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Clever Words
I inherited a weak stomach from my mother. As such, I’ve had several stomach issues and had to endure endoscopy several times. Once, I...
Andrew B Spurgeon
May 24, 20243 min read
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Word Pictures
When we were first married, we attended a marriage seminar. John Trent and Gary Smiley authored that seminar, although they didn’t teach...
Andrew B Spurgeon
May 23, 20242 min read
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Power of Words
Some speeches stand out compared to others. “I Have a Dream” by Martin Luther King, Jr., “The Gettysburg Address” by US President Abraham...
Andrew B Spurgeon
May 22, 20242 min read
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House of Prayer
Indian Christianity is, in some way, ancient. I like that about it and am saddened that Western or modern Christianity is destroying it....
Andrew B Spurgeon
May 21, 20242 min read
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Jerusalem's Destruction
We usually associate Jerusalem’s and its temple’s destruction with AD 70 and Titus, Emperor Vespasian’s son, who later became the next...
Andrew B Spurgeon
May 20, 20242 min read
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His Master Needs Him
Donkeys were essential commodities in the Ancient Near East. People rode on them, used them to carry merchandise, and plowed the fields...
Andrew B Spurgeon
May 14, 20242 min read
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Abraham's Little Son
Zacchaeus’s story is a popular one (Luke 19:1–10). So, I will not expand on it. Instead, I will focus on the parable Jesus gave following...
Andrew B Spurgeon
May 13, 20243 min read
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Blindman's Faith
Words matter. Mark Twain said, “The difference between the almost right word andthe right word is really a large matter. ’tis the...
Andrew B Spurgeon
May 10, 20242 min read
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Hidden From Them
Once, I heard a comedian say, “People have three lives: a public life, a private life, and a secret life.” Over the past decades, we have...
Andrew B Spurgeon
May 9, 20243 min read
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TCKs
Several kids grow up in diverse cultures—the military kids whose parents constantly change locations, the pastor kids who move from...
Andrew B Spurgeon
May 7, 20242 min read
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Hyperbole
In 101 Dalmatians, one of the puppies, Rollie, says to his mother, “I'm so hungry, I could eat a whole elephant.” That’s an exaggerated...
Andrew B Spurgeon
May 6, 20242 min read
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Good Land
Deuteronomy means “the second law” (from Greek deuteros “second” and nomos “law), more precisely, the second time the law was recited....
Andrew B Spurgeon
May 5, 20243 min read
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Ascribed/Acquired Honors
Many cultures operate on a principle that sociologists call ascribed and acquired honors. For example, Queen Elizabeth’s family or...
Andrew B Spurgeon
May 1, 20242 min read
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Spiritual Pride
My pastor said the following joke. A man in the church, “Tom,” was always there early, rearranged the furniture, helped anyone in need,...
Andrew B Spurgeon
Apr 30, 20242 min read
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Persistent in Prayer
We can easily get discouraged when we pray for justice and don’t receive it. It’s not new; even David wondered why the wicked prosper...
Andrew B Spurgeon
Apr 29, 20242 min read
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Missing Verse
I love riddles. Someone recently asked, “What’s always in front of you and can’t be seen?” The answer: “The Future.” If you read versions...
Andrew B Spurgeon
Apr 27, 20242 min read
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Jesus’s Death
The death of someone we love leaves a void that could never be filled. Time will lessen the blow, but never heal. I lost two brothers....
Andrew B Spurgeon
Apr 26, 20243 min read
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God’s Kingdom/Rule
Psalms of Solomon is an apocryphal book not found in evangelical Bibles like the NIV or ESV. It’s a collection of eighteen psalms written...
Andrew B Spurgeon
Apr 22, 20242 min read
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Louder Still
A common strategy among protestors is to speak louder than their opponents. Sadly, sometimes, some people use this strategy in debates,...
Andrew B Spurgeon
Apr 20, 20242 min read
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Class Difference
In Indian schools, I stood when the teachers entered the class and waited to sit until they said so. Going to college in the United...
Andrew B Spurgeon
Apr 19, 20242 min read
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