Wednesday Night

I had a great time with you guys at Starbucks last night. Here are your questions and the verses that we looked at. Feel free to add verses that you've found or give us your feedback on the conversation last night in the comments section.

Peace,
Micheal

Is it ok to get a tattoo or a piercing?
Leviticus 19:28
“‘Do not cut your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the LORD.

1Kings 18:28
So they shouted louder and slashed themselves with swords and spears, as was their custom, until their blood flowed.

Is it wrong to cuss?
Romans 6:6
Could it be any clearer? Our old way of life was nailed to the Cross with Christ, a decisive end to that sin-miserable life—no longer at sin’s every beck and call! What we believe is this:

Ephesians 4:29
Watch the way you talk. Let nothing foul or dirty come out of your mouth. Say only what helps, each word a gift.

Ephesians 5:4
Though some tongues just love the taste of gossip, Christians have better uses for language than that. Don’t talk dirty or silly. That kind of talk doesn’t fit our style. Thanksgiving is our dialect.

Matthew 12:36
Let me tell you something: Every one of these careless words is going to come back to haunt you. There will be a time of Reckoning. Words are powerful; take them seriously.

Colossians 3:8
But you know better now, so make sure it’s all gone for good: bad temper, irritability, meanness, profanity, dirty talk.

Why don’t we have instruments in church?
Ephesians 5:18-19
Col 3:16

Do you have to go to church to get into heaven?
1Corinthians 12

Is it wrong to retaliate against someone who has hurt you?
2 Kings 2:24

Matthew 5:38; Ps 10:2; Lev 19:18