Now, the Roma Wine Company of Fresno, California presents Suspense. Tonight, Roma Wines bring you Summer Storm, starring Mr. Henry Fonda, produced for Roma Wines by Charles Vander. Suspense, Radio's Outstanding Theatre of Thrills, presented for your enjoyment by Roma Wines. That's R-O-M-A, Roma Wines. Those excellent California wines that can add so much pleasantness to the way you live, to your happiness in entertaining guests, to your enjoyment of everyday meals. Yes, right now a glass full would be very pleasant, as Roma Wines bring you Mr. Henry Fonda in a remarkable tale of Suspense. It's exciting when there's a storm and strange things can happen. Some people are sensitive to changes in the weather, like me. There's nothing odd about that, it's like people who talk to themselves. I talk to myself a lot. I think about things and I talk to myself about them. There's nothing odd about that.  Like that I talk to myself. You know, just making up my mind because there's no one else around to talk to me. Just getting myself on the move again because the landlady wasn't taking care of the room. She was away on a visit and her husband, Mr. Waters, was slopping around in a bathrobe trying to run the place. Come on, Eddie, he never makes the bed. You use the same towel for a week. It's time to get out, lock up the suitcase and get going. Uh-oh, there's Waters. I guess you can't sneak out without him seeing you. There's a mean man, Eddie. You can tell by his little eyes. All fat men are good natured.  Well, come on. Morning, Mr. Waters. Pigs knuckles don't taste as good as they did an hour ago. Guess I'll feed the rest of them the graham's dog. That'd be nice, Mr. Waters. Taking your laundry out? No, sir. These are clothes. I'm leaving, sir. Yeah, what? Leaving. I'm sorry. What's the matter, Eddie? Don't you like the place? Yes, sir, but I gotta get closer to my work. Here's the keys before I forget them. Better wait a while, Eddie. Looks like we're gonna have a storm sometime today. Oh, I don't mind a storm, Mr. Waters. I'm funny that way. It'd be a lot better if you'd wait till the wife gets back. Won't be more than a couple of hours. Well, you mean she'd blame you for my leaving? Might. Got a nasty tongue. Stick around till she gets back, Eddie. No, I gotta be going. Besides, I ain't feeling so hot. I'm feeling bad all morning. It's getting worse, Eddie. I'm sorry, Mr. Waters. It's my stomach. I'm sorry, Mr. Waters, honest, but I gotta go. Wait a minute. Ain't you forgetting something? Forgetting something? What are you trying to pull anyhow? I don't get it. You don't. How about the rent? The rent. Last week's rent, what do you think I am, a sucker? I paid my rent. Oh, you did, huh? Give me that suitcase. Well, I paid it to your wife, or she went away. That's your story.  But you've already got it. You know I paid it to Mrs. Waters. You're trying to make me out of liar? No, but you weren't here. Got a receipt. She never gave me one. She said I didn't need it. Give me that suitcase. Don't you take a swing at me. You can't slap me around. No, no, no, wait. Eddie, Eddie, my back. Stop pushing. You ask for it. Eddie, let go. You don't like it when I fight back, huh? Eddie, you're killing me. Oh, I'm not, but maybe I should. Oh, he looks bad, Eddie. Who are you talking to? Myself.  I pushed him too hard, I guess. He looks bad. He's out cold, Eddie. Mr. Waters? Mr. Waters, you all right? Somebody at the door. Better be quiet. It's Mr. Graham from next door. That clock's off a loud.  Now he won't answer the door. Coming in here, Eddie. You've got to get away. Or they can see it from there. The attic, that's it. They don't know about that. Up the stairs, but don't make any noise. Better not let him find you, Eddie. Up there, you help Mrs. Waters store the blankets. Just step over Mr. Waters, Eddie. He looks bad. Up here is a place to hide from him. And if they start upstairs, I can crawl in the attic. Well, I'll try. I've got to listen. No answer, Graham. I've got to see what they do. But can't let them see me. I'm going in there. I guess we'd better see what's wrong.  You think you can keep me all sure? I'll bet a pretty something's wrong in here. I don't like it. I'm getting out. And leave me alone. Nothing to do with it. This ain't none of my business, Graham. I feel like a fool if Waters came strolling down those stairs. He's not going to... Look, look under the table. Waters, say listen. Let's get the table away. Don't stand there. I don't like this. Let's get the table away. I'll tell you, maybe he's hurt bad. Come on, grab the table. Oh. There, there. Waters. Waters, you all right? We better call a doctor. Yeah, there's a phone over there. Hey, wait. We don't need no doctor. We need the police. The police? Yeah. The guy's dead. 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Always ask for Roma, R-O-M-A. Roma Wines now featured at new low prices. And now Roma Wines bring back to a Hollywood soundstage Henry Fonda as Eddie in Summer Storm, a play well calculated to keep you in suspense. Dead. Waters was dead.  I hadn't hit him hard. I just grabbed him around the neck and pushed him back when the fight went out of him. I remember the table, though. When he fell against it, it tipped up and must have smashed the back of his head. That was it. That had killed him. And now they'd start looking for me and when they found me, they'd hang me. They'll say you killed him, Eddie, and you'll hang for it. They're calling the police now.  And they'll be right, Eddie. You did. You can get away. Listen, see what's going on down there. No sound but the clock. Wonder where they are. You can tell the police about this when they get here. No, no, sir. I'm going back home. I don't want to get picked up in this thing. What's the matter? Are you yelling? No, no, I ain't yelling. I told you before this was never my business and I'm getting out right now. All right, go on. Maybe now's your chance, Eddie. He's all alone. Sneak downstairs before the police come. Get out of this house and get away, far away. But watch out for the stairs. They squeak. But if you do, you can get away from here. Lift it over the rail and you killed one man. Or they'll say you did. They can only hang you once. Lift it slowly, Eddie. Slowly. You missed your chance. You let the clock scare you. He's gone. For the first time panic overtook me. I sat down the chest and stepped back into the shadows. Beside me was the door of the hall closet. And I remembered that in there was the trap door which led to the attic. I slipped in. I got a foot on a wall hook and scrambled up over the clothes that were hanging there. I pushed back the little trap door, lifted myself through the hole and... and listened for a minute. I could hear the muffled voices, but I couldn't hear what they were saying. They must be down there with Mr. Waters. Somebody's coming up the stairs. He's coming down the hall. The attic was long and low. He wouldn't think of anyone being up in there. Or would he? It was dark except for the light from the small ventilator. I moved back into the shadows. I crouched low because the space was too small to stand up in. Suddenly my hand brushed against a short piece of pipe. It had been left there for a long time and the dust was thick on it. But it was a weapon. It made me feel safer. I moved quietly over to the trap door and waited. Get ready for him, Eddie. If he opens the trap door, you'll have to hit him. They can only hang you once. That's all I remembered for a while. I must have passed out for hours. When I woke up, the attic was black and heavy with heat. Still there was no storm. Only a vague threat and distant thunder. And inside of me there was a threat too. The beginning of the storm. My head ached and my mouth was dry. I knew there was cold water in the icebox and I wanted it. The storm was coming closer inside of me. And I had to be moving. I slid the cover back and listened. The house was quiet with only the ticking of the big hall clock. So I dropped through the hole and started down the stairs. But that clock scary, Eddie. There's no one here now. Maybe you can get out now, Eddie. There's your suitcase in the hall. Don't forget that. Someone's at the door. Oh, it's you, Mr. Fowl. Glad someone came over. Even you have been alone. Got me back from my sister. Well, the wife says, Oh, gosh, I can't tell you how bad I feel about you. Come in, Mr. Fowl. He was a swell man, Mrs. Waters. Your husband, I mean. Yes, yes, he was. Yes, really, really swell. But