Striving for the Unity of the Faith for the Glory of God ~ Eph. 4:3,13; Rom. 15:5-7

fundyreformed on September 21st, 2009

Tim Archer just finished up a good series on wine and the Christian.  He tries his best to present the entire teaching of Scripture on the topic as he reviews all the pertinent Scriptural passages briefly.   His series in effect, presents a bird’s eye view of the issue, in a non-combative, irenic way.  I encourage [...]

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fundyreformed on July 28th, 2009

I was swept away (again), into a fundamentalist feud over alcoholic drink.  My ears perked up when I came across a humorous post on teetotaling.  I figured that the issue was a current hot button topic at Sharper Iron, and so I went digging.
Turns out, Shelton Smith (The Sword of The Lord) and Robert Sumner [...]

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fundyreformed on August 10th, 2008

Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaining? Who has wounds without cause? Who has redness of eyes? Those who tarry long over wine; those who go to try mixed wine. Do not look at wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly. In [...]

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fundyreformed on August 7th, 2008

I’ve already argued extensively that the Bible condones the moderate use of alcohol. In my recent review of Kenneth Gentry’s God Gave Wine, there was a bit of a debate in the comments. I had loaned out my copy of Gentry’s book, and recently got it back, and so I wanted to advance a few [...]

Continue reading about Isaiah 16:10 and the Two-Wine Theory

Written by one who doesn’t drink due to health concerns, God Gave Wine takes a non-biased approach to the issue.  What does the Bible really say about alcoholic drink?  Contrary to the popular opinion of many American evangelical Christians, the Bible does not expressly forbid the drinking of alcoholic drinks, such as wine or “strong drink”.  Rather, [...]

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fundyreformed on January 24th, 2008

Charles Spurgeon was by far the most influential Christian preacher of the last 200 years. And today, Christians of all sorts pay attention to what he thought and said on any given topic. Given the nearly unparalleled length of his written works (almost every sermon recorded for us), and given the length of [...]

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