Drawn into the Drama | The Writings | Psalm 105
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Ten Minute Bible Talks
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🗓️ 30 August 2024
⏱️ 10 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to 10 minute Bible Talks. |
| 0:05.0 | Where we connect the Bible to your life. |
| 0:09.0 | In the time it takes to get to work. |
| 0:11.0 | I'm Jeff Parrot. Back in 1917 a wave of young Americans enlisted in the |
| 0:18.3 | military to join the cause of their country in World War I. Why? What caused that wave of people enlisting? The reasons |
| 0:26.1 | undoubtedly varied from person to person, but one of the causes for this enlistment boom |
| 0:30.8 | is attributed to a collection of words and pictures. |
| 0:34.8 | More specifically, the words and pictures of enlistment posters. |
| 0:39.5 | In 1917, the United States government began a renewed and successful recruitment campaign |
| 0:44.6 | using these posters to draw young Americans into the drama of world events. |
| 0:49.4 | Now the goal of these posters wasn't simply to give the public stories about the war in Europe. |
| 0:55.3 | It was all about getting Americans to join the story. |
| 0:59.0 | It was less about mere information and more about participation. |
| 1:03.0 | The recruitment posters, if you look at them, they do stir up a sense of participation in a masterful way. |
| 1:10.0 | One reads this, the Navy needs you. |
| 1:13.5 | Don't read American history. |
| 1:15.9 | Make it. |
| 1:17.3 | The most iconic poster in this era features Uncle Sam |
| 1:20.4 | pointing at the viewer stating, |
| 1:22.2 | I want you for U.S. Army. |
| 1:25.0 | Now this use of words and images to stir up participation into something bigger, |
| 1:30.0 | it wasn't new in 1917, and it wasn't new in America. |
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