they didn't come any better. Anyway, the wife seen you from the window and he says, Won't you come in, Mr. Fowl? In? In there? I mean, Just for a minute. I have to keep back here in the shadows. I can't stay long, you know. Anyway, the wife wants to know if there's anything we can do. I mean, if you're scared to be alone or anything. No, no, there's nothing. Just finish up my dinner and I'll go to bed very shortly. And I'm not frightened. Oh, gosh. It was awful, simply awful. The way he was lying there and breathing so heavy. I was standing right there looking at him. It was the way he was breathing that got me sort of a gasp. You know what I mean? Yes, yes, I know, Mr. Fowl. But he's gone now and there isn't any good in... Listen, listen. Did you hear something? Listen, hear something? Where? It sounded like somebody breathing. I don't hear anything. Good lord. It sounded just like... What on earth are you talking about? Your nerves are all on edge, Mr. Fowl. No, I... I gotta be getting back. If you're sure there ain't nothing you need now. No, no, I'm quite all right. Well, if there's anything you want, you just call... I'm going right to bed. I don't feel well. I should wonder, I should wonder. Never mind, I'll be all right. Good night, Mr. Fowl, and don't worry about me. Yes, well good night. I gotta get back at the right, you know. Good night. Gave her an hour to get to bed and to sleep. I stayed right there, cutting the seconds and listening to the ticking of the big clock in the hall. My muscles were stiff. My throat was dry and sore from swallowing. I hardly dared breathe. Finally, I slipped out. Picked up my suitcase, started to tiptoe out. The back door would be the best I thought. I went slowly in the dark, thinking that I could see the spot in the kitchen where Mr. Water's body had been after the fight. But the back door was in blackness. I tried the knobs softly. The door wouldn't open. It was locked. Not with a night latch, but with the old-fashioned iron locks that were on all the doors in the house. There was no way out without the key. I started for a window. That was no good either. The screens were heavy and were nailed firmly in place. I'd help nail them myself. I knew that cutting them would make too much noise. There was no way out except for the key. And that must be in Mrs. Water's room. Back down the hall, I went to the downstairs bedroom. The door was unlocked. And I opened it. And listen, she's asleep, Eddie. Listen, the keys must be on the dresser, Eddie. Right over there. The storm was getting close outside. And I felt all stormy inside. I had to get the keys. Get out of this house. It wasn't too dark to see Mrs. Water's bed. She was breathing heavily. I brushed past the bed. And my knee touched the chair. I went on until I felt something waist high. The dresser. I moved my hand slowly over the top. First some clothing. And I felt around for the keys. They weren't there. I felt more slowly. A hairbrush. A comb. Then a pile of hairpins. Where was the key? Breath until Mrs. Water started breathing regularly again. I was shaking now and scared. And the storm was building up inside. I reached into a drawer. I tried not to make any noise, but there was some. I reached inside. There was something steely and cold. The key. No scissors. Long ones. Sharp and pointed. The phone was frightening. I wanted to run to get out of the room. But I couldn't remember where the door was. I held the scissors like a weapon. A knife. And flapped myself against the wall. Oh, I feel the phone. Eddie hides somewhere. Pull it this hour. I stepped back into the closet and pulled some clothes in front of me just before she snapped on the light over the bed. I'm coming, I'm coming. I talk softly to myself like I always do when I'm alone and scared. I got the scissors, Eddie. If she comes in here, you'll have to use them. They must know you killed Mr. Waters. It wouldn't be right to kill her, too, but... But what if she finds you, Eddie? You're no killer, Eddie. But you can't be caught, you can't. If she opens the door, do it. Do it quickly, Eddie, and then run. Where's that dang bathrobe? Oh! And find you, Eddie.   But now's your chance, Eddie. Her handbag's on the bed. The key's, Eddie. Get the back door before she's through. Storm outside was like a storm inside me. Violent and vicious. But it kept me moving. I slipped along beside the house, then I stepped over the hedge and ran along in the shadow of the house next door. I was getting away from all that. Mr. Graham's dog, a snarling little curney, came to his side of the fence and watched me.  Whether you want to or not, reach over the fence and strangle him. You have to stop him, Eddie. The whole neighborhood will be up in a minute. Get out of town. Way out of town. I walked a long time in the rain while a storm inside me settled down the same steady rhythm as the rain drops. I hadn't eaten all day and I was weak in shape. The water dripped from me and the bag slapped against my leg and my shoes made little splashing noises in the mud. I counted my footsteps. I counted to a thousand. I then started over. And then through the rain I saw an all-night diner. I shook the rain from my head and looked inside. There was just a man and an apron, no one else. I hesitated for a moment, but the smell of food and coffee came to me. And I opened the door and walked in. Coffee. Coffee? Give me a sandwich, any kind of sandwich. Sure, coming up. Look, kid, take off the coat and let me hang it up by the coffee boiler. No, I'm all right. Let me have a sugar. Sugar? Cream? No. Leave sandwich all right, it's all gone. Hello, Casey. What's cooking with the police department on a night like this? Take it easy. Coffee coming up, Casey. Hey, kid, do you need a sandwich? Sure. I'm dripping all over your floor. I'll hang it up, Mike. Okay. It's really wet out there. Yeah. He's hanging up his gun, too, Eddie. Maybe you can get it if you have to. Oh, how'd you get so wet, kid? I didn't see you before. I got caught in a storm. Oh, I see. Thanks, Mike. Look, kid, maybe you better come along with me down to the station house. It was done. It was over. They'd caught me. I'd felt free up until now. I looked at where his gun was hanging by his raincoat. Now I'd have to try it.  I could get them both and get away, maybe. They could only hang me once. How about it, kid? I'll book you as a sleeper. By morning, you'll be dried out and on your way. Okay? You mean... You mean just sleep there? Well, sure. There won't be any charge against you. Well, thanks. But I got to get along. Okay. Have it your own way. What are you, Mike? Mr. Dime. Yeah? Thanks. Have you been hitting the ball tonight? Oh, well, thanks. I'm gonna take him to the dock around. Have to go back and pick him up. Oh, emergency case, huh? Yeah, the dock called it, uh, botulism. Uh, something like tolamine poisoning. Said it was from eating pigs' feet. Old lady waters up on Elm Street. Ah, you're gonna be awful careful of them things. Yeah, they'd wonder about them, but I guess she ate them anyhow. They were from the same batch that killed her husband earlier today. But she didn't know that was what happened to them, and she ate them, too. Tolamine's badge, Steph. Get you this way, then. Yeah. Well, so long. So long, Gazing. Work, coffee, kid. No, thanks. Did you hear that about Mr. and Mrs. Waters both dying from the same thing? Yeah. Pigs' knuckles. Ah, you gotta be careful of that tolamine stuff. Well, looks like the storm's over. Sure is. The moon's out. Just a summer storm and out's all over. Yeah, it'll make it nice for you. You feel all right? Me? I feel swell. You, Henry Fonda, star of Summer Storm, tonight's study in Suspense. This is Truman Bradley for Roma Wines, the sponsor of Suspense. Tomorrow is Friday. If you're one of those many people who invite friends into dinner on Friday night, here's a suggestion on how to make that meal really exciting. 