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@Waiting on him The young lady my wife and I talked to who had the whole of John 3.16 tattooed on her wrist area would likely say she did it for the sake of the Lord. (I guess you would be glad to hear such a sentiment from any family member, right?)

So often the so called gifts are pursued as what amounts to self-indulgence...

This is a Messianic reference to the sufferings of Christ. (I don't see baptism here at all.)

Amen and Amen! :)

https://www.christianityboard.com/threads/who-appreciates-christian-hard-rock.30590/ (Can't remember if you saw this thread, @Josho...)

This year has truly flown...

Good for you, @Grams ... :)

I do use the King James, though wouldn't describe myself as King James Only. It's a truly great version.

Hi, Sir; good to see you.

We are going through Colossians at the moment in our Bible study...

@Waiting on him She didn't rely on someone else's parlor portfolio, then? Parlors can be a good source of design ideas (as well as persuasive advertisement for the artists in question, of course). It's good how one can spend time looking at portfolios without obligation.

Well - especially for men - they are technically unnecessary. Although totally benign if received and worn. (I can understand some women thinking that they are more or less necessary, in their view. Traditionally earrings for women are the equivalent of wearing a necktie, it used to be widely...

Here there is a lot of snow on the ground, but there have been no recent, heavy snowfalls. We had icy wind this morning...

It goes to show that there is indeed a difference between Israel and the church.

@Waiting on him The simple studding has become quite mainstream, hasn't it? (I guess your wife prefers you not to have them...)

Such a lot in Ephesians. What I see as completely - completely! - absent in the New Testament is baptismal regeneration (which is merely a reversion to salvation by ritual and works).

@Waiting on him Ephesians 5.26 also speaks of 'the washing of water by the word'.

@charity I was taking up your point about the conscience; I don't see that anyone has a totally clear conscience in the divine scheme of things, apart from the work of Christ; although there are indeed degrees of conscience.

Doubly winter in Alberta, then...

Interesting point. I've never seen anything to suggest conclusively that the Greek supports any idea that Paul was divorced.