Does the Bible Say Generous Overspending's OK?

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Christians are not under the Old Covenant, but rather under the new one. In the New Testament, there is no prohibition against mixed marriages of the sort you have in mind. The prohibitions in the Old Testament were meant to try and protect a tiny minority religion from the polytheism and immorality that existed all around Israel.

Q: Do Christians still have to keep the 7th-day Sabbath?

Christians are not obligated to keep any day as the Sabbath because we are not under the Mosaic Law. Rather, we are to celebrate the Lord's day, and we can do so on whichever day we choose (see Romans 14:5-6). However, for theological reasons, the church has always celebrated on the first day of the week--the day Jesus rose from the dead (see 1 Cor. 16.2; Rev. 1:10). This day (Sunday) came to be called the Lord's day.

Q: In the Old Testament, God says we must celebrate Passover. So why is it that Christians do not celebrate it? --Jessica M.

Christians do not celebrate Passover because we are not under the Mosaic Covenant. See Galatians 3-4 on the issue of our being under the new covenant.

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