Allowable Foods

Dear Victorious,

Are there any foods that Christians should not eat?

Marsha A. - Wheaton, IL

Dear Marsha,

The New Testament says that we can eat anything that grows on earth. But, food or drink or other substances becomes a wrong when it abuses our body, harms us or becomes a "false god" to us. So even baking cookies - if done so at the expense of other things God wants for you - can be wrong. And that is the operative difference - can become wrong. There are no foods that Christians should not eat, unless they are eaten for the wrong reasons or take an improper context in our lives.