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Synonyms: forgery, counterfeit, copy, sham, fraud, hoax, imitation, mock-up, dummy, reproduction, lookalike, likeness, charlatan, quack, mountebank, humbug, impostor, pretender, masquerader, hoodwinker, hoaxer, cheat, cheater, deceiver, dissembler, trickster, confidence trickster, fraudster, forged, fraudulent, false, bogus, spurious, pseudo, artificial, synthetic, simulated, replica, ersatz, plastic, man-made, mock, so-called, feigned, faked, put-on, assumed, improvised, invented, affected, insincere, unconvincing, forge, falsify, feign, mock up, reproduce, replicate, pretend, simulate, put on, make-believe, affect

Antonyms: genuine, authentic, true, real, sincere, honest, actual, legitimate, veritable, natural, heartfelt, candid, bona fide, frank, truthful, unfeigned, straightforward, unaffected, valid, factual, original, open, literal, artless, pure, proper

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1. Like A Thief

Matthew 24:36-51

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... front door? I better look for the cat out front and then I'll lock the basement door. (SHE EXITS) DAN: (ENTERS. HE IS A BURGLAR, CARRYING A BAG FOR HIS LOOT) Good thing that basement door was open. Some people make it so easy for me. This looks like a likely place. Lots of silver. Probably lots of jewelry too. Oh oh, I guess they're still up roaming around. I better make myself scarce. I hope they dust. I'm allergic to dust. (HE DUCKS BEHIND A SCREEN AS MINNY ENTERS BUT IN HIS HASTE DROPS HIS BAG.) MINNY ...

2. Miracle In the Bethlehem Inn

Drama

... this Messiah? What does that have to do with anything? Lela: I don't know. The thought just popped into my head. Maybe it is the strange star that seems to hang so low above us. Maybe it is just the trip here and all the people. It just seems like a night of miracles and I thought of the Messiah. Cornelius: Who is this Messiah? Another King to replace Caesar? You could get in big trouble with that kind of talk. Adam: No, No! Our Messiah, when he comes, will be a King greater than any king - even our King ...

3. The Glory Of The Lord

Matthew 25:31-46

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... the Living One; I was dead, and behold I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades. FIRST MAN: After this, I looked, and there before me was a door standing open in heaven. And the voice I had first heard speaking to me like a trumpet said: SECOND MAN: Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this. FIRST MAN: At once I was in the Spirit. I looked and I saw a windstorm coming out of the north -- an immense cloud with flashing lightning and surrounded by brilliant ...

4. THE JOURNEY

Drama

Jerome W. Nilssen

... . CAIN But when the right time comes, I’m going to take it off. And then the rest of you - you people with two arms and two legs - you’ll be the ones who’re out of step. GRACE (Pulling a small transistor radio from her bag) Wouldn’t you like to hear some music too? CAIN You haven’t heard a word I’ve said, have you. You’re too young. The only language you understand is love. Right? GRACE (Turning on the radio, tuning it until she gets music) I only asked well, maybe your father would have some ...

5. Number One Mother

Genesis 2:4-25

Drama

Dr. Raymond Bailey

... , Eve had a new creature. I didn't quite know what it was. I had named all the animals, and I hadn't seen anything like this. It made weird noises -- some of them downright ugly noises -- when I tried to sleep. Eve and the new creature were inseparable, however. Mostly ... hadn't seen her so happy since we'd been evicted from the garden. She claimed it was a human. She even said it looked like me. I wouldn't know. I couldn't see myself. As it grew, however, I perceived that she might be right. It walked on two ...

6. SALLY JANE

Drama

Jerome W. Nilssen

... out a bill) Well, do you think that’Il take care of it? SALLY JANE (Taking it from him) Oh yes, it certainly ought to. But then there’s the trip in and back. And the meals. And, of course, I might have to go into more than one office. Like, I might have to see the Register of Deeds. And the County Attorney. And the Treasurer. Sometimes things can get complicated. CAIN (Taking out more bills) Two more, that should do it. SALLY JANE Well, to tell the truth, I’m not sure. And it would be silly for me ...

7. How To Give Away Your Faith

Mark 1:40-45

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... to witness to a stranger. Playing Time: 3 minutes Setting: Anywhere good friends meet Props: None Costumes: Whatever you decide Cast: Goober -- Like his name and Jonk -- His friend GOOBER: (ENTERS ALONG WITH JONK. THEY STAND BACK TO BACK IN PROFILE) Well, you did it again ... one who'll tell you. You are a fool. GOOBER: Will you stop saying that? JONK: No. It's good news. I didn't make you look like a fool. You are a fool. GOOBER: That's just great. I'm a fool. JONK: Glad to hear you admit it. GOOBER: Why am I ...

