is not working, the flashy pants are off.
Gittins, a native of Utah and graduate of BYU, said that, fancy pants aside, "he loves his job as sports director for KPVI and takes it seriously."
Before coming to Pocatello he spent four seasons with the Orem Owlz (the Pioneer League Affiliate of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim) where he was the play-by-play voice for the team as well as the Director of Media Relations.
After the Owlz, he moved to work for the NBA and NBA D-League. He was the voice of the Utah Flash (D-League affiliate of the Utah Jazz and Atlanta Hawks).
Gittins said he never wanted to come to Idaho, but now that he is here, he can't imagine being anyplace else.
"I was offered a job at KPVI and it just felt right," he said. "I'm so happy to see the teams around here succeed and take state championships. It's like I'm cheering on my own little brothers and sisters."
While Gittins admits, that down the road, he will likely move "onward and upward" away from KPVI and East Idaho, he said "he is not in a rush to go and won't leave unless the perfect job comes along."
In the meantime, Gittins, in his happy pants, is looking forward to fall and covering East Idaho's high school and college football.
With his undeniable humor, Gittins quipped, "I prefer just blending in with the crowd."


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The Adirondack Coast Visitors Bureau, a division of the North Country Chamber of Commerce, was established in 1994 as the official tourism promotion agency for the travel and tourism industry in Clinton County, NY. Based in Plattsburgh, NY, the Adirondack Coast Visitors Bureau contributes to the county's economic development and quality of life by promoting the region as a destination for leisure and group travel with a particular focus on history, agriculture and outdoor recreation including cycling, paddling, fishing, boating and skiing. For more information about Clinton County tourism, please contact the Adirondack Coast Visitors Bureau at 518.563.1000, visit goadirondack.com or log onto Facebook.com/AdkCoast.
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Gardening Resolutions
The beginning of January is a fresh start, and many people pledge to do better than the year before. Are you making resolutions for the new year? In addition to the usual promises of working out and eating better, why not resolve to improve your outdoor space. You'll become a better gardener in the process, and your neighbors will be a little more envious of your lawn and garden.
Here are some gardening tips and resolutions to help kickoff your best gardening year ever:
- Plant what you want. Don't feel the need to plant something just because you always have in the past. Plan ahead and replace your less-favorite plants with some you really love. After all, it is your garden.
- Check your soil. Your soil is very important to your plants' livelihood and it's easy to check. Get a home test kit from your local home and garden store. You'll learn what you can do to improve your soil and which plants will thrive in it.
- Take notes. What was the plant that didn't work out last year? Write down where you grew plants, when you fertilized and how much you watered. It will help you remember what worked and what didn't, making everything easier in the coming year.
- Get organized! Clean out your tool shed so you know what you have and what you need. Don't forget to clean your tools, too!
- Start from seed. Even if you start it in a pot in the winter and transplant it outside, there's nothing as rewarding as caring for a plant you started from seed.
- Try something new. Have you always wanted to grow your own tomatoes or start a compost pile? There's no better time to try than this year.
- Don't be afraid to learn. Take a class, read a book or find some other way to learn more about gardening. You'll be surprised what you can discover.
- Finish what you start. Don't leave your patio or raised bed half-finished. Use this season to complete the work you've already started.
- Spend time in your outdoor space. Make time to sit, relax and enjoy all your hard work.


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Marilyn I. Smith, 80
Marilyn I. Smith, 80, of Celina, died on Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012, at Mercer Community Hospital in Coldwater.
She was born on Feb. 8, 1931, in Coldwater, to Clarence and Gladys (Ellis) Crouch, and they preceded her in death.
She is survived by four sons, Paul W. Legg of Grover Hill, Ricky (Terry) Legg of Celina, Johnny Legg of Celina and Anthony M. Smith of Celina; two daughters, Vicky (Kenneth) Jones of Mendon and Vivian I. "Ivy" (Duane) Jutte of Mendon; 16 grandchildren; 33 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husbands, Paul W. Legg and Donald J. Smith; a son, Nicky Legg; a sister; five brothers.
Friends may call from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. today with a time of family sharing beginning at 7:30 p.m. at W.H. Dick & Sons - Hellwarth Funeral Home in Celina.
Burial will be held in Memorial Park Cemetery in Lima at a later date.
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With the recent formation of its Analog/Mixed-Signal Business Unit, in connection with the acquisition of NurLogic Design, Inc., Artisan combines products and in-house design expertise up to a system level that provides IC designers with choices from its broad portfolio of digital and analog IP in many advanced process technologies. Artisan also collaborates with a wide range of EDA and soft-core IP providers, which can help accelerate IC design and production.
