It has been a blessed Lord's Day today. We had some new faces in church and the Spirit was with me mightily as I delivered a message on the justification of God's justice. Praise the Lord!

In light of Max's recent thread on forum names I found myself actually more interested in who (or what) is in your avatar and what caused you to choose that particular picture?

Mine is John Paton, missionary to the New Hebrides. When I read Piper's biographical sketch on Paton he became an instant hero in the faith. Love the beard, too.

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Ryan Barnhart - Pastor of OGBC
Husband to a beautiful wife, Father to two beautiful girls
"But by the grace of God I am what I am." I Corinthians 15:10

"I confess to you, that if I can but live and die serving the Lord Jesus, it will make no difference to me whether I am eaten by Cannibals or by worms. And in the Great Day my Resurrection body will rise as fair as yours in the likeness of our risen Redeemer." - John Paton

Mufassa, from the Wild Animal Kingdom.
I took this picture and was amazed at how it came out. I'm no trained photographer, so when I take a good one it's pretty exciting. The use of a lion has obvious implications I think. I don't really wannabee a lion though, except for wanting to be like the Lion of Judah.

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Joe Johnson
Slave of Christ, husband, father, Preacherboy at Cornerstone Community Church, Escanaba, MI. and TMS graduate. Personal website - SoundLife.org

I do not know, and I do not say, that a person cannot believe in Revelation and in evolution, too, for a man may believe that which is infinitely wise and also that which is only asinine. ~ CHS

Does mine need an intro?

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~etexas~

Very nice shot, Joe.

Elizabeth Bennet from A&E's Pride and Prejudice. A lady with her nose stuck in a book...

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JC
URCNA
PA, but homesick for SC

"Who says you can't go back, been all around the world and as a matter of fact. There's only one place left I want to go, who says you can't go home" Bon Jovi

- No, I realize some are obvious to most of us. However, they may not necessarily be obvious to everyone. (Take Bob's for example, many people might want to know who the male model in his avatar is.)

John Owen was the one who convinced me of TULIP with his explanation of the "L." He was also the greatest of the English Puritans (IMO).

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Dennis E. McFadden, Ex Mainline Baptist (in Remission)
Atherton Baptist Homes, CEO
First Baptist Church of Alhambra, Member, Transformation Ministries (CA)

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OK for the second time in 2 days I almost spewed coffee! Sorry Dr. Bawb!

David Hay Fleming, Scottish Historian and Antiquary.

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Chris Coldwell, Lakewood Presbyterian Church (PCA), Member
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The Regulative Principle: Samuel Miller gives a succinct statement of this principle when he writes that since the Scriptures are the “only infallible rule of faith and practice, no rite or ceremony ought to have a place in the public worship of God, which is not warranted in Scripture, either by direct precept or example, or by good and sufficient inference.”

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Wycliffe at the moment. It was the closest I could get to the Middle Ages. I alternated between that and country-western singer Trace Adkins.

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J. B. Atken
John Knox PCA
Layman, M.A. student at Louisiana College

Joel Osteen, missionary to the rich and prosperous, signing his third-favourite book.

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Vaughan
BTh Student, Sydney Missionary Bible College
Ashfield Presbyterian Church
Sydney, Australia
The Ransomed

I always try and put a picture of myself with one of our girls. (Currently it's me and Tiffany)

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Adam Leavelle
Westminster OPC
Roaring Spring Pa.

http://www.myspace.com/aleavelle
"Speak wisdom to a fool and he'll think you have no sense at all"

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I loved this painting the first time I saw it. The lady has her nose buried in a book or a letter (like I always do), and would you believe, just weeks before I saw this painting for the first time, I had a period dress made for me that looks almost exactly like the one in the painting, right down to the shade of blue.

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J Baldwin
Keowee Presbyterian Church, PCA
Pickens, SC
“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.” Luke 10:27

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Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, simply the most straightforward Christian (something I aspire to be) that I have ever read about, outside of the Bible.

He's also a fellow Virginian, and Southern Presbyterian.

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~James Helbert~, Wytheville, VA
Providence Reformed Presbyterian Church, RPCUS
TheBibleAlone.com / The Edinburgh Inn
"Is this not a brand plucked from the fire?” - Zechariah 3:2

My boys. Joseph (R), 9 years old, and Izaak, (L) 4 years old.

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Kevin
Far East
Deacon, Int'l Church

Me and my lovely wife Erin.

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Jeff Bartel
Mechanical Engineer
Member - Trinity Reformed Church - RPCNA

"To believe in the power of man in the work of regeneration is the great heresy of Rome, and from that error has come the ruin of the Church. Conversion proceeds from the grace of God alone, and the system which ascribes it partly to man and partly to God is worse than Pelagianism" (The Reformation in England (London, 1962), Vol. 1, p. 98)

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A Bosendorfer piano (Strauss Special Edition). I am a pianist and these are my FAVORITE pianos!!! Too bad they're insanely expensive; the one I played on at school was worth about $40k and it was a standard grand and at least 15 years old!

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Nikki Edmond
Berean Christian Assembly (Reformed Baptist)
Tucson, AZ
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Principle and Practice Blog
Proverbs 1:7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Dang! I thought that western feller were you.

I like the look of old sailing ships. That's why I chose this avatar. But I've had a few different ones before.

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Patrick
OPC
MDiv, RTS Jackson.

"He does well, that discourses of Christ; but he does infinitely better, that by experimental knowledge, feeds and lives on Christ." Thomas Brooks.

Reepicheep!

James & Anna (my two oldest, 5 &3 respectively). I took this picture with my studio equipment and it's one of my favorite pics of my kids I've ever taken. I told James and Anna to look at each other and I got an adorable picture of James talking and Anna smiling adorably at him.

In my Profile is a pic of Anna and Sophia (my youngest until my son is born soon).

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Rich
Northern VA
PCA

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It's an awesome picture, especially the cigar.

Vegeta from DBZ a loud mouthed warrior that speaks more than he can fight, but when push comes to shove he always puts others before himself even to sacrificing his life.

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~Keon Garraway~ Brooklyn, NY Member of Franklin Square OPC

Love for God demonstrated by the love for our children in giving them a God centered education is the only hope for our country. by David Morrow
Pslam 71:20 [Thou], which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.

Mine is Spurgeon preaching at the old Met Tab. Others have come and gone, but Spurgeon has always been the one pastor that I aspire to imitate.

Of course, I do change my avatar from time to time. I've had Martyn Lloyd-Jones, John Bunyan, James Boyce...I'm thinking about Al Mohler in the future.

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Ivan Schoen, Pastor * Maranatha Baptist Church, Poplar Grove, IL * http://maranatha-sbc.org/

"I want to assist churches and to assist pastors in training pastors. But, after fourteen years of service in this capacity, I am absolutely certain that the finest theological seminary on earth is absolutely incompetent at replicating the actual life of a Gospel congregation. I want to train a generation of pastors who will train pastors, and I want to help them in that task." --- Dr. R. Albert Mohler, President of THE Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, KY

Wilhelmus a Brakel. A Dutch Reformer

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Name:Dennis
Church:Northfield Congregational Church, Member.
Location:Torrington, Ct. U.S.A.

"May our hearts be so exorcised by God's word as to give the Holy Spirit opportunity to