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Misdirected Joy
Magicians thrive on misdirection. Stage magicians have beautiful ladies in glamorous or skimpy outfits assisting them as a form of...
Andrew B Spurgeon
Oct 6, 20232 min read


Triangle of Disbelief
A region east of Florida, northwest of Puerto Rico, and southeast of Bermuda is called the Bermuda or Devil’s Triangle, as several...
Andrew B Spurgeon
Oct 5, 20232 min read
Migrant Workers
Recently, I saw A Million Miles Away, a movie about the life of a migrant who worked hard to join NASA and became the first migrant...
Andrew B Spurgeon
Oct 2, 20232 min read
Puzzles and Riddles
Labyrinth (1986 movie) has several riddles and puzzles (like Dan Brown’s books). In one of them, two guards stand before two doors. One...
Andrew B Spurgeon
Oct 1, 20232 min read
Determination
Every culture and people group has “code words” that they know the significance of, and to outsiders, they seem nonsensical. For the...
Andrew B Spurgeon
Sep 30, 20232 min read
Don't Prevent
Signs and wonders weren’t unique to Judaism. When Moses threw his staff down and it became a snake, Pharoah’s officials followed suit...
Andrew B Spurgeon
Sep 29, 20232 min read
Mega Versus Micros
In Men in Black, Frank the Pug (a dog) scolds the agents, “You humans! When will you learn size doesn’t matter? Just because something’s...
Andrew B Spurgeon
Sep 28, 20232 min read
Indian Headshakes
Although I am an Indian who grew up in India, I didn’t learn Indian headshakes because I grew up among blind people who couldn’t see...
Andrew B Spurgeon
Sep 25, 20232 min read
Beloved and Only Begotten
When YHWH God asked Abraham to offer his son, Isaac, on the altar as a test of his faith, he specified which son he was speaking of...
Andrew B Spurgeon
Sep 23, 20232 min read
Exit Strategy
In 1991, former President George H. W. Bush came to our neighborhood in Dallas in his campaign against drugs. The corner house had drug...
Andrew B Spurgeon
Sep 18, 20233 min read
Military Commitments
It began as one man’s dream to unite all Greek-speaking people into one group. He was Philip of Macedon. Sadly, his cupbearer poisoned...
Andrew B Spurgeon
Sep 17, 20232 min read
Missed It by That Much!
In Get Smart, Detective Maxwell Smart’s plans to capture criminals often go disarrayed. When his captain wanted an explanation, Smart...
Andrew B Spurgeon
Sep 16, 20233 min read
Power 102
I started studying Greek in the Fall of 1984. My class was at 6:45 a.m., an ungodly hour to learn a new language. In those days, we...
Andrew B Spurgeon
Sep 15, 20233 min read
Romans Knew How to Kill
In the early 1990s, when I was in seminary, critical scholars wondered if Jesus was killed or just fainted on the cross or grave and...
Andrew B Spurgeon
Sep 14, 20233 min read
“What’s in your backpack?”
Ryan Bingham (George Clooney) was a corporate “downsizer” who went from firm to firm and prepared those who were being laid off from...
Andrew B Spurgeon
Sep 13, 20233 min read
Twelve Years of Joy and Misery
Two days ago, Americans remembered the tragedy of the fall of the Twin Towers in New York, the partial destruction of the Pentagon, and...
Andrew B Spurgeon
Sep 13, 20233 min read
A Missionary to the Gentiles
Paul, my friend in Tennessee, recently texted me saying that his church baptized 400 people. I was thrilled – this message is contrary to...
Andrew B Spurgeon
Sep 9, 20233 min read


Let Sleeping Dogs Lie
I will be condemned for comparing the Lord Jesus to dogs. But the phrase “Let sleeping dogs lie” teaches an important principle (like...
Andrew B Spurgeon
Sep 8, 20232 min read
His, Your, My
Pronouns that replace a noun play an essential role in every language. For a classic comedy on interrogative pronouns – who, what, where,...
Andrew B Spurgeon
Sep 7, 20232 min read


Lights
We take light for granted. Nowadays, we walk into a room, turn on a switch, and have lights. Motion detector lights simplify life by...
Andrew B Spurgeon
Sep 6, 20232 min read
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