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Alrighty, so if you're watching this video you've already seen our inspiration dice video I just love these things FYI. I had I said in that video I had another idea and I do our own deck of cards So instead of sticks I really like Kylie give hand and Karen Friedland's cards I think they're fabulous and I like the idea of having an inspiration playing card or Dice rather than something just written on a popsicle stick or a tongue depressor So I got a couple of decks of playing cards at the Dollar Tree when I was getting the dice and I'm going to show you how I did these now. I have a free download of these prompts these art prompts on Dropbox and the file for them will be in the description below a link to where you guys can go download it If you're in my Facebook group the link will be in in the freebies document and so And the link will take you to two files one that says Cards and one that says dice and they're the same prompts The only difference is the printing is bigger for the card ones than it is for the dice. That's all So I'm going to show you how I did these look at all these cards. I have now all right so First you need to print your prompts Right, then I have one of these big Xyron creative stations And I also have the laminating cartridge. It laminates the top and it has adhesive on the back I have it. I figure I should use it. I don't really I bought it by accident by mistake, honestly So I thought well I have it now so instead of taking it back I'll just use it because I had it for a while and before I realized it was laminating not adhesive anyway So I thought I would use that for this and But you could do what use what you have you could use double stick tape you could glue them down I'm going to show you a couple tricks to doing this if you have one of these creative stations They do have cartridges for it that are laminate on one side and permanent adhesive on the back And so if you are so inclined to get that cartridge and that's what i'm using It is a little bit fiddly and um, I would recommend maybe you might need to print a couple extras of these In case you screw one up because it gets wrinkly I've printed three Um, so anyway just for warning So you just really put it in face up And turn the handle And if your cartridge is incorrectly it will come out like that Run the blade across and you cut it off and now it's laminate on the front And it's got adhesive on the back So once I did this with all my prompts, then I cut them all out into their little squares And I had a stack of them and I was ready to go and I have one left here And I have a card So the next thing you need to do is stick it to the card. So you can't just stick it to the playing card No matter what kind of glue you are using and expect it to stick because the playing cards are Glossy and laminated and no matter what glue you use. It's not going to stick.  This is just a medium grit. I don't know Three three thirty two twenty I don't know.   I think they're great so um Yeah, I'm really happy I did these and that I have the dice and because I have these now I don't need my sticks So what that means is I'm going to be putting these sticks Into groups of like I don't know 10 or 20. There's a lot in here. I don't know exactly And I'm going to be putting them in sandwich bags and sticking them in my giveaway drawer And when I send out happy mail and those sort of things I'll be including some in there, so Yeah, those are going to go out to somebody All right, that's it for today. That's the last idea I have for something to give you a boost when you need a creative boost A little tool or toy for your art room I hope you find it useful and interesting and print the prompts out now the prompts are both PDF documents that you should be able to edit if there are prompts in there that don't suit your supplies your stash or your style of art So before you print them look at them and see if you can edit them And uh, yeah, then print it. Um, you know, if you're a mail mix media artist I know there's a couple in here that like add a flower you might not like that. So, you know, or maybe you don't have Um Watercolor paints. There is a watercolor one in here So, you know Change them up to suit what you need and what you have and what you do All right, that's it for today. Go out and have a great day Do something nice for yourself because you deserve it. Maybe make yourself a deck of cards. All right, that's it Everybody I'll talk to you later. Bye guys


Hi, everyone, Joe for jaspyscasebreaks.com with 2022, a brand new release, Topps Chrome Cosmic Baseball, six box, half case, pick your team number one. Oh, is this only a half case? Oh, it's the random team, that's the full case. I think I blocked out time for a full case break. Anyway, we got a random team version on jaspyscasebreaks.com. That is a full case break. The pick your teams, half case breaks. I think the pick your team, half case breaks, all card ship, and the full case random teams, all card ship. So, all right. So big thanks to this group for making it happen. Appreciate it. And there is the case of Topps Chrome Cosmic. So let's see what we got. Good luck, everybody. I think the second half is in a filler, a team random filler. So go and check that out. So the youth invasion die cut chat is saying is a case hit. The scope parallel is a box hit. And there's only a hundred copies of Supernova. So that insert is pretty big. All right. Thanks. So we'll look out for those. So thanks for joining us on new release day. We've got plenty in the store. Pick your teams and random teams. So we've got six boxes on the left side, six boxes on the right side. We'll roll the die to see which side we're gonna do. One, two, three for the left side, four, five, six for the right side. And it's five. One, two, three, four, five, six. This side, we'll say for pick your team two. All right. So let's see that I've marked those two. So we know they're from the same case. We should be able to run this back tonight if you want to. We got time to do it. I would love to do it. So there it is. There's the box right there. That sort of 80s sort of look right there. 20 packs for a box, four cards for a pack. Now Jason was saying that it seems like the autographs are every few boxes. Sam Banks, do all cards ship? Yes, they do. Per the item description, we always state one way or the other. Or if we don't, then that means all cards ship. Right, four autos per case, Chad's saying. The autos are few and far between. So it looks like it's a lot of parallel hunting I would imagine. Here's your first box. Good luck everybody. We'll go kind of slow on this first box just cause this is our first look. At this, there's the back right here. This is, it's pretty cool. Yeah, Chad was saying it's sort of like a space version of Finest. I can see that. The rocket arms insert. So is this the one, this is the one per box? What do they call it? What do they call it in TOPS world? I think there's the base refractor one in every 10 packs. Nucleus one in every 15. There's blue moon to 99, gold interstellar to 50, orange galactic, black eclipse to 10, red flare and a superfractor one of one. This must be the nucleus. One per box. Ish, one out of every 15 packs. And there's 20 packs per box. So you can do the math.  On card too, Andrew McCutcheon. Brewers, that's gonna be for John. I like it, these cards really pop. And there's Fernando Tetease Jr., 11 out of 25, orange galactic. That's for the Padres, that'll be for Adam. Nice low number. Does galactic mean that it has that sort of lava-y pattern in the background?  And we got a one. Yep, that's 16 out of 99. The 99 is blue moon. Blue moon. You saw me stand. That's for the cardinals, that's gonna go to Shane. And there's another one of those nucleuses. Nice, thank you, Sam. All right, box two. All right, I like it. Now, is this a, I'm not sure if anyone knows, is this the debut release? Or is this like a product from like the early 2000s that they revived or something like that? Cardboard debut, right? Chat saying, according to cardboard connection, yeah, this is a, although this is a new chrome iteration, the set's overall style evokes a little Bowman's best, a little top's finest, a little top's fire. Do you remember if you remember fire? I can see all that. Kind of feel, I see a little, I feel a little inception in here as well. Some inception feels here. Next box, good luck. I'll go a little more quickly here. Cy Young Awards announced today. Justin Verlander for the AL, Sandy Alcantara for the NL. I think both of them got all the first place votes. Now, what about the MVP? Who do you have in the MVP war? I think that's announced tomorrow. In the AL, Jordan Alvarez, Aaron Judge and Choyo, Tanya the finalist and the NL, Goldschmidt Aronato and Machado, many Machado are the finalists. Think they'll be any surprise. I feel like most of the awards have been fairly chalk. Look at this, are they all silver? Launched into orbit, Dicut, Julio Rodriguez. That's for Chad Dawg and his mariners. Sam saying Goldie, more blue