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The strong language of Ephesians 2 is more of an indication that it is flawed to deny human depravity. This is why we need to rely on the grace of God, of which Ephesians 2 speaks most wondrously.

I tried to finagle it on the site to get one done. But the technology didn't seem to work for me...

Deuteronomy 29.29 has a key verse about the nature of revelation, I think: 'The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever...' Yes, I thought the avatar was new.

It's the nature of revelation, right? PS: New avatar?

PS: It's a benign custom, anyway (as getting tattooed can be, also, when one is old enough).

Both Son of God and Son of Man are glorious titles in themselves.

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Oh I see what you mean...

YW, I hope you enjoy being around the site.

It's the parents' call, right? Maybe this is what your girls did also.

Maybe it was less socially unacceptable for a young man to go naked than for a grown man to do so?

They had not yet been endued with power from on high, at Pentecost. (It's hard for me to understand how ppl can say that the church and Israel are the same, with Pentecost having supposedly little significance.)

These days you would probably have considered having both ears pierced, which is what they do now, generally speaking; and if it had been today, moreover, your mother would probably have let you do it, as well. The first tattoo does tend to wait until 18. (As you said your daughters already...

I take your point... It says he fled, and of course athletes in Antiquity would typically be naked, right? the men, at least. (Not sure that there even were many female athletes in Antiquity.) Maybe the idea was, he fled, unencumbered by garments. Sad that none of the disciples stayed with...

@Waiting on him PS: So as opposed to tattoos, as per discussion today, above, were you ever into earrings?

I like the Spurgeon quote also... :)

@Laish ...FYI...

@Waiting on him PS: @marks said Maybe he is suggesting that as opposed to older men, it wasn't so unusual for young men to go around naked? Idk...

Not sure...

I take your point about Tony Blair. Mrs. Thatcher got a big profile with the electorate after the Falklands War, but Mr Callaghan sent down the fleet without publicity some years before, to dissuade a military intervention by the Argentinians.