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The usual word is Testament, for Old and New Testaments.

The best advice would be: Back to the Scriptures, right? :)

Yes, well at 15 a young person can be quite thoughtful... I guess I was, too, at that age...

The canon of Scripture is one; there aren't two Bibles...

Might be a useful video for reference.

O I guess could stand for both Oral and Oklahoma, right?

YW. Yes, and the wrist is a particularly effective placement when it comes to visibility, isn't it? (Especially useful if it has a faith element that may prove to prompt a conversation.)

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In 1 Corinthians 10.32 there three clearly distinct groups: Jews, Gentiles and the church of God.

If the picture of the Proverbs 3.5 tattoo isn't coming up on your screen, here is the link to it again: https://tattooblend.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/christian-proverbs-tattoo.jpg It's not unusual for someone who gets one tattoo eventually - how ever much later, and not according to the...

On the whole evangelical Protestants have gone back to Scripture, not to tradition; hence the pursuit of Scripture as opposed to the Deuterocanonical books which even by their name means outside the canon of Scripture. I'm not into pursuing arguments.

So 2 of your children have ink; but it was they that helped to persuade you...:)

@Mayflower FYI, just thought you might appreciate this tattoo design photo that I saw: :)

As regards the Apocryphal books, they are sometimes known as the Deuterocanonical books, and the word Deutero- canonical means, outside the canon of Scripture. Old versions of the King James used to be printed with the Apocrypha (the Protestant Apocrypha was even bigger than the Roman Catholic...

@Mayflower: A good Bible concordance is a very useful volume for study. :)

A reading of John's First Epistle, with its themes of assurance, walking in the light and the advocacy and cleansing work of the Lord Jesus, can soon obliterate any notion that we can supposedly be saved on Monday, then lost on Tuesday, then saved again on Wednesday, then lost again on Thursday...

May prayer and the Scriptures be the living elements in which you and your wife move in the days ahead. Praying...

Very relevant verses there! It's a comforting thought indeed that the church will not go through the great tribulation.

So your advice is, don't give up; try hard and it will become worthwhile. As a means to get away from cigarettes, I can see that vaping has a lot to recommend it. I'm wondering also, however, for young people who have never smoked cigarettes, what, with your experience, your advice for them...

I certainly do agree that the church will not pass through the great tribulation. Part of the confusion sometimes is probably because people have not addressed the question: What is the church? (When did it begin? what is its character? etc.)