8. THE RECEPTIONIST

Drama

Jerome W. Nilssen

... chewed his arm off, right up to the elbow. GRACE At least it worked. SETH But that’s the point - everything my brother makes works, even his mistakes. The last I heard he was working on an artificial arm. It fits over your real arm, only it makes it look like you’ve got a wooden one. It’s supposed to be a great sympathy-getter. He’s advertising it now in all the comic books. GRACE It all sounds pretty silly to me. SETH He’ll probably make a million. GRACE And then you’ll inherit it. SETH No, I ...

9. The Bible Study

Matthew 10:1-42

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... the lesson. BILL: How is he? Has anyone heard? REGGIE: Well, Rosie said he'd be in the hospital for some time and then he'll need lots of rest. WENDY: That's terrible. BRUCE: What's our lesson this week? REGGIE: Well, Willie told me to teach anything I like so I thought we'd take the tenth chapter of Matthew, verses 32 and 33. Do you all have it? "Whosoever therefore shall confess Me before men, him will I confess also before My Father which is in heaven. But whosever shall deny Me before men, him will I ...

10. Let's Have A Fruitful Christmas Season

Drama

May Dembowski

... time I used oil lamps on my tables for soft mood lighting. They burn longer than candles and seem safer in some ways. (ALL are buzzing as if discussing more ideas as they write notes.) This is an appropriate place to take a short break. MARCY: Now, May, I'd like to hear how you make such quick, neat work of the cookie detail. CAROL: She probably buys them. (ALL chuckle and agree.) JANE: That's what I do. (ALL turning on JANE in fun, "shame on you," and so forth.) JANE: Okay, okay. So, how do you do it, May ...

11. I Just Need To Talk To A Real Person

John 15:1-17

Drama

Arley K. Fadness

... for your order. Your call is important to us. Hattie: Well, maybe I can get some help now. (Hattie exaggerates her frustration as she pushes button on phone) Voice: This is a recorded message from your Operator. All of our lines are busy right now so if you would like to leave a message, wait until after the beep. Remember, at the Super Duper Store your message is very important to us. Hattie: Oh, mercy me! How am I going to get what I need? (Puts cell phone down) Kids left this pager for me to use. I can ...

12. Christmas Eve at the Candy Cane Inn

Drama

Edward Long

... some time ... yes, in some time ... and I'm not sure how come. Guess we'd better turn in ... JOHNNY: Those kids (Points out the window.) are back at the lake singing; listen (CAROLERS sing from far away Joy to the World.) NARRATOR: After a good night's sleep, like you can only get in a snug cabin in the woods on a snowy night, the family has packed and eaten a wood-cutter's breakfast in the dining room with Mr. and Mrs. Nick. The snow has stopped but everything is covered with six inches of new blanketing ...

13. A LITURGICAL DRAMA FOR PENTECOST

Drama

Tom Eberle

... not unique. I’ve performed my little experiment thousands of times. Voice 3: What experiment? H.S.: I take people who are in a hurry, like you, and suspend them over nowhere. Voice 2: But why? H.S.: To cause them to think about where they are going. Voice 4: What ... to ask where you are going, you call it a torture chamber. Voice 2: How would you feel if you were caught in a predicament like this? H.S.: I would say, "Thank God!" The rat race stopped long enough for me to decide I no longer want to be a ...

14. MR. CAIN

Drama

Jerome W. Nilssen

... of people have got scars. It doesn’t mean a thing. CAIN I’ve got a guilty conscience. JAREL Forget it. CAIN God knows I’d like to. JAREL I’ve got my problems too. CAIN I should know, I hear about ‘em every night. JAREL I should drink a glass of warm ... same thing in a biology book. CAIN But in the books it don’t shake. JAREL I had you figured out all the time. You weren’t like the rest of them. CAIN I was a prince. JAREL You had money. CAIN It’s all the same, I made this town. JAREL You’re a ...

15. Saturday Night And Sunday Morning

Drama

Pamela Urfer

... s good." But would you listen to me? Oh, no! You ... Magdalena: Be quiet, Salome! You’re not helping any, going on and on like that. Joanna: But she’s right, Magdalena! As soon as we saw which way things were going, we should have left. Now look ... the weak and the suffering? Why did he go and get himself killed? That’s not going to help anybody very much. John: It seems like such a waste. Nicodemus: Such a pointless waste. Peter: He could have done so much good. And we could have done so much, too, with ...

16. The Man Born Blind

John 9:1-12

Drama

Jerry Eckert

... after Pentecost and the development of the church in Jerusalem. Daughter: Dad, have you got a minute? Rabbi: Of course, come on in. Daughter: We need to talk. Rabbi: Saul's gone, right? Daughter: Dad, quit trying to read my mind. Rabbi: What else would a lovely sixteen-year-old like you talk about? Daughter: Oh, Dad! Rabbi: I'm sorry. I didn't mean that. Start where you want. Daughter: Well, Dad, I'm sorry Saul is gone. And I'm glad he's gone. I mean ... That's not what I came to talk about. I'm ... I'm ...

