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    The rich man had a bountiful harvest but paid his workers little. Though wealthy, he wanted more and planned to expand his barns to store excess crops for himself. God admonished that his life would end that very night and his wealth would not benefit him. Socrates addressed the elders of Athens at his trial, saying he would obey God over men and teach philosophy, persuading people to care for their souls over possessions. Jesus, surrounded by demons, resisted temptation and told his followers to worship God alone. He questioned why the authorities came after him with weapons when he had taught peacefully. Judas told of a parable where a father celebrated the return of his lost son with a feast, irritating his

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    The rich man had a bountiful harvest but paid his workers little. Though wealthy, he wanted more and planned to expand his barns to store excess crops for himself. God admonished that his life would end that very night and his wealth would not benefit him. Socrates addressed the elders of Athens at his trial, saying he would obey God over men and teach philosophy, persuading people to care for their souls over possessions. Jesus, surrounded by demons, resisted temptation and told his followers to worship God alone. He questioned why the authorities came after him with weapons when he had taught peacefully. Judas told of a parable where a father celebrated the return of his lost son with a feast, irritating his

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    The rich man had a bountiful harvest but paid his workers little. Though wealthy, he wanted more and planned to expand his barns to store excess crops for himself. God admonished that his life would end that very night and his wealth would not benefit him. Socrates addressed the elders of Athens at his trial, saying he would obey God over men and teach philosophy, persuading people to care for their souls over possessions. Jesus, surrounded by demons, resisted temptation and told his followers to worship God alone. He questioned why the authorities came after him with weapons when he had taught peacefully. Judas told of a parable where a father celebrated the return of his lost son with a feast, irritating his

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    Side #1 – LINDSAY – p.

    35

    There once was a rich man whose land yielded heavy crops. He cared not for the people who
    tended his crops, though they worked long hours and were paid a fraction of the rich man’s
    salary. Yet despite all his riches, he found it still wasn’t enough. “Oh, what am I to do?,” he said.
    “I have not the room to store my produce. Ahh, this is what I will do,” he said. “I will tear down
    my storehouses and build them bigger. I will collect in them all my corn and popcorn and tuna
    surprise, and M&Ms…
    And then I will say to myself: ‘Man, you have plenty of good things laid by you, enough to last
    you many years. Take life easy. Eat. Drink. Enjoy yourself.’” But, then God said to the man,…
    (Echo-y voice) “You fool, this very night you must surrender your life. You have made your
    money. Who will get it now?”
    Side #2 – SOCRATES – p. 1

    (Declaiming to the audience as if addressing the elders of Athens at his trial)


    I honor and love you. But I shall obey God rather than you. And while I have life and strength I
    shall never cease from the practice and teaching of philosophy. For I do nothing but go about
    persuading you all,
    (takes out a cell phone, begins texting)
    old and young alike, not to take thought for your persons or your properties, but first and
    chiefly to take care about the greatest improvement of the soul. This is my teachin. And if this is
    the doctrine which corrupts the youth, then I am a mischievous person.
    Side #3 – JESUS – p. 80

    Oh, the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.


    (Furious at them) I tell you this. Tonight before the cock crows, you will all betray me three
    times.
    Father, if it be not possible for this cup to pass me by without my drinking from it, THY … WILL
    … BE … DONE!
    (Demons surround him)
    Man does not live by bread alone. He lives on every word that God utters.
    You shall not tempt the Lord your God.
    Begone, Satan!
    (The demons recede)
    You shall do homage to the Lord your God and worship him alone.
    Do you not suppose that I could appeal to my Father, who would at once send twelve legions of
    angels to come to my aid? Do you take me for a bandit, that you come after me with swords
    and cudgels? Day after day I sat teaching in the synagogue and you didn’t come after me then.
    But all this has happened to fulfill what the prophets have written!
    Side #4 – JUDAS – p. 53

    Now, the elder son was out on the farm, working. (Whew!) And on his way back, as he
    approached the house, he heard music and dancing. He called to one of the servants and asked
    him what it meant. The servant said: “Uh, uh, uh, your nephew — nope, nope, nope, your
    cousin — nope, nope, your brother, yup, your brother’s come back home again and your
    father’s killed the fatted calf ‘cause he has him back safe and sound, yup, yup, yup!” But the
    brother was … irritated.
    He was pretty damned mad! And refused to go in the house. The father came out and pleaded
    with him but he retorted, in dance: “You know how I’ve worked for you all these years and I
    never once disobeyed your orders and you never gave me so much as a kid for a feast with my
    friends. But! Once this son of yours turns up, after running through your money with his
    women, you kill the fatted calf for him.”
    “My boy,” said the father, “You are always with me and everything I have is yours. Now, how
    could we help but celebrate this happy day, for your brother here was dead and has come back
    to life — metaphorically speaking — was lost and is found.“

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