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A Fear of Whales
Silver and Samaritans Pt 2
By
rgaffney
I want to continue a discussion I started about Acts chapter 3. Particularly I began to highlight 3 unusual things about Peter’s response to the beggar he meets. Previously I highlighted the simple fact that Peter looked at him. I don’t look at beggars, do you? Peter paid the beggar more attention than the beggar…
Silver and Samaritans Pt 1
By
rgaffney
I published an article last week that was based upon the good Samaritan parable that Jesus told. I did the best I could to stay faithful to the story. Without adding any elements to the story simply for dramatic effect. I just replaced all of the 1st century references in the story with 21st century…
The Good Las Vegan
By
rgaffney
Late one Sunday afternoon a young woman was traveling from Los Angeles to Las Vegas for the holiday weekend. As she traveled she noticed her engine light was on and stopped in the city of Baker to have it checked. The mechanic, seeing an opportunity to make a profit, concocted a story about a problem…
Pedantic Word Choices
By
rgaffney
There is an old hustler bet where you offer a sum of money (say $50) to somebody in a bar if they can drink an entire pint in a minute. An experienced drinker can often polish off a pint in well under that, at which point you can take their money because they did not…
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