17. Twelfth Night

Luke 2:1-7, Luke 2:8-20

Drama

Jerry Eckert

... clear. It was cool. The flock was settled, no problem at all for once. Field Announcer 2: Then what happened? Shepherd: It got bright on the hillside here. I'm not sure where the light was coming from. The sky, I guess. That was scary enough. We never get light like that out here at night. In the middle of the light, this guy appeared. That was even scarier. I couldn't believe what was happening. The other guys also saw it. One fell down on his face. This guy told us not to be afraid. He said a baby was ...

18. My God, My God, ... Why?

Mark 15:33-41

Drama

... dies our hopes. With Jesus, our faith is nailed to a cross. The God of our faith ... dies, and leaves us alone in the dark. Like Jeremiah the prophet said, "Have you completely rejected Judah? Does your heart loathe Zion? Why have you struck us down so that there is no ... one hand and a lamp or candle to read by in the other.) JOSEPH OF ARIMATHEA: I have been looking for a long time. Like the rest of my people, I am waiting for the Messiah, hoping and praying for God’s kingdom to come. Today I have also ...

19. Legends Of Christmas

Drama

Georgianna Summers

... : I’ll go sneak them out of his room. [She goes out.] Becky: And this means he won’t get to kiss any of us under the mistletoe this year, either. Marcia: Who cares? Who wants to kiss him anyway? [Katie comes back in carrying a pair of patched jeans like the ones Danny is wearing.] Katie: Here are his pants. Let’s go nail them to the gate. [They go back to classroom, hiding the pants under a chair as Danny starts to wake up.] Danny: [Shouting in his sleep] Give me back my pants! Give me back my pants ...

20. “Unto Us A Child Is Born... Next, On Omar”

Luke 2:1-7

Drama

Lois Anne DeLong

... of you after our two-week vacation. Yeah, we were off in Jerusalem for a bit, doing that census thing to register, just like everybody else. That’s right, even celebrities had to do it. You’d think being on television would give you some privileges. But, ... nice smell. It symbolizes the supreme sacrifice this boy will be called to make for us when he becomes a man. Omar: That sounds like another show. So, where did the star finally take you? Wise Man 1: We found him in a stable. Such a terrible place for ...

21. God, The Son

Matthew 2:1-12

Drama

Jerry Eckert

... lot of ways to describe that action, but I won't go into that right now. But unless you make up your own mind, and then live as though Jesus was your older and wiser brother, I think you're missing something very profound in your life. Jerry: You sound like a preacher! Say that a little differently. Marshall: Try this then. God made us all to shine, to bring light and blessing to the world. Jesus blessed us all the way to the cross and even on the cross. He forgave and blessed those around him. That's all I ...

22. The Pageant

Luke 2:8-20, Luke 2:1-7

Drama

Jerry Eckert

... God. But it will be because of our sins that he suffers. And by his being beaten, we will have our sin forgiven. For we are like sheep, each of us going in our own ways. The punishment we deserve will fall upon him." No, say the people, we want a King ... Joseph goes over to the manger and brings it back to the center where he stands.) Mary, the mother, was probably just a teenager. It is likely she had been a servant because she was poor, was an orphan, and had to take care of herself for so long. For such a ...

23. The Resurrection

John 20:10-18, John 20:1-9

Drama

Jerry Eckert

... to take care of. He recited something and cried out. Then he said, "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do." Then he died. Field Announcer: Where's his body now? Officer 2: Wherever he wants it, I guess. I never saw anyone die the way he did, like he was in charge and not the Commander. I never believed there was such a thing as a Son of God before, but now I do, and that's Jesus. Field Announcer: In our research, we discovered he said he would be killed and then on the third day, resurrected ...

24. THE OLD MAN IS WASTING

Drama

Jerome W. Nilssen

... , Jari. Trust in the soil. JAREL Well, you can just get the hell out of here. Because I don’t trust in you. SETH But that’s the message. Trust in the soil. And you’ll ride back to the old man’s place in high style. You’ll come like a queen. JAREL You heard me. Get out! (She flings the cards at him) Bastard thief! And those two bills - who gave you the right? That’s mine! SETH They’re working, Jari. They’re your servants, honest to God. JAREL Cat scratch your naked eyeballs and acid form in ...

25. Francis of Assisi

1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5

Drama

Michael L. Sherer

... know, Fernando, I’ve been growing more and more toward Christ of late. I know you think I ought to live a little and enjoy the world like you. But I see Christ in everything - I want to do what he has waiting for me. You may laugh at what I’m going to tell ... way we wish he would have. But at least he didn’t hold the coats of his friends so they could murder a deacon, like Paul once did. ANTAGONIST: Stay on the subject. Francis asked for it. He should have taken his medicine when he was down and out. ...

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