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A lot of Jewish restaurants and bakeries in our area specialize in bagels...

Thanks for your comment, @Lady Crosstalk . As regards whether other Christians 'approve', I guess my mind goes back to the quote talked about not so long ago, FYI: forums dot thewelltrainedmind dot com Anyway, it really does seem to be something that a lot of Christians do, doesn't it? And...

Pull up, is another one. North America: = move forward. British Isles: = stop! :)

So do you see a direct parallel between possible toxins in pork, and tattoo ink?

Dry but cool and dull.

The agony in the Garden of Gethsemane must have been similar, as the Lord Jesus contemplated the immense suffering to come.

PS: @Butterfly : I'm not surprised your granddaughter comes out with a lot of almost incomprehensible words...

Sir Winston Churchill said that the US and Great Britain were two great countries divided by the same language...

Paul indeed had such a burden for his compatriots; always longing that they would humble themselves and see the need for the righteousness of God imputed by faith.

Anyway, many wives today have ceased to feel bound to avoid inkings; seems that if they feel they like it, they will just do it, right?

It has been said also that the Septuagint proves that God uses translations...

The young generation now seems to be far better at email and its ramifications than some of us are...

It's both 'not of works' (Ephesians 2.9) but also 'we are His workmanship' (Ephesians 2.10). :)

A male cousin of mine has worn an earring for decades; it's simply part of the way he looks. (Recently the happy father of a daughter given in marriage.)

Isaiah 48.10: "I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction". The point is not to avoid discomfort at all costs, but to be able to rejoice that we are chosen.

@Pianoworldstage FYI...

@Pianoworldstage FYI...

@Pianoworldstage FYI...

Well, for the believer who dies before the Rapture, it is a case of being 'with Christ, which is far better' (Philippians 1.23). 'We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.' (2 Corinthians 5.8)

Clearly it was a hope - albeit afar off in Job's case - of the Resurrection. Wonderful to consider, so far back...