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Saturday, February 21, 2015

Arminian Antics #157

Sunday, September 23, 2012

Scoop Behind the Original Prisoner TV Series

In the original pilot episode (never shown on TV) there were TWO secret agents who quit the organization. After resigning, both are abducted and taken to what looks like an idyllic village, but is really a bizarre prison. Their warders demand information. They give them nothing, but only tries to escape.

In the photo below, we see Agent Orange (played by Mr. Orange) and the other, Agent John Drake (Patrick McGoohan) speeding down the road in the opening sequence.

Mr. Orange had to drop out of filming after the first two weeks because his wife was pregnant (she was as big as a grapefruit) and having complications. Mr. Orange went on to star in the TV movie, How Orange Was My Valley.

Sunday, September 9, 2012

Mr. Orange on Death Row

A Testimony to God's Saving Grace

My B.C. years were pocked with sin and grief.
I did all I could to fulfill my carnal ambitions. Thinking I would always earn a living as a musician, I dropped out of high school to devote myself to sex, drugs and rock n' roll. Getting high was my top priority. I was jailed eventually, hospitalized, and committed to a mental institution because of my suicidal inclinations. When I was released, I continued pursuing the same activities. I did all I could to escape reality. I was running from myself...running from my past...and without knowing it at the time, running straight into the hands of God! I now realize the Lord was setting up all the roadblocks, detours, and dead-ends in my life, leading me through a seemingly hopeless maze into a direct confrontation with His Son, Jesus Christ! Hebrews 1:14 declares that God sends His angels to render service to "those who will inherit salvation." He was surely doing that in my tangled life. One night, while alone in my room, I could run no longer. I reached out to the Lord and cried in desperation for Him to save me from a life misspent. He heard my plea and miraculously and instantly transformed me. I will never be the same.