{"id":999,"date":"2008-11-24T20:09:41","date_gmt":"2008-11-25T04:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oxgoad.ca\/2008\/11\/24\/some-good-words-from-southern-baptists-on-alcohol\/"},"modified":"2008-11-24T20:11:11","modified_gmt":"2008-11-25T04:11:11","slug":"some-good-words-from-southern-baptists-on-alcohol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oxgoad.ca\/2008\/11\/24\/some-good-words-from-southern-baptists-on-alcohol\/","title":{"rendered":"some good words from Southern Baptists on alcohol"},"content":{"rendered":"

I recently posted a review of a book by my good friend, Randy Jaeggli<\/a>, on the subject of the Christian and alcohol consumption. As Calvin Coolidge is said to have said about a preacher’s attitude toward sin: “He was agin it.”<\/p>\n

I came across an article in the Criswell Theological Review<\/a> today. The article is by Richard Land and Barrett Duke. In The Christian and Alcohol<\/a>, they appear to be ‘agin’ it also. The whole issue of the CTR is devoted to the subject of Christians and alcohol use. I commend Land and Duke’s article to you, I think they present a well-reasoned position for adopting a policy of total abstinence.Another article from the issue that is available online has to do more with the Biblical data (although the Land\/Duke article deals with many passages). This article doesn’t seem to be quite as strongly opposed to alcohol use, but it does present helpful discussion of the passages. The Bible and the Question of Alcoholic Beverages<\/a> by Keith Gentry.<\/p>\n

A third article available on the subject is To Drink or Not to Drink: A Sober Look at the Question<\/a> by Norman Geisler. This one is also helpful. I seem to recall Geisler having some good articles in BibSac on this subject also.<\/p>\n

I have perused these articles rather quickly, but I think they are worth consideration when dealing with this topic. They are helpful for their content and they are helpful for who the authors are. They are not “rabid fire-breathing Fundamentalists” like me. They offer wisdom, and they do so from a less strident perspective than mine. While I don’t think my Fundamentalism invalidates my arguments, some would be prepared to dismiss it from me. The addition of evangelical voices to this question makes the abstinence position less easy to dismiss. (Though of course libertines dismiss any voices, regardless of the theological perspective.)<\/p>\n

It is unconscionable that Christians are so cavalier in their willingness to play games with the world, especially in the area of drinking. Alcohol is very dangerous and Christians should not use it.<\/p>\n

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