moon, Jaren Duran, 69 out of 99. No, not Jaren Duran, Johan Duran. Jaren Duran's in Boston. That one goes to Minnesota. That'll be for Chad, Chad Cromwell. Two Chad's in this break. Oh, they're all silver, but they're every one in 10, all right, not bad. And we got some Gold interstellar, maybe? I have these parallels up here. Gold interstellar refractor, these are to 50, 14 out of 50 for KC, that'll be for Raymond. Patrick Coxings Machado as the NL MVP. For AL, everyone's just assuming Aaron Judd, right? The guy in the box. That would be my guess. Although, I mean, you can argue that Ohtani should win it, but I think Aaron Judd is, 60 Homer season. I think definitely will be rewarded with the MVP. Well, in fact, Aaron Judd probably carried that team for a number of, maybe months. There was a time when there was no one was really hitting except for Aaron Judd. In the NL, I think it's got to be, I think it's probably gonna be Goldschmidt as well. Next box, good luck. Jose Barrios, it's to 10. That is a black eclipse refractor to 10. Blue Jays, that's gonna be Adam in Toronto. Speaking of the Blue Jays, the Mariners, Chad's Mariners and the Blue Jays did a deal today. Yeah, the Blue Jays sent Teosca Hernandez to the Mariners in exchange for Eric Swanson and Adam Macco. How do you feel about that deal, Chad? Chad's our resident Mariners fan. There's Reese Hoskins for the Phillies, Jordan with the Phillies. There's Kyle Lewis to 99, Blue Moon refractor. I like the deal, yeah. I mean, I think Swanson definitely has some good stuff, but I feel like you could try to find another Eric Swanson, right? Gold in her stellar, 38 out of 50, Ronald Acuna Jr. for the Braves, Patrick. But Teosca Hernandez, look at the numbers. And there's Julio Rodriguez, speaking of the Mariners. According to MLBTradeRubbers.com, Hernandez, who turned 30, just 30 a month ago, will give the Barriers a heart of the order slugger who's posted a stout 283, 333, 519 slash line, and 73 home runs and 71 doubles through 1,300 plate appearances over the past three seasons. And a stat cast d'arrowing, 94th percentile or better in hard hit rate, average exit velo, max exit velo, barrel rate, expected slugging percentage. This guy might be gone. So, I mean, that's a, put that in the middle of that lineup, that relatively young lineup. And here's a Wanderfranco launched into orbit die cut. That's pretty sweet. Who's got the rays? Walter picked up the rays. Nice, a lot of plastic dust out of there. We got a cleaner one. All right, halfway through this half case break, next three. Now, what else are the, what else are the Barriers gonna do in the off season? What other things do they need to address? Ooh, Patrick thinking Papa Justin Verlander on there. They've got some pretty good starting pitching, but if they Papa Justin Verlander on the top of that, that rotation, plus get one of the, elite short stops out there on the market. Which shortstop do you prefer? Carlos Correa, Trey Turner, Xander Bogarts. Oh, Mariners aren't gonna go for Justin Verlander. You want Correa? Swanson's the best of the class. I like Danesby Swanson a lot. I think he's pretty underrated. I think whoever loses out on the other short stops and ends up with Danesby Swanson, I think that team's gonna be very happy. Blue Moon Dalton Varshow to 99 for Greg and the Diamond Becks. Really great in the field as well. There's a Mike Trout launched into orbit. And here's Paul Goldschmidt, 87 out of 99. Yeah, your presumptive NL MVP. Cardinals out of B for Shane. There's new Mariners, Teosca Hernandez, good move. Ooh, and an Orange Freddy Freeman, 17 out of 25. The official name for that, Orange Galactic, for Chad Cromwell and the Dodgers. Chad Dawg getting all of those Julio Rodriguez's, among others. All right, two boxes to go. You got Kings at Oilers, I don't know what I'm looking at. Kings up early, won nothing. Nice. No, no torque base, not yet. Shane Bieber to 50. Gold interstellar, great movie interstellar. Bobby Wood Jr., I think that's the first one I've seen of him. Just a base, but I'll go to Raymond in the Royals. And there's a Torkelson right there. So a torque for Chad Dawg. Maybe we'll find some parallels of him. And another Wander Franco for Walter and the Rays. Blue Moon, Eric Cosmer, 1999, that's Prince. And final box coming up. Good luck. I think Picker Team Two is in a team random style filler. So check it out, jaspyscasebreaks.com. There you go, final pack of the sixth and final box of this half case break, Tops Chrome Cosmic.  I think Chad was saying earlier this is one of the, this is a case hit, one per case. They're abouts. That's for Richard and the Angels. I was a little surprised that the Angels kind of gave up on Brandon Marsh as quickly as they did, but they did. Launched into orbit, Wander Franco and a Zach Granky. Gold interstellar and a torque. So Chad Dawg with a Torkelson, Zach Granky for the Royals going to Raymond, 14 out of 50. No worries, Rick, there he is. And the Wander Franco launched into orbit, die cut. It's another one for Walter. I think there were a couple, right? Next stack, Blue Moon, Cedric Mullins, three out of 99 for Chad Cromwell and the Orioles. There's a Bobby Wood Jr. for Raymond. Cedric Mullins, Blue Moon. And an autograph, Brian Della Cruz. That might be out of 10. It is. Nice, who's got the fish, Chad Cromwell with the Marlins Rookie Auto, seven out of 10. Cosmic Chrome autograph. Is it Topps Chrome Cosmic or is it Cosmic Chrome? Don't know. And there you go. There you have it, ladies and gentlemen. That was a nice little six box break of the brand new Topps Cosmic Chrome Baseball Six Box Half Case Picker Team number one. A lot of nice parallels on card autographs. I have a feeling with the on-card autos being few and far between. If you end up with the right player, right? That'll probably go for a lot just because the autographs are pretty rare. There you go, gang. I'm Joe for jazby'scasebreaks.com. I'll see you next time for the next Cosmic Break. Bye-bye.


Space debris is a big problem, which is ironic because a lot of the debris flying around Earth at thousands of miles an hour are teeny tiny bolts and flicks of paint from old decommissioned spacecraft and satellites.  Two examples are a spent Soviet Cosmos 3M upper stage and a parastate a relay satellite. According to Leo Labs, these two objects passed each other travelling in perpendicular directions at a distance of six metres. What you're looking at right now is a visualisation by Jonathan McDowell of the actual size and distance of the satellites to scale. A very bad coincidence of two derelict large objects in the same place at the same time could be a catastrophic pain to work around as one collision can create thousands of pieces of debris which, can all themselves, cause more collisions, creating more debris, causing more collisions, creating more debris, and I think you get the point.


Hello, everyone. We're here at day two of Chrome Dev Summit 2016. I'm joined by Taylor and Monica. They gave an awesome talk yesterday on Polymer and the state of web components. So Taylor, tell us about it. Yeah, so our talk was Polymer Web Components and you. We talked a little bit about the latest movement in the web components world, so Web Components V1, the slightly newer version of the Web Components spec that's broadly shipping across all major browsers. So really exciting times for web components. We talked about Polymer 2, the preview version of the next version of the Polymer Library that's based on these new Web Components specs that we're hard at work on right now. And we talked about some of the best practices that we found over the last few years of building web components, supporting web components, and building apps that are web components, and how you can take advantage of some of the best practices to make sure you're building really good, sustainable, and maintainable components. And Monica, you announced a new catalog site. Am I right? I did. Beta.webcomponents.org. It's the new web components catalog, so both for Polymer Elements or just plain vanilla JavaScript Elements. It's community-driven. It's really awesome. Go check it out. If you have Elements that you haven't submitted, go and submit them. I want to use them. Yeah. Awesome. So you can check out their talk on the Chrome Developers channel on YouTube. You can also subscribe below, so you can watch the livestream for all of today's talks. Otherwise, follow along with hashtag Chrome Dev Summit. And thanks for watching. Bye.


