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This is show 275, our tattoos, a sin.

Okay, so I get mail every week from people all over the country, actually all over the world.

And I get a number of questions and this question this week that I'm going to go over with you is probably one of the...

Well, at least it's one of the top 10. It might be one of the top five. I'm not sure.

But it is the question our tattoos us in to get.

And we're going to talk about that today because there's no doubt that many of my friends, you perhaps are experiencing this decision-making process right now.

Do you want a tattoo or are you already got a tattoo?

So we're going to talk about that and hopefully shine some light on that decision-making so that it will make a difference in your life.

And of course, the big question is are tattoos a sin? So we'll take a look at that in just a minute.

This whole topic which I mentioned is one that's been asked for a long, long time.

But the reason I'm going to be talking about it now is that the daughter of a very close friend of mine got in touch with me and asked, Jeff, can I talk to you?

I want to talk to you about is a tattoo a sin. And I said, you know what? Let's have a cup of coffee.

So we got a cup of coffee and we talked about it for about an hour or so.

And today's message with you is what I said. And I have all kinds of notes on this because I've been keeping track of this for a long time.

I've got notes from the catechism. I got notes from the Bible. I got notes from Christopher West theology of the body, a man of Protestant pastor, Piper.

I got all kinds of different sources that I've been able to gather together to help me think about this. And you know in the last two weeks I've been talking a lot about thinking,

well, this is one of those topics that I have, I've thought about deeply, you know, because I've got children, I've got three grandchildren.

And my children have asked me these questions and no doubt my grandchildren, they may ask these questions as well.

Should I should I get a tattoo? Maybe you have a pressure at home, you know, maybe your parents have said, I don't want you getting a tattoo.

In fact, if you get a tattoo, you're not living here. You get a tattoo. I'm not paying tuition. You get a tattoo and not buying that car, whatever, whatever it might be.

And you might be in the midst of it right now. So if you like it, pass it on to your folks, all right.

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