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You can find this fun quotation puzzle, to combat early dementia and senility in us baby boomers, in several daily publications. I challenge us with the best ones out there.

The way it works is a letter stands for another letter. For example: AXYDLBAAXR is LONGFELLOW (does not apply to today's cryptogr)am).

Beware, the game is very addictive. If this is your first time, don't be intimidated, you’ll be solving them all within a few days. If you’re stumped, take a break and return to it.

PLEASE DO NOT post the answer in general comments, but DO post your time and how you made out.

You can certainly send your solution to my private reply, or if you need a hint for today’s Cryptogram ASK THE GROUP FOR HELP!

I suggest printing these out and work them on paper. If you need a little help you can copy and paste it to Hal’s Helper below.

You can then work on the puzzle without using pen and paper, but I recommend that you do NOT look at the letter counter.

HAL’S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER

One last request. Feel free to post a fun or clever clue, the more tangential to the quotation the better, but please don’t put the actual words of the quote in the clue.

Enjoy today’s Cryptogram

You can find this fun quotation puzzle, to combat early dementia and senility in us baby boomers, in several daily publications. I challenge us with the best ones out there.

The way it works is a letter stands for another letter. For example: AXYDLBAAXR is LONGFELLOW (does not apply to today's cryptogr)am).

Beware, the game is very addictive. If this is your first time, don't be intimidated, you’ll be solving them all within a few days. If you’re stumped, take a break and return to it.

PLEASE DO NOT post the answer in general comments, but DO post your time and how you made out.

You can certainly send your solution to my private reply, or if you need a hint for today’s Cryptogram ASK THE GROUP FOR HELP!

I suggest printing these out and work them on paper. If you need a little help you can copy and paste it to Hal’s Helper below.

You can then work on the puzzle without using pen and paper, but I recommend that you do NOT look at the letter counter.

HAL’S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER

One last request. Feel free to post a fun or clever clue, the more tangential to the quotation the better, but please don’t put the actual words of the quote in the clue.

LOL

“I am lucky to be what I am! Thank
goodness I’m not just a clam or a ham Or a dusty old jar
of sour gooseberry jam! “

I think you are using “dispensation” as the general meaning of of the word derived from the Greek word "oikonomia“.

However Cronos and I were speaking of “Dispensational Theology” which refers to a specific system of biblical interpretation that divides biblical history into different periods of time, or "dispensations," where God's will is revealed and tested. While the word "dispensation" appears in the Bible, the concept of dispensationalism is a theological interpretation and not explicitly taught in Scripture.

You are correct in believing in everything Paul said. It is the true WORD of God breathed out to us. I am not arguing that. What I was trying to say in my above post is that Dispensationalism and Covenant Theology are two distinct frameworks for understanding the overarching narrative and structure of the Bible. In that regard (scripture) they overlap.

I am a member of a PCA church (adheres to Covenant Theology), yet I have no problem visiting and enjoying my son’s Baptist Church (Dispensationalist).

The difference lies in one’s interpretation of how God interacts with humanity in different ways…. One way, through different distinct periods of time….. the other through a series of covenants (such as the covenant of works, covenant of grace, and covenant of redemption)…. Resulting in, for instance, difference in whether or not Israel and the Church are viewed as two separate peoples with distinct destinies (Dispensationalism) or there is continuity between Israel and the Church, meaning that all believers (Jewish and Gentile) are part of one people of God, and that the Church inherits the promises made to Israel (Covenant Theology).

I must agree with Cronos that Paul was not a dispensationalist ….. at least not in the modern sense of the term. However I think the confusion here between you two is that dispensationalism is strongly based on much of what Paul taught and his writings did influence the later development of dispensationalism.

Both dispensationalists and covenant theologians look to Paul’s letters for guidance on church doctrine, worship, and Christian living. On the practical level—such as salvation by grace, church leadership, and ethical teachings—there is significant overlap in how both groups apply Paul’s instructions to the life of the church.

The main differences are not in the day-to-day application of Paul’s moral or ecclesiastical instructions, but in the theological framework that shapes how each system understands the broader story of Scripture and the church’s identity. Dispensationalism: Sees the church and Israel as two distinct peoples with different roles and destinies. Covenant Theology: Sees the church as the continuation or fulfillment of Israel, with all believers (Jew and Gentile) united in one people of God. Paul’s teachings are applied to the church as the “new Israel,” inheriting the promises made to God’s people in the Old Testament.

The Roman Catholic Jesuits do not fit directly into either dispensationalism or covenant theology, as both frameworks are rooted in Protestant traditions and debates. Catholic tradition, including that of the Jesuits, emphasizes the unity of God’s plan throughout salvation history, but it does not divide history into dispensations or focus on the same covenants as Protestant covenant theology.

Focusing back to the original purpose of this whole thread about a possible “Jesuit world order”…… Dispensationalism has little to do with it.
It may be true that some critics have claimed that dispensationalism has roots in the writings of a 16th or 17th-century Jesuit theologian, Francisco Ribera , but that cannot be true since modern dispensationalism, as a system, was developed in the 19th century.

You asked about a verse about those who are deaf to the truth.

Maybe this one…..
2 Timothy 4:4: “They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.” This verse highlights the deliberate rejection of truth and the preference for falsehoods.

Psalm 119:103
‘How sweet are your words to my taste,
sweeter than honey to my mouth!’

I don’t see you on the list, so I added it just now.

It sounds like you had fun solving today’s Cryptogram. Would you like me to add you to the ping list?

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