for today is Mark chapter 10 verses 35 to 45. Before we begin to worship in this way I just want to express my great love for you all and my great joy to be back with you all and to see your faces, to hug you. I can't communicate the support and love that you all have given to us and so I pray that you be encouraged by seeing the Lord's work and Guamala and hearing of it and I just want to glorify Him by thanking Him for your support and love as well. So thank you all and it's unbelievably wonderful to be back here with you all. So let's worship the Lord together. Mark chapter 10 verses 35 to 45. Let's stand for the reading of the word of God. Then James and John, sons of Zebedee, came to him saying, Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask. And he said to them, What do you want me to do for you? They said to him, Grant us that we may sit one on your right hand and the other on your left in your glory. But Jesus said to them, you do not know what you ask. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink and be baptized with the baptism that I'm baptized with? They said to him, We are able. So Jesus said to them, you will indeed drink the cup that I drink and with the baptism I'm baptized with, you will be baptized. But they sit on my right hand and on my left is not mine to give but is for those whom it is prepared. And when the 10 heard it, they began to be greatly displeased with James and John. But Jesus called them to himself and said to them, you know that those who are considered rulers over the Gentiles lord it over them. And they're great ones exercise authority over them. Yet it shall not be so among you. But whoever desires to become great among you shall be your servants.  For even the son of man did not come to be served, but to serve and to give his life a ransom for many. Let's pray. Lord God, we pray now for this time of worship through your word. We pray that you would be glorified. We pray that you would bring the gospel to our minds. We pray that by your spirit you would open our understanding to be able to see and behold your glory to feel the horror of our sin and to repent. Put our faith in you. Help us to understand what you've done on the cross. Help us to understand what it means to be a humble slave in your kingdom. Help us to understand what it is to serve you. Lord, we pray for this congregation now that you would reveal your will to them by your word and they would grow in every good fruit as a result. We pray Lord that you would use these truths in homes with families. You would use these truths for others to communicate the gospel. You would use these truths to humble and you'd use these truths to make people seek you, to draw upon you, to trust in you. We thank you for this our Lord. We thank you for this time to be able to worship you. We pray that you would be front and center in our minds. Please help us now and please help me as the preacher to edify your people and serve them. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. You have an outline in your bulletin to help you follow along and in that outline this sermon is entitled Selfishness Slaves and the Savior. Selfishness Slaves and the Savior and we'll be covering Mark chapter 10 verses 35 to 45 and we'll see two main points today. First in verses 35 to 41 the prideful request to be first in verses 35 to 41 and then secondly we'll see the humbly choose to be last in verses 42 to 45. Do you know what it is to calibrate something? I was an airplane mechanic here in Orlando area for some time and calibration is very important for tools in order to work on an airplane. You want to be able to adjust things to the right level. You want it tight but not too tight. Many things break on airplanes by mechanics making them too tight in order to make it safe and then as the breaking. So calibration measurement, calibration to measure precisely and adjust precisely to a set standard is important. For example in there was a in radiation treatments in Costa Rica in 1996 the radiation treatment was turned up and it changed to be 60 percent more radiation than what was originally planned because the instruments were out of calibration and 114 people got overdosed with radiation and 17 of them died because of a radiation overdose. Why? They weren't calibrated. They weren't calibrated. So now let me ask you why are you here? Why are you here this morning? You need to be recalibrated. You have gone out of the set standard by the influence of the world, by the influence of your own heart, by the influence of Satan and you need to be recalibrated or perhaps you need to be completely made anew. And so the word of God is why you're here to hear the word of God and to be set right and calibrated to him. The disciples in this text they needed a recalibration. They had fallen off way off the standard and what is it that recalibrates us? The gospel. Jesus Christ and his good news of what he has done on the cross, his death, resurrection, this good news recalibrates us so that we understand ministry rightly. We understand what it is to serve him in home, work, on the street or as a pastor or missionary. Serving him in ministry we need to understand the gospel. That's what Jesus Christ will do for the disciples today in this text and I pray that he will do the same for you. So first we see in verses 35 to 41 we see the prideful request to be first. Picking up in this section in verses 35 to 41 we're in the book of Mark here and if you look in your wider scope of the book of Mark Jesus is on the road to Jerusalem. In chapters nine and to ten these longer chapters he is walking towards Jerusalem with his face set like flint headed for the cross. The book of Mark can be thought of as three books on a shelf with two little bookends. Three books on a shelf with two little bookends. The first little bookend is the introduction to the book of Mark about eight verses where it introduces the prophecies of who Jesus is and John the Baptist. And then the first of the three books is Jesus' ministry and galley, the largest. Chapters one to eight more or less. And then from the middle of eight into the end of ten we have Jesus' road to the cross. Then chapters 11 to 15 we have the last week of Jesus' life, his time in Jerusalem, his death on the cross, and his substitutionary atonement for sin. And then lastly the last bookend is the resurrection in chapter 16. Here we are in the middle of Mark and Jesus is set his face like flint and is determined to go to the cross. But in this time where he's going to the cross the tone has changed from his ministry and galley to focusing on the disciples and he has much to teach them about ministry. He has much to teach them. He teaches them about who is the greatest in chapter 9 verses 33 to 37. He teaches them against creating divisions in verses 38 to 40 of chapter 9.  He gives instruction about marriage and divorce which will be important for the apostles to understand in chapter 10. He has the evangelism encounter with the rich young ruler in chapter 10 and then he has much to teach his disciples after that encounter. And then again he predicts about his death and resurrection in verses 32 to 34. Let's read those verses to set the context. Now when they were on the road going up to Jerusalem Jesus was going before them and they were amazed and as they followed they were afraid. Then he took the twelve aside again and began to tell them the things that would happen to him. Behold we're going to Jerusalem and the son of man will be betrayed to the chief priests and to the scribes and they will condemn him to death and deliver him to the Gentiles and they will mock him and scourge him and spit on him and kill him and the third day he will rise again. So Jesus telling them again the prophecy of what he will do in Jerusalem, his death and burial resurrection. And now we're on the road and we're not told about it shortly afterward but along in the context here comes James and John. For getting the gospel out of calibration they come to Jesus. We pick up in verse 35. Then James and John the sons of Zebedee came to him. So we look at James and John and we see two disciples. We see two disciples of the inner three. These are disciples that are able to fellowship with Jesus in a closer more intimate way. He spends more time with them and so they may by that privilege or they may by way of their mother feel that they have the end. If you read the parallel account in Matthew 20. So Lo May their mother has come with them and is the one that they are using to help communicate to Jesus their request. And it is very likely and very possible that their mother is Jesus's aunt. So those of you who have an auntie and you know that when auntie comes and asks for something it's good to be able to say yes. It's good to be able to say yes. And so in a sinful way that James and John the sons of thunder the sons of Zebedee known for their their brash words known for their their pride and known for their fishing business with their father Zebedee they come to him with the influence of possibly Jesus's aunt. And what is it they say first they say teacher. They address him as he's known to be to them their great teacher Rabbi. And they say we want you to do for us whatever we ask. They come to Jesus and they say here's a blank check. Will you sign it? Will you sign the blank check? And you know who have those of you who have had teenagers you know you've had requests like this before parents have a teenager come and say dad would you do something for me. And they they want you to sign the blank check. There's something prideful in that request. But if we consider our own hearts we often pray this way to God. We often relate to Jesus in the same way through our prayers asking him for something we really want but putting a label on it as though it's ministry and saying this will be good for your glory Lord this thing that I want. And so that's what James and John come to Jesus here in verse 36 Jesus wisely responds what do you want me to do for you. He wants him to fill out the check. He wants him to know what is it. He won't foolishly say I'll do whatever you ask like Herod did in chapter 6. And so if Jesus asks you this question right there in verse 36 what do you want me to do for you. Would you love Jesus to ask you that question. You have many things you would write in there right. What would it be that you would write in. Fix my kids for me. Fix my husband for me finances health and easier life and easier ministry. Perhaps ministry. Yes it's ministry but easier ministry. What would you ask for Jesus from Jesus. In verse 37 we read. They said to him grant us that we may sit one on your right hand and the other on your left in your glory. What they are asking for positions of honor and authority. The request is not for redemption. Not for spreading the gospel. But it is for themselves truly. They asked for the two highest positions.  