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Artisan's SerDes cores provide high-bandwidth connections between router backplane links. The PCI-Express 2.5Gbps PHY IP is designed to be a scalable, high-speed I/O interconnect for "in-the-box" applications. The 1.5Gbps Serial ATA is a differential serial interface targeted for storage applications. The DDRI/DDRII/GDDRIII interface offers a complete DDR solution targeted to address the uncertainty in the DRAM interface market, by supporting virtually all DDR interface standards
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Artisan Components, Inc. is a leading provider of physical intellectual property (IP) components for the design and manufacture of complex system-on-a-chip integrated circuits. Artisan's products include embedded memory, standard cell, input/output, analog, mixed-signal and communications components, which are designed to achieve the best combination of performance, density, power and yield for a given manufacturing process. Artisan has licensed its IP components to over 1,000 companies involved in integrated circuit design. Artisan is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. More information about Artisan Components, including free library access can be found at: http://access.arm.com.
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"GAYLA and Queer Youth Advocacy Day with GSA Network was an incredibly empowering experience for me. It's been a privilege to be able to train youth from all over California to become advocates for bills and policies that affect students statewide." – Anthony Barros, Antelope Valley High School senior and Queer Youth Advocacy Day MC
GSA Advocacy and Youth Leadership Academy [1] and Queer Youth Advocacy Day [2] (GAYLA/QYAD) 2013 was an amazing weekend of 'echandole ganas como siempre! After many months of planning, I joined other advocates, our fabulous college mentors, the kick-butt legislative staff, our awesome local Sacramento volunteers, and our dedicated statewide partner organizations in Sacramento. Together, GSA Network, the ACLU of California, Transgender Law Center, Equality California, the Trevor Project, and California National Organization for Women put on a successful three-day youth leadership training and a lobby day for educational justice for over 50 LGBTQ and straight ally youth from every corner of the state.
In workshops at the California Museum, youth learned about policy-making, implementation of laws, and how to tell their story. They also got to tour the Capitol and for the first time get an insiders' look into the Assembly and Senate floors, where decisions that affect them and their education are made. On Facebook, I saw a picture taken by some participants of themselves, their new friends and activist peers in the seats of the Senate Education committee room. I immediately remembered sitting in those same seats and feeling a sense of power and responsibility wash over me when I attended the Chicano/a Youth Leadership Program in high school. Now it was their turn to step into their power and advocate for safe schools and quality education for all students.
And on Monday, rallying on the Capitol Steps, these queer and ally youth activists shone. Surrounded by TV crews, the youth stood together chanting loudly in unison, friendship, and solidarity. Anthony Barros, a senior from the Antelope Valley and the Queer Youth Advocacy Day Master of Ceremonies, introduced the Speaker of the Assembly John A. Pérez to open the rally and press conference:
Just four years ago, Anthony was afraid and in the closet. Now he was introducing a phenomenal line up of youth and legislators, including – after the Speaker – Senators Mark Leno and Ricardo Lara and Assemblymembers Tom Ammiano, Roger Dickinson, Rich Gordon, and Susan Eggman.
Their message? Schools should be places where all students can succeed. But right now, many lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) students are excluded from school activities and lose valuable learning time just because of who they are. Schools suspend LGBT students for things like holding hands with their partner or wearing gender nonconforming clothes, and often don't allow transgender students to fully participate in programs and even classes required for graduation, like PE. Queer Youth Advocacy Day created an opportunity for students to advocate in support of two bills – AB 420 (Dickinson) and AB 1266 (Ammiano) - that would change these conditions and allow all students to have the opportunity to stay in school and graduate with their classmates. Check out GSA Network's YouTube channel [3] to watch some of the speeches!
The youth shouted it best:
GAYLA/QYAD participants have won 11 pieces of safe schools legislation in the last decade and they will continue to champion educational rights for all with the generous support of all donors and sponsors involved. Thank you for making this year's GAYLA/QYAD a HUGE success and the tradition's best yet!
Find photos from GAYLA/QYAD 2013 on GSA Network of California's Facebook page [4].
GAYLA/QYAD 2013 was organized and sponsored by:
Special thanks to the following individuals and organizations for their financial contributions:
[1] https://gsanetwork.org/events/gayla
[2] https://gsanetwork.org/events/queer-youth-advocacy-day
[3] http://www.youtube.com/gsanetwork
[4] http://www.facebook.com/gsanetworkCA