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                                                                                                                                                                                         An Overview of the Gospel                                              by Danny C. Wash “For I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes...” Romans 1:16  This is an overview of the good news of God to man from the beginning to the end of what has been revealed to us by God. The term “man” is used in its generic sense and includes both male and female. This overview does not contain every detail but covers the essential points. The meaning of the word “Gospel” is good news.   God is eternal having always been and will forever be.  The Bible does not clearly reveal certain matters about creation, as to what was occurring before Genesis 1:1. But, we do know that God is love and the existence of God’s love meant that love must and will be ex

Gabriel and The Last Adam   by Danny C. Wash “ Then God said, ‘Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness...the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man [Adam], and he slept; then He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh at that place. And the Lord God fashioned into a woman [Eve] the rib which He had taken from the man....” Genesis 1:26; 2: 21-22; “And the angel answered and said to her [Mary], ‘The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; and for that reason the holy offspring shall be called the Son of God.’” Luke 1:35. “And she will bear a Son; and you shall call His name Jesus, for it is He who will save His people from their sins.” Matthew 1:21 “The first man Adam became a living being; the last Adam [Jesus] became a life-giving spirit.”   I Corinthians 15:45. A poem story beginning in the time of the creation of the Garden of Eden :   The archangel Gabriel, who always stood in the presence of God in Heave

The Blood Sparrow   by Danny C. Wash                                                                                                                                            Are not two sparrows sold for a cent? And yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father . Matthew 10:29      It was a hot day like any other day as the sparrow flitted about and flew up above the rooftops where the breeze was cooler.      He spotted a crowd outside the city gates and flew there looking for food. He fluttered down and saw soldiers and people looking up at something.      The sparrow saw the familiar sight of men hanging on wooden things with a long piece of wood stuck in the ground and another piece across it. That day there were three men hanging on these things on this hill that looked like a man’s skull. He had seen this before and knew there might be crumbs around where the crowd stood and watched men die in agony.       The sparrow knew he had to be careful because buz

  Arlie, Santa’s Postman  (A Christmas Story for Young and Old Children)                                                by Danny C. Wash           Arlie, the postman, worked his mail delivery route all year in Northern Alaska. Arlie used a dog sled of Huskies to deliver the mail. Arlie had a special route once each year to carry the children’s Christmas letters to Santa with his dog sled pulled by his Huskies. The lead dog was named Meesha and she would forge the way through the snow to the North Pole. Arlie was the only postman who knew the route and Meesha always led the journey. Arlie always left on the trek to the North Pole on a day that would let him take all the letters at once and not leave any behind.  When that special day was approaching and almost all the letters were ready, Arlie received a message from his boss who asked him to come to town to the central post office. When Arlie arrived, his boss took him to the back and showed him a brand new snowmobile that the post