He's already told them there will be 12 other seats for the disciples. And so they're thinking about those two seats that are the closest. They're thinking about the positions of influence greatest authority. They notice they don't mention Peter. They have the inner three to the inner three. But there's only two seats. Likely Peter is listening to this conversation to hear what's going to happen. When we can see this story we can often as Christians we can often think I would never be that brash. I would never say something like that. I wouldn't be that prideful. Don't they see what how how bad they are. That's the nature of pride. Pride blinds you. Pride blinded them and it blinds us to think I'm not like that.  That's what happens with pride.  You cannot see. And so this is what's happened to them. They can't see the sinfulness of their question. It's blinded them. But it's in your DNA. Pride is in your DNA. And something you must confront. Something you must see. And you the Bible must be the light that shines into the dark corners of your pride. Many a pastor or church member have thought this way before. They think give me something where others will think well of me. Many of you have come in this room today hoping to present yourself as someone holy and wanting to keep something secret so that you would present yourself as holy to others with perhaps with a nice smile or a way of greeting or how you know your Bible or something. This happens all the time in all sorts of churches where we want to present ourselves this way. And we want to present our request, our selfishness to God as though it is holy. And we want to have a box filled with selfishness but put a label on it that say it's for you Jesus. And so we have to examine our own hearts in this. The disciples are given not as examples to be laughed at and say what fools they're given is to be examples for you to consider. How am I like them? How do I too often think like them? And so they're asking for something good in a sense. Look at how in the sense the good what do they believe about Jesus? They believe Jesus will rule and reign over this world. They believe that their hope is in Him. They believe they've forsaken the world and they're following Him. They know they're going to go to Jerusalem and there may be death, there may be great difficulty and they're following Him anyway. They know these things are coming. There's a reason why in verses 32 to 34 they're afraid.  And so they're moving along following Him. That's good. Their hope is good in Him ruling and reigning but they've forgotten the way that the cross comes before the crown. They've forgotten that suffering comes. They've forgotten the association of suffering that goes together. They've forgotten and had a superficial understanding what it means to be a disciple. Look how Jesus helps them humbly, kindly, graciously. The Savior helps them. In verse 38 but Jesus says to them you don't know what you ask. At this point they should stop. At this point they should stop and say what don't we know? But pride doesn't do that. Pride is like yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I get it. I get it. I know. I understand. And doesn't stop to listen. Jesus says you don't know what you ask. They're ignorant. What goes with this position is great suffering. There's a great association with great blessing and service with suffering. The two go together. He says, are you able to drink the cup that I drink? I mean baptize the baptism I'm baptized with. Jesus is using these metaphors to communicate an Old Testament idea. The Old Testament is full of communicating the cup as the wrath of God. Psalm 75-8, Isaiah 51-17, Jeremiah 25-15-28, Ezekiel 23, 32-34, Habakkuk 216. The cup of the wrath of God is a common theme in the Old Testament. There is other ways that you can use the word cup in the Old Testament but this is the way that Jesus is communicating. He is referring to the cup of the wrath that he must drink on the cross. He's referring to what he will pray about in Gethsemane when he prays that let this cup pass, let this cup pass for me, that I wouldn't have to drink it. And he's referring to all the wrath of God, all the horror of health that would be poured out upon him on the cross for all of those who would repent in belief. This judgment, this horror is what he's referring to. In himself, this cup that I drink, the cup that I drink, and we baptized with the baptism I'm baptized with. Now obviously the disciples are not going to be there for an atonement but so what is he referring to? He's referring to the association that is necessary, a necessary part of being a Christian. Do you want to rejoice with him in glory? Well, you have to suffer in this world and in this life for him now. That is part of what it means to be a Christian, part of what it means to serve him in ministry, ministry in home, ministry in church, ministry at work, ministry at school, wherever you serve him. That connection is important to understand and he communicates it with another term with baptism in verse 38 and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with referring to an overwhelming suffering. Are you able to be dunked into this suffering that I'm going to be dunked in? In verse 39, we see, they say, they said to him, we are able, we are able, we are able. So Jesus said to them, you will indeed drink the cup that I drink and with the baptism that I am baptized with, you will be baptized. First in verse 39, they say we are able by virtue of their own ability, by their own resources, by their own strength, they look in and they say in their own heart, they say, yes, I can do it. I can do it. They're confident. They're probably thinking of a messianic war. They're probably thinking, Jesus is going to rule and reign and I'm ready to fight. I'm ready to suffer. How often we misjudge our own ability like that? How often we think, yes, I'm ready. I'm ready for the trials. And then we don't realize the dependence we need. Can you see Jesus kind of smirk and shake his head when he hears them? When he says they are able? He just looks at them and thinks, you don't know what you're saying. How gracious he is with them. You notice how he's different than how he responded to Peter. In chapter eight in Peter, Peter opposes Jesus Christ and when Jesus Christ talks about the cross and what does Peter say? Man never be a Lord and he directly opposes the work of the cross. And but Jesus has a different response. He's much harder on Peter because Peter has a direct confrontation, a direct opposing of Jesus. But here the disciples are still wanting to come along in the right direction. So Jesus kindly helps them, kindly helps them. He says, you will indeed drink the cup that I drink with the baptism I am baptized with, you will be baptized. They would suffer for Christ, right?  John in the book of revelation would be exiled to the island of Patmos and tradition speaks of him being dipped in hot oil. They would suffer. They would suffer reputation, lies. They would suffer beatings. They would suffer in many, many ways. Jesus wants them to understand here with these words.  But he knows that one day they will so that Peter would write in 1 Peter 4, 12 to 13. Look at what he writes. Listening to this conversation and Peter understanding better later on. Turn in your Bibles to 1 Peter chapter 4 and read verses 12 to 13. Beloved, do you not think it's strange concerning the fiery trial, which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened to you? But rejoice to the extent that you partake of Christ's sufferings. You see, there's the connection. There's the connection. The suffering is partaking of Christ's sufferings. In no way is it for salvation or for atonement, but it's part of what it means to be a Christian. This necessary part of discipleship. It goes on then that when his glory is revealed, you may also be glad with exceeding joy. The suffering that you have now as part of being a Christian will make you happier in heaven. We'll make you happier in heaven. Look back in Mark chapter 10 in verse 40. Mark chapter 10 verse 40. Jesus says, but to sit on my right hand and on my left is not mine to give. He's referring to this is something that's prepared by the Father in Matthew 20, 23, the parallel account. And there's some mystery here. He doesn't explain who will sit there, but he says it's for the ones who have been prepared. And our point today is not to dwell on that mystery, but to consider what Jesus has to say that's more important. In verse 41, the disciples, the rest of the disciples respond and it says, and when the 10 heard it, they began to be greatly displeased with James and John. They may not be displeased by just simply what they've said, but rather how they thought of it first, how they got in line first.  And what do you think about that person? Perhaps like the disciples here. This is the move that the disciples have done, a political move. They're like with an up and coming politician. Let's become his friend. That kind of slimy, sneaky, you think he's just the boss's friend just to get a promotion. That's why he's that way. So the disciples begin this fight. They're ready. They're indignant. They're angry, grieved, resentful. It's a strong description of them in the original and towards James and John. So now that we've seen this prideful request to be first in verses 35 to 41, do you see yourself there? In verses 42 to 45, we'll see the humbly choose to be last. And how do we do that? By the gospel, by the motivation of the gospel. In verse 42, it reads, but Jesus called them to himself and said to them, so here at first Jesus sees what's happening. He sees it developing. He sees looks on their faces. He sees the sin and he acts. He acts to move ahead of time to teach them, to correct them kindly and graciously. He says, you know that those who are considered rulers over the Gentiles lord it over them and their great ones exercise authority over them. He says, this is something you know. This is something that happens in every time and every generation and every place when it comes to leadership. When there's leadership or service at jobs, at political positions in the home, whenever there's some sort of position of authority, this is what happens. You know this happens.  