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    1) The document uses Mr. Potato Head as a metaphor to discuss how Christians often present different faces in different situations, such as having one face for church and another for everyday life. 2) It argues that true repentance involves assuming a consistent expression or "look" that remains the same in every situation, rather than changing faces. 3) Inner duplicity is likened to replacing Mr. Potato Head's plastic parts, with the heart described as something that cannot be replaced and is deceitful, known only to God.

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    1) The document uses Mr. Potato Head as a metaphor to discuss how Christians often present different faces in different situations, such as having one face for church and another for everyday life. 2) It argues that true repentance involves assuming a consistent expression or "look" that remains the same in every situation, rather than changing faces. 3) Inner duplicity is likened to replacing Mr. Potato Head's plastic parts, with the heart described as something that cannot be replaced and is deceitful, known only to God.

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    1) The document uses Mr. Potato Head as a metaphor to discuss how Christians often present different faces in different situations, such as having one face for church and another for everyday life. 2) It argues that true repentance involves assuming a consistent expression or "look" that remains the same in every situation, rather than changing faces. 3) Inner duplicity is likened to replacing Mr. Potato Head's plastic parts, with the heart described as something that cannot be replaced and is deceitful, known only to God.

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    1) The document uses Mr. Potato Head as a metaphor to discuss how Christians often present different faces in different situations, such as having one face for church and another for everyday life. 2) It argues that true repentance involves assuming a consistent expression or "look" that remains the same in every situation, rather than changing faces. 3) Inner duplicity is likened to replacing Mr. Potato Head's plastic parts, with the heart described as something that cannot be replaced and is deceitful, known only to God.

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    The Gospel According to Mr.

    Potato Head
    The Toy Story movies are innocent enough and a pleasant diversion from
    the responsibilities of adulthood. Having no TV has not cured me of a fun film
    and I’m still a visual person. The Bible says that without a vision the people
    perish and since our thoughts are not His thoughts, it’s only natural that we
    would twist the concept to our own liking. One of the joys of imagination is
    that it gets away from us to the point of ultimate obsession or fills a void with
    momentary inspiration. I’ve been blessed with both extremes and I will
    attempt to put a face on it for you. No pun intended.
    It is to the pastime of children, who are learning to craft an expression, a
    demeanor they might be stuck with all their life, that I present the changing
    view of the person commonly known as Mr. Potato Head. Now that he is in
    the Church he prefers to be known as Brother Potato Head; not to be
    confused with Pastor Potato Head who has a formal background in the study
    of Potato Hermeneutic Development. That’s what his PHD stands for. In order
    to stay on track we’ll avoid going into detail about his starchy tuber home
    life, his sweet potato and the tater tots. This may be a delightful comparison
    but my theological spin on these particular Spudsters is limited.
    Imagine if you will first thing on Sunday morning waking up to a blank
    expression. With no apparent reflection in the mirror and no clue as to how to
    put on a reasonable testimony of the truth, we’ll just have to sort through a
    collection of add on items that should cover the situation until after the
    benediction. Then we can replace the outward appearance with a more
    realistic expression of life beyond the church parking lot as we put on an
    appropriate phony face. The little ears that we had at 10 am are removed
    and an appropriate large set is put into place to capture the essence of
    gossip, opinion and a new CD just released by The Dipsy Chips. The drowsy
    eyes of the post offering sermon is now changed to a big colorful set of
    attentive peepers that you pop in to watch your favorite Sunday afternoon
    sports event. The nose that has no capacity to discern between religious
    flatulence and a fragrant fellowship with God, has been replaced with huge
    garage sized nostrils that are drawn away to the aroma of a false prophet’s
    promise. I could go on and on about the replaceable mouth that speaks one
    thing at the Bible study and another thing at the water cooler and the flexible
    hands that are raised in the worship service but lowered in the handling of
    worldly goods and everyday business, but I won’t.
    One item that doesn’t come in the box with the Potato Head Disciple is the
    heart of the apparatus and not something to be toyed with. The heart is
    deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? I the LORD
    search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and
    according to the fruit of his doings. Jer 17:9-10. Keeping up appearances has
    always been a challenge and we have all been known to put on a front to
    cover an inner anxiety or hide a transgression from those around us. We fill
    the duplicitous orifice with a plastic plug; a convenient nonessential
    distraction until the day the Holy Spirit or a close friend points out the
    disguise. You can fool church people most of the time but you can’t fool God
    at all and as we come to terms with true repentance we will eventually
    assume a suitable expression that will remain the same in every situation.
    Until that look is achieved there will always be numerous playful accessories
    and some assembly required. These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are
    an abomination unto him: A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent
    blood, An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to
    mischief, A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among
    brethren. Prov 6: 16-19
    T. LaVigne www.tlavigne.blogspot.com

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