Bible Studies

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"It's FREEZING,
in San ANTONIO,
tonight, LORD!"

[NOD.]

"It's.....REALLY COLD!"

[CALM NOD.]

"BRRRR!"

[PATIENT NOD.]
[GAZE UPON PLUTO,
THE DWARF PLANET.]

"Yeah,
my BACK hurts,
TOO."

[NOD.]
[PATIENT SILENCE
OF One USED TO
HIS CHILD'S
LOUD KVETCHING.]

"Yeah;
I've had the SAME pain,
when I was 22 years OLD!
I don't think it's gotten
BETTER.......
with AGE!"

[PATIENT NODDING.]
[GAZE UPON A FROZEN
POND ON THE ARTIC
PLAIN.]

"YEAH!"

[PATIENT PAUSE.]
"Did you learn
anything tonight,
little one?"

(Clueless squint.)
"Ya mean,
about almost puttin'
on the CREST on my
BACK?"

[PATIENT SIGH.]

"Eh......
'Take a sniff outta
of the TUBE....
before you put
the stuff on your BACK?'"

[CHUCKLE.]
"No,
My child."

"Oh.
You mean,
about the 'ROMANS'
group,
TONIGHT?"

[NOD.]

(Make a face.)
"Heck,
we haven't even
gotten to 'Romans 4',
YET!"

[SMILE.]

"It's a
'PRECEPT study!
We go line by LINE!"

"Read some
to Me,
child."

"WHY?"
(Grimmace!)
"All they kept
talking' about,
was CIRCUMCISION!"
(Roll eyes,
in disgust.)
"ECH!"

[NOD.]

"Ech!*
It's right here:

Circumcision
indeed is of value
if you obey
the law;
but if you
break the law,
your circumcision
becomes
uncircumcision.
[Romans 2: 25]

You think,
Paul would've
had something
BETTER,
to talk about!"

"No,
My beloved."

(Bored shrug.)
(Stick tongue out,
like one who has
just tasted some
nasty-tasting
medicine.)
"Well.....
was he WRITING
this stuff,
in a real LETTER?
Like,
an EMAIL?"

[INFINITELY
PATIENT NOD.]

(Grimmace!)
"Who would write
about that....
in a LETTER to
SOMEBODY?"

[PATIENT SILENCE.]
[SIGH.]

"ECH!"

[GAZE DOWN AT
CHILD,
who is SQUINTING
CLOSELY AT THE
TUBE OF BENGAY,
GRIMMACING,
MOANING,
KVETCHING,
AND RUBBING HER
BACK,
AT THE SAME TIME.]

"Well,
I'm gonna go lay
down, LORD.
My back's
KILLIN'
me!"

[NOD.]

(Get up.)
(Moan.)
(Groan.)
(Mumble.)
(Mutter.)
"Ya think he just
would've had
somethin'....
more PLEASANT,
to WRITE about....."
(Mumble.)

"What was that,
child?"

"Nothin',
LORD!
I didn't SAY
nothin'!"

[CHUCKLE.]
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Are we Jews
any better off?
No, not at all;
for I have
already charged
that all men,
both Jews and Greeks,
are under
the power of sin.
[Romans 3:9]
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*To say the
word properly,
you have to
grit your teeth,
and make a sound
like a doberman pincher,
about to attack.

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