Are Tattoos Banned By The Bible?
Ink in books is great. But what about when it goes in the skin?
It’s pretty obvious that marking yourself up like you’re auditioning to join MS13 is a bad idea, but are tattoos themselves a sin?
Secondary moral issues like this one often fire up the most heated arguments about what is and isn’t ok in the life of a believer. And getting ink is one on which people take very firm positions.
Can a Christian get ink without troubling his conscience before God?
Opinions are all well and good, but what does God’s WORD say about it?
Doug has never had ink done, and he cracks open this touchy topic with Rich — who isn’t sure how to count his tats because they’re all connected.
As they wade into this deep water, notice how the emphasis is on the heart and intentions of the believer and the authority of God’s word more than appealing to some moralizing list of do’s-and-don’ts that some scolding schoolmarm pulled out of her backside.
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While you’re at it, here’s Doug’s latest book, The Bible and Hunting:
If a person looked to Scripture and paid particular attention to the passages within the Bible that address the topic of hunting, then they’d walk away thinking not only is hunting animals tolerated but it is endorsed by God. And that’s exactly what this little book is about: proving that God, from Genesis to Revelation, is extremely cool with hunters and hunting. I’ll go out on a biblical limb and claim right off the bat that you cannot show me, through the balance of the Bible, that the God of the Scripture is against the responsible killing and the grilling of the animals He created. ~Doug Giles
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