My Desktop Photo 58: Don't Look Down

Photo by Andrew Stark
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Round the Sphere Again

Update: Prayer Request
Pray for Mellissa Elliot and the whole Elliot family. Melissa’s husband David comments here as threegirldad.

Emblem Symbolism
25 Logos With Hidden Messages (HT: mental_floss Blog)

Borrowing Without Asking
4 Cases of Plagerism. Except one really wasn’t. (mental_floss Blog)

Truly Reformed Trinket
Because you can’t have a 500th anniversary celebration without one of these.

Debunking Humour
”Earl Bartman, 37, was once convinced that his mother bore him and loved him. But recent discoveries have caused him to dismiss his old beliefs as mere myths.” (TTBN)

Explaining
the gospel. (John Stott at Of First Importance)

Using the example of Solomon’s wisdom to show that a divine bluff isn’t immoral. (Parableman)

What is a sacrament?

A sacrament is a holy ordinance instituted by Christ in his church,[1] to signify, seal, and exhibit [2] unto those that are within the covenant of grace,[3] the benefits of his mediation;[4] to strengthen and increase their faith, and all other graces;[5] to oblige them to obedience;[6] to testify and cherish their love and communion one with another;[7] and to distinguish them from those that are without.[8]

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