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So did her understandable shock mean she really thought that ppl widely and sincerely believed her hoops to be indicative of this? ...or did she surmise that maybe someone was trying to make cheap and snide remarks about someone from out of town?

In this question, the distinction between the church and Israel is significant. There are no Levites today to whom an obligatory tithe is to be given.

@Sabertooth Keynsian economics; spend it now... (Economist John Maynard Keynes: "In the long term we shall all be dead...")

Oh. And did your wife really enjoy that explanation? :rolleyes:

@marksman My wife and I talked to a young lady with the whole of John 3.16 tattooed on her wrist area; it was her favorite Bible verse and mine also and I'm sure that other conversations have arisen as a result of her willingness for her wrist to be injected - which maybe was the whole idea of...

:rolleyes:

@marksman Here in North America, anyway, in the Bible Belt, parlors tend to be well used: FYI: forums dot thewelltrainedmind dot com For a while, anyway, it's what ppl do now.

@marksman Ephesians 1 says that believers are seated in heavenly places in Christ Jesus.

@Sabertooth I'm intrigued; did anyone really say this to you? :rolleyes:

Italian Riveduta 1927: "...tu hai magnificato la tua parola oltre ogni tua rinomanza." (Similar to KJV.)

...because there isn't one....

Thanks; as a dispensationalist I don't see the church as the same as Israel.

French Ostervald: Psalm 1382: "...tu as magnifiquement accompli ta parole, au-delà de toute ta renommée." (Similar to KJV.)

So, which version?

Thanks for your vote. It may be a regional thing. But for example at the small conservative local church where my wife and I have been for a while, a majority of the young men and boys would typically happen to have earrings.

Psalm 138.2

This may sound appealing; but can you tell me when God's is ever overruled?

@Avalon1 Thanks for your poll vote; feel free to comment also...

These seem to be collections and offerings, not Levitical obligations, which is what tithes are.

@Josho So, girls as well as guys?