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Category Archives: Christian Liberty
What Does the Bible Teach About Drinking Alcohol? (8)
Did you know that the early churches of the New Testament struggled mightily with an issue that we think nothing of today? I mean they got into heated disputes over it. Some Christians would separate themselves from other Christians over … Continue reading
Posted in Alcohol, Balance, Choices, Christian Liberty, Personal Holiness, Series: "What Does the Bible Teach About Drinking Alcohol?"
Tagged 1 Corinthians 10:25, 1 Corinthians 8:4, 1 Timothy 4:4-5, alcohol and Christian liberty, Christian Liberty, Chuck Swindoll, eating meat that had been offered to idols, Romans 14:14
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What Does the Bible Teach About Drinking Alcohol? (7)
Thus far in this series, I’ve made the case that the Bible allows for a certain amount of moderate drinking. However, we really need to understand that the alcoholic beverages of Bible times were nowhere near as potent as those … Continue reading
What Does the Bible Teach About Drinking Alcohol? (6)
Christ’s changing of the water into wine is one of His more famous miracles. It’s also one of His most debated. Some folks absolutely cringe at the very notion of Jesus devoting a miracle to making alcoholic wine. They say, … Continue reading
Posted in Alcohol, Christ's Miracles, Christian Liberty, Series: "What Does the Bible Teach About Drinking Alcohol?"
Tagged Christ's first miracle, did Jesus make intoxicating wine?, Jesus changing the water into wine, John 2:1-11, Marvin Vincent, the wedding in Cana, word studies in the New Testament
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What Does the Bible Teach About Drinking Alcohol? (5)
Did Jesus drink fermented (alcoholic) wine? Needless to say, that’s a hot-button question. To answer it, all I know to do is go to the Bible. I’ll begin by saying that the gospels do not use oinos, the Greek word for … Continue reading
Posted in Alcohol, Christ's Death, Christian Liberty, Crucifixion, Series: "What Does the Bible Teach About Drinking Alcohol?", The Lord's Supper
Tagged did Jesus drink wine?, Genesis 14:18-20, Jesus and Melchizedek, Leviticus 10:8-11, Luke 7:33-34, Mark 15:23, Matthew 26:27-29, Melchizedek, winebibber
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What Does the Bible Teach About Drinking Alcohol? (4)
I used my previous post in this series to condemn the sin of drunkenness. Now I want to share a few thoughts on addiction to alcohol. All drunkenness is sin, but there’s a difference between getting drunk once at a … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Alcohol, Balance, Choices, Christian Liberty, Drugs, Gluttony, Personal Holiness, Series: "What Does the Bible Teach About Drinking Alcohol?", Sin, Temptation
Tagged addiction, addiction to alcohol, alcoholism, drug addiction, gluttony, John 8:36, Luke 4:17-19, the cure for alcoholism, the sin of gluttony
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What Does the Bible Teach About Drinking Alcohol? (3)
Now that we’ve taken the Bible and established that it does allow for some drinking of wine (see post 1 of this series) and other alcoholic drinks (see post 2), we really need to hit the sin of drunkenness hard. … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Alcohol, Balance, Christian Liberty, Series: "What Does the Bible Teach About Drinking Alcohol?", Sin, Temptation
Tagged 1 Timothy 3:2-3, 1 Timothy 3:8, 1 Timothy 5:23, alcoholic beverages, alcoholic drinks, Bible verses about drunkenness, drunkenness, Isaiah 5:22, Proverbs 23:29-30, the Nazarite vow
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What Does the Bible Teach About Drinking Alcohol? (2)
In the previous post, I said some things about wine in the Bible. Here now, with this post, I want to do the same concerning “strong drink.” In case you don’t know, “strong drink” is different from wine. The Hebrew … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Alcohol, Choices, Christian Liberty, Personal Holiness, Series: "What Does the Bible Teach About Drinking Alcohol?"
Tagged beer, Deuteronomy 14:26, Israel's three tithes, Proverbs 31:6, shekar, strong drink, the festival tithe, Tithing, what does the Bible say about drinking beer?
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What Does the Bible Teach About Drinking Alcohol? (1)
One of the more passionately debated Biblical topics is that of the drinking of alcoholic beverages. Does the Bible make some allowance for such drinking or does it forbid it altogether? This is a question to which I’d like to … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Alcohol, Bible Study, Choices, Christian Liberty, Doing Good, Personal Holiness, Series: "What Does the Bible Teach About Drinking Alcohol?"
Tagged Greek words for wine, Hebrew words for wine, John 2:1-10, Noah getting drunk, patriarchal blessing, what does the Bible teach about drinking alcohol?, wine and the Bible
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Should Women Wear Head Coverings?
Did you know that various Christian denominations around the world require women to wear head coverings in church? Some denominations even extend the requirement to settings outside the church. As for what type of covering the women wear, that depends … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Liberty, Church, Discernment, Dress and Appearance, Headship, Husbands, Marriage, Personal Holiness, Prayer, Rebellion, Submission, Wives, Worship
Tagged a wife's submission, bobbed hair, did Jesus have short hair?, head coverings, headship of the husband, is it right for a man to have long hair?, is it right for a woman to have short hair?, men and short hair, women and long hair, women wearing head coverings
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