They use it to get something. I've been serving in Guatemala and Guatemala has a history of dictators, military dictators, sometimes voted in, sometimes it's shady whether they're voted in or not, but they're in. In the 1960s, one of the Guatemalans produced a work called El Señor Presidente and that is a book that won a Nobel prize for literature and basically what happens is in that book he speaks figuratively, the author speaks figuratively of dictatorship and other people in other countries who had dictators, they resonated with that book in order to say how helpful it was to communicate the abuse of dictatorship and dictatorship is something that's not new. It's not new in some churches for people to be dictators. It's not new for in many rulers in political arenas. This is not anything new. In Jesus' time, Caesar Augustus, remember the Caesar Augustus of the Christmas story, he had printed on money his picture and then it said he who deserves adoration. It didn't say in God we trust, but he who deserves adoration. And so this is something everybody knows, everybody has to deal with. It's the way the world works. The great ones, those who are important, significant, they exercise authority over other people. We think of greatness as being better than others, having more money, more fame. We think of greatness as having many people serving us. Let me read you a quote and you tell me who it's from. I'm the greatest. I said that even that before I knew I was the greatest. I'm so mean I make medicine sick. Another quote from the same person. You know who it is? Muhammad Ali, the greatest. The greatest, right? And we in our culture, we love to say he's the greatest. Why? Why? Because he said he was the greatest before he proved he was the greatest. Does that make someone great? Is that what is going to be great in 100 years from now or 1,000 years from now? Will people still call him the greatest when Jesus returns? No, that is just for a short time. That is the world's version of greatness. Someone who declares themselves to be great and tries and rules over others. In verse 43, Jesus says a contrast, a strong contrast, yet it shall not be so among you. But whoever desires to become great among you shall be your servants. You see how Jesus draws these two things in great distinction, great difference. It should not be so among you in this room. You should not think of yourself that way. You should try and be great, but not great in the world's eyes, but great in the way Jesus describes. So what should you do? The kingdom of Christ is opposite of the world. In order to climb up in the world, you climb up. In order to climb up in the kingdom, you go down. You want to be great. You want to be important. You want to be significant. In your home, you want to have your children to have a great future. You want to follow the Lord. In your job, you want to be significant. In your job, you want to be influential. You want to serve here in this room with these people in the church. You want to be a missionary? Be a servant. Admit that you're a diaconess, the table waiter, the minister to others, the helper to others. Look at verse 44. And whoever desires to be first shall be slave of all. He gives a parallel statement. And yet he makes it a little even lower. Not just a servant, but you be the slave. You know who's the greatest? The one who's the slave of all. To be completely controlled, completely owned by another. Jesus Christ. To be completely owned by him. And to submit all of your will, all of your ways, all of your desires to Jesus Christ.  You end up becoming a slave of someone else. A slave to serve them. You consider them. You consider them to be better than you. You consider them to be better than you. Do you remember when Jesus tells the story about a slave in John and Luke 17? And he says when the master comes in and then from work, and then he says to the slave, I'll go ahead and eat. Is that what he says to the slave? What does he say? Because first, you make the food. And then that's what you're supposed to do first. You're supposed to serve me first. You remember that? Consider that as how you're supposed to do that for others first. You're supposed to see them, look at other people, and think of them as better than you. Your identity changes. Your identity changes by means of the gospel.  More experience. Whatever it is that you think identifies you and makes you better than somebody. Maybe you've got more intelligence. Maybe you've got more physical strength. Maybe you're fatter. Maybe you're skinnier. I don't know what it is. Whatever it is where you think, I do this well. And this is what distinguishes me from the pack. This is why, you know, the things you put in your resume, right? The things you put in your resume, you're supposed to do some bragging there. You say, that's what identifies me. That's who I am. No. You want to be great? The way you see yourself has to change. You have to think of yourself as a slave, a do-loss. You know this word. You've heard this word described before in this church. You must submit all of your will to the Lord's. While you live in Stiphal Christ, you will be mocked. You will be scorned. You will be thought little of by the majority in this life. But work done truly with integrity for Jesus Christ by slaving four others will be a work that lasts for eternity and investment in true riches. Don't you see that serving somebody when you're tired after work and going to serve somebody as small group is what lasts? That's the way to serve and be a slave now, to be there for them, to know them, to care for them, to listen to them. That's an investment in true riches. Whatever way there's ministry, it is not about you. Whatever way there's ministry, it is not about you. Your gifts, it's not about your gifts. It's not about your family. It's not about your career. It's not about your possessions. It's about Jesus Christ. His, your will must die if you would be great in God's eyes. Now we come to verse 45. This is the key verse for the passage. Some preachers have pointed out this is the heart of Mark in verse 45. He says in example, a calibration, this is what you need to recalibrate. For even the Son of man did not come to be served, but to serve and give his life are ransom for many. Look at the emphasis for the, for even. There's describing a purpose here. There's a contrast. You know slavery? You want to be a slave for others? Well here's one who went above and beyond. Anything you could ever think of in the terms of serving or slaving for another. Jesus Christ. Look at the beauty of this verse. The Son of man describing Jesus Christ, his favorite term for himself. He refers himself into the third person. He's the second Adam. He's the one in Daniel seven where all the world will come praising and bowing before him. The one who stands in glory in the book of Revelation where every tribe and tongue and nation, people bow before him and say worthy is the lamb, worthy is the lamb who is slain. The one who receives all that praise is the one who left that praise, who left glory, who came down to this world, came down to this world. What goodness for you to literally sell yourself into slavery would be nothing compared to what he has done. Let alone humbling yourself to think of yourself that way and to serve someone. You don't know what it is to serve in this way, to this capacity. The Son of man. Jesus Christ our Savior. This verse is what changes Christianity into the gospel. Do you see that? It's not just the religious following of Jesus's example. But this verse, what Jesus himself describing what he will go to do on the cross in a salvific way. This changes everything. This changes everything. He says he did not come for something, but he did come for something. He did not come to be served. He didn't come to be praised. He came to die. This is the heart of the gospel. He came to suffer. He came to be spit upon. He came to be punched in the face. He came to die on the cross to allow creatures he created and could rule and reign over in a moment. He allowed them to make nails. He allowed them to have the intelligence to make a hammer and he allowed them to put the nail to his hand and drive it through his own flesh. He came to serve. You see how it describes how it came, but he came to serve and to give his life. How does he serve? But by giving him his life. These two things go together. Describing the same thing. He's connecting this service to the gospel. He's connecting his service is in it giving his life, giving his body, giving his blood, giving his life here. What good news. What good news that our savior would be this sacrificial substitute that he would give his life. He's the one who acts this way. And why does he do it? Why does he do it? He does it to give his life as a ransom for many. Ransom is describing he has come to pay a price. He's describing the purchase price for a slave where we get our doctrine of redemption from. When you consider a systematic theology of salvation and what Jesus is talking about here in the ransom is redemption, redemption. He's given his life to buy a certain people. This was used to describe to buy a POW, a prisoner of war in Jesus's time or used to describe buying a criminal or describing the purchase of a slave, the price of redeeming. In 1st Timothy 2, 6, Jesus is described as the one mediator who gives himself a ransom for all. In Isaiah 53 in verses 10 to 12, we have a connection here between this passage, this verse and Isaiah 53. Isaiah 53 perhaps the most well-known passage in the Old Testament. The connection is that we have the connection of servant is one point. There was a suffering servant Isaiah 53. Here you want to be the servant of all? Here's the real servant of all. Here's the real slave of all Jesus Christ. There's this connection with him pouring out his soul. Isaiah 53 verses 12 and 13. He needs to pour it out himself. He needs to pay a price. In Isaiah 53, 10, there's an offering for sin. And here, this ransom in Mark is the offering for sin. In Isaiah, there's one who's offered for many. Here in Mark 10, 45, there is one who is offered for many. He came into the world to accomplish this, to do this, the giving of this ransom price, this substitutionary penal atonement, this legal action, the substitution of one for many, a real price paid for people who are slaves to their own sin. Why did you need a ransom? Why do you need a ransom? Because apart from Christ, you are a slave. The Bible describes you as a slave to the law, a slave to keep the whole law. You're under the curse of the law if you don't keep the whole law. In Galatians 4, it describes how we were slaves under the ceremonial