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@Angelina Up here in the Northern Hemisphere we are of course in reverse from you guys... :)

Laban was the trickster. Jacob was faithful in principle, although he had various serious lapses.

Acts 2.42 was originally very radical...

@marks My mind went immediately to Hebrews, when I saw the title... :)

Cold but no more new snow, I don't think...

@Wynona So how do you think the thread is going so far...?

"All have sinned, and come short of the glory of God" (Romans 3.23) The Lord Jesus is truly unique. "This is my beloved Son, in Whom I am well pleased" (Matthew 3.17)

@FluffyYellowDuck Thanks for the 'like'; I thought that you would appreciate that one, anyway...

@FluffyYellowDuck And why should you take it out, right? Simple studs and a little ink can be nicely minimalist, can't they? Can be kind of, a simple, straightforward stage in growing up, really.

PS: @Ferris Bueller That Romans 14 passage is very relevant, yes, right? :)

Psalm 119.105; John 17.17. :)

@Lambano I got a book full of Spurgeon quotes...(It's someplace in the house...)

@FluffyYellowDuck

We should always look to growing in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ (2 Peter 3.18), right? :)

@Lambano Spurgeon had such a heart....reminds me of the character Greatheart in Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress... :)

PS: @David in NJ Per your comments earlier about color; I think the lady is really using color as seemingly the main reason for the artwork, but actually her motivation is likely to be in order to provoke thought about what the inscriptions say. Some tattoo parlors seem to specialize in...

@David in NJ Great verse there! (No worries; I hope I don't have a short fuse...)

@Taken I hope she is doing okay; a dear Christian lady.

@Lambano So more than one, then? Yes, they can be an effective talking point, if the person is motivated to use the tattoos as a witness tool.

Interesting that the 18th century preacher George Whitefield and Spurgeon also in the 19th century both stressed the sovereignty of God in the Gospel and were also instrumental in the true conversion of so many ppl.