law. And we're also slaves to sin, slaves under the law, but then also slaves under sin, under the guilt and the power of sin. Sin makes it so that we cannot forgive ourselves. We cannot wash away our sin. We are stained with a permanent stain that only he can wash away. And we are slaves to a power, to our own hearts, to our own sin that only he can break those chains. That's how we are a slave. So this price, this price need to be paid. When you look at your own soul, you're gonna look at your own soul and see a price, a price to be freed from your own sin. A price need to be paid so that you would be free from the curse of the law. And you have no money to pay that price. This is what makes the gospel good news, that he came, that he would be a slave for us, that he would be a slave for us to die and pay a price we could not pay. Acts 20 describes how he purchased the church with his own blood. Titus 2 describes that he might ransom us from all iniquity and purify to himself of people for his own possession, those for good works. He pays this ransom. Pastor Rick referenced 1 Corinthians 6, he bought you with a price. He bought you with a price. And this was that great price. And in Revelation 5, the worship describes Jesus Christ as being slain and having redeemed us, having redeemed us to God by your blood from every tribe. They sing of this redemption, of this price. Look in Mark 10.45 and how it says his life a ransom, a ransom, and how his death was an example of servanthood. And he will connect these things, but it's much more than that. It's much more than an example. It is a payment for sin. And the Old Testament uses the same language, the same language in examples of all the different examples we set about buying from slavery or about delivering the people of Israel from slavery in Egypt. So if this is a price to be paid and Jesus is a slave to pay it, who does he pay it to? Does he pay it to Satan, the ruler of this world? No, he does not pay it to Satan because then Satan would be the victor. No, there is no victory for Satan in the cross. He pays it to the Father. The Father is the offended party. Jesus is the offended party. And he pays this price. The Son humbles himself to pay this ransom. And what could pay the price? Only Jesus Christ. So stop and realize. Stop and remember. Stop and be recalibrated. Stop thinking of yourself the way the world does. Stop looking at yourself externally. And look and think. Praise Christ that he would hum and value him. Humbly worship him for his priestly work that he would make the way so we could be saved. He would be our substitute. Praise him for his example. One preacher said, you know, God declared let there be light and there was light.  You realize that? He can say, let there be light and declare it. But he cannot declare, you're forgiven, you're forgiven, you're forgiven. In order for there to be forgiveness, someone must absorb the price. Someone must take the price. If you understand Christianity apart from this, that God will just declare you forgiven. If you ask, you don't understand Christianity. There must be a price paid. Your hope must be in someone to pay that price. If you learn something about your car, like my mother-in-law, we borrow the car for this week. And if I crash it, who pays that price? She pays that price. She's a slave and a servant of all. You see the point of the illustration? Someone must pay the price in order for there to be true forgiveness. In order for her to say, I forgive you, Mark, there must be an absorption of that price. And so it is with the Savior. So it is with the Savior. I'm preaching to you the good news today. Do you hear it? Do you see it in Mark 10, 45? Do you see how it's for many a great number? Not for all, but for some, this particular price for a particular people, a definite price paid for definite a number of people. Are you in that number? If it has been a great number, shouldn't you be included in that number? Shouldn't it be for you? Shouldn't you, by faith, put your trust in Him to pay that price for you? Stop now and look at this text. We've covered two main things. Verses 35 to 41, we've seen a selfish request to be first. In verses 42 to 45, we've seen humbly choose to be last. How should you apply this? What should you do after hearing this sermon? First, do you trust Him for your soul? Are you a true Christian?  Have you seen that you need a Savior, someone to pay the price? You need a mediator. You need someone to buy you. You need Him in every way, shape and form, more than you can possibly imagine. Have you seen this truth? Has Christianity not just become Christianity, but has it become the gospel to you, the good news to you in particular? You will lose, you will forget everything from this sermon. You will get nothing out of sitting here and listening to me talk for an hour if you don't believe this. If you don't, more than losing an hour, you will lose your soul. You will lose your soul. Do you see this and believe in a Savior? Is it not just words on a page, but does it describe a person in whom you put all of your hope and dependence upon? Will you repent and admit you need to identify yourself this way as a slave who needs to be bought? Next, in another way to apply this, do you, how do you serve? When you serve at home and you are, your patience is running thin. You don't feel well? You're behind? You're late? Are you a slave?  Do you look at them and consider, how can I serve them? Or do you look at them and think, they don't serve me like they should? This text changes your identity. You want to be great at home? Motherhood is a, in a great way, service and our society works and rages against the, that idea of being something great. Instead, super girl is great. Instead, super mom is great. She's got one and a half kids and she's got the full, she's got her master's degree and she works at a great corporation and she goes home and has time for her one and a half kids. The way our society, in American society, rages against true service in the motherhood.  Isn't it greatness? Isn't it service? You won't be ashamed in the kingdom to say that. What about the workplace?  You got to make some compromises. This changes your identity, changes you to think who you are. That if Christ came to be a slave of all, to purchase me, shouldn't I be a slave of others and serve others? This changes how you think about ministry. You don't use ministry to say, I'm the greatest. I'm the greatest. I'm so mean I make medicine sick. Boy, can I preach. Boy, can I teach a lesson. Boy, can I pray. You should listen to me pray. I can't wait till they listen. They get the chance to hear me pray. Then I'll show them. If they knew how many Bible verses I memorized, they would want to learn from me. You've had thoughts like this. Don't lie to yourself. Don't lie to God. You have taken things from him that he's given to you. He's given them to you so that you might know him and love him and help others. And you've used it to try and make yourself better. Don't do that. Don't do that with whatever form of ministry you're in. Ministry is where God wants you to obey him and serve him. Whether that's a missionary in another country or whether that is here changing diapers and folding socks or witnessing to some industry or showing up to small group. God wants you to admit I'm a slave. I'm a slave. He was the greatest slave of all. I cannot compare to him. All true leadership has that mentality, has that understanding. If you're going to be a leader in any capacity, in any place as a Christian, you must have that understanding or you will not make it. You will not last. That is what you must apply. If you have any form of leadership, dad at home, in a government position, you're a supervisor, you are a leader in church, any sort of position leadership, you must apply this lesson. Apply what the disciples were to apply in their own leadership. And stop looking at the world. Stop being influenced by the world, by celebrities, athletes, musicians, businessmen, politicians, and turn to look at our Savior. So in these many ways, you can apply what Jesus has said here. To close, look one last time at the beauty of this verse in verse 45. The Son of Man, for even him, for even Jesus Christ, Jesus Christ came to be a slave, to what degree? He didn't come just to receive the best of this world. He came and received the worst of this world. Even the worst to the point of death on the cross, to drink in the cup, to drink in the wrath, to pay the price for all the worst of this world, for all the sins of all of those who repent and believe, he would pay for their price. If you can understand these words, trust in him, repent and believe in the gospel. Let's pray. Dear Lord God, we are a selfish people. We are a egotistical people. We need to be recalibrated by the gospel. We need the gospel to change us again and again, help us to consider these truths and to change the way that we present ourselves, the way we choose to act for ourselves, and help us to worship you by serving one another. Help us to worship you by repentance and faith. Please bless these dear people, Lord. Please bless them with your word. Please bless them with the understanding of the gospel. Please help them to grow in understanding of your will here in this text, what you want, and bless them with every good fruit. Lord, pray these things for your honor and your glory through them. You're the same. Amen.


Arc 2 starts in Celestia, we learn a brand new form of magic, Astral Magic. We are tasked to restore the Grand Astralab which will open the trail of spheres. To fix the Astralab you need 3 Astral Relics, Sun, Star and Moon. The Star of Celestia is located in the Stellarium, however we must rebuild the Teleporter. The pieces are spread out in the Survey Camp and the Grotto. The Moon of Celestia is in the Lunarium. To get there we have to rebuild the Teleporter, it is stuck in Storm Riven. Once we collect all the Teleporter pieces we find one is broken. The Archivist teaches us how to fix it and we open the Teleporter to the Lunarium. The Sun of Celestia is in the Stellarium, the Teleporter is broken and we need to find the pieces. We get the first pieces from the Science Center, but the last are in the Crestation Empire. Here we find the final Teleporter piece and retrieve the Sun of Celestia and open the trail of spheres. Inside there are 3 levels, we get to the top and come face to face with Morgenth. She explains Celestians denied her access to Astral Magic. She concludes by stating a prophecy. The Mirror will break, the Horn will call, from the shadows I strike and the skies will fall.