Posts Tagged ‘alcohol’
Thank you for all the work you did to produce the study on Drinking in the Old Testament
Question: Dear Brother, Thank you for all the work you did to produce the study on Drinking in the Old Testament. Answer: Thank you. You may be interested in the companion lesson: Drinking in the New Testament. Also, both of these lessons were written in article format and can be found at: Old Testament Beverages New Testament…
Read MoreOur 18-year-old step-daughter is into sex and alcohol. What do we do?
Question: Hello, I have a stepchild who was living with her mother’s side of the family until age 13 until we got full custody of her. She is now 18. She has been exposed to seeing her mother (my husband’s ex-wife) doing drugs and seeing her mother having sex with multiple guys at once. She…
Read MoreThey Know It Is Wrong, But They Don’t Care
by Jeffrey W. Hamilton An article appeared in the newspaper reporting on a study by Bruce Bartholow at the University of Missouri-Columbia. While we all know that alcohol changes a person’s behavior this study shows that those under the influence of alcohol realize that they are making mistakes, but they just don’t care. Participants in…
Read MoreI want to spread your information on alcohol to others!
Question: I would like to spread this information on alcohol through a billboard, radio, television campaign! What great information! Unbelievable! What a gift from God! I am so glad I found this comprehensive information on wine with reference to how it is translated and written in the Bible! Thank you to all who took the time to…
Read MoreWhy is the qualification for deacons “not given to much wine?”
Question: I scanned through the topics on your website about drinking, but I still have a question about I Timothy 3:8. I’m not trying to argue that drinking is OK or trying to reword the Scripture to allow it. I do like a beer with a meal on occasion, but I don’t support alcoholism and…
Read MoreHow do I repent for getting drunk?
Question: This is with deep regret that I am asking this. This past Saturday my neighbors threw a going-away party for my wife and me. I ended up getting drunk in front of all of my peers and I feel terrible. I have worked so hard to be the best Christian possible. My question is…
Read MoreI am so miserable. I need help
Question: Hi, I can’t find an answer, and I need guidance, I can’t find my path I feel like I am walking in the same place don’t go forward. A little background: My mom and dad divorced when I was an older child. My dad drank heavily and abused my mom mentally and verbally. He…
Read MoreWhile drinking I had video sex with a stranger. I feel so ashamed of what I’ve done.
Question: I have a wonderful wife and family. I have been happily married, and we wonderful children. Our life is great. However, I have let sin into my life. I started looking at porn about a year ago and thought nothing of it. However, it has crept in, and I think I have a problem.…
Read MoreI love the Lord, but I must be grieving Him so much
Question: Here is my story: I married a man, but after a year his sister put me out of the house because of my drinking and partying with friends. I had nowhere to go, so I met people who took me to another town. I wasn’t saved at that time, so I started staying with…
Read MoreYour lessons on drinking were wonderful!
Question: I listened to your lessons on drinking from the Old and New Testament and they were wonderful. I have read the book, Bible Wines and the Laws of Fermentation, have bought many of them, and given them out. Your lesson included some things that I did not know. Answer: I’m glad you found the information useful.
Read MoreI keep doing things that I know are wrong. Can you pray for me?
Question: I have great trouble with resisting sin, porn, drugs, alcohol all on occasions. I know it’s wrong, but I find myself still indulging. Please pray for me to overcome. Answer: To realize that what you are doing is wrong and harmful is a step in the right direction, but what you need next is…
Read MoreMy husband and I lived a very sinful life, but now we want to change. Is our marriage still valid? Will God forgive us?
Question: I need your advice, please? My husband and I recently started reading the Bible. We were both members of our families’ churches, growing up, and had a Christian wedding. We seemed to have stopped praying along the way and stop going to church ended up with the wrong group of friends, drinking, and doing…
Read MoreCould Paul have told Timothy to drink grape juice for his stomach’s sake?
Question: I just read your article online about alcohol and the Bible, New Testament Beverages, and wanted to say it is magnificent. I do want to point out something about a loophole you left for the drinker concerning Paul’s advice to Timothy about drinking wine. In the Greek book, The Learned Banqueters and other sources mention medicines…
Read MoreHow do I handle an invitation to a party where drinks are being served?
Question: Hi, I have received a recent invitation to attend a pre-nuptial party. I don’t have any objections to the occasion, nor any ill-feeling to the hosts or anything like that. What I am against is that some alcoholic beverages will be served during the party. I’m not sure what to do – either not attend and when…
Read MoreWasn’t wine used during the Lord’s Supper?
Question: I was thankful for the short piece on Jesus not having long hair and not being handsome. I wanted to correct you, though, in your interpretation of the commandment to observe Passover in Luke. It was wine, not grape juice. Nowhere can you find the Greek words written by Luke or the other New Testament writers…
Read MoreWhy wasn’t Noah condemned for getting drunk?
Question: Why was Noah never condemned by God for becoming drunk and committing the sin of incest? And God used him to build the ark. Answer: You’re mixing events. Noah was a righteous man (Genesis 7:1). He was saved when he obeyed God and built an ark. But it wasn’t until years later that he…
Read MoreIs it a sin to call Child Protective Services on your dad?
Question: Is it a sin to call Child Protective Services on your dad? I had like one beer and got caught by my brother who’s a snitch. He took me home and my dad got mad and slapped me, but it wasn’t as if I was drunk. He didn’t have to hit me. Would it…
Read MoreThe Question of Wine and the Drink-Offering of the Old Testament
Original Author Unknown, Edited by Carl A. Allen and Jeffrey W. Hamilton via The Berean, Vol. V, No. 5,6, February 2010 The argument for the drinking of wine with the Old Testament feasts is stated as thus: “The drink-offerings at all set feasts, including Passover, were of wine (Numbers 15:1-10); therefore, as Jesus was eating the Passover when…
Read MoreDrinking in the Bible
Grapes Matthew 7:16 Old Testament Sermon with Audio: Drinking in the Old Testament Article: Old Testament Beverages New Testament Sermon with audio: Drinking in the New Testament Article: New Testament Beverages
Read MoreHow do I handle a Christian on my campus team who is repeatedly intoxicated?
Question: At the college I attend, “team housing” is offered, meaning that students who are on an academic or athletic team are housed together in one house (with separate wings for male and female students). I am the president of the academic team I live with, and I am having a problem with one a…
Read MoreCan you tell me your source for your opening statement in “Social Drinking”?
Question: I’m an addictions counselor. Having recently read your article “Social Drinking,” (Dudley Ross Spears), I have a question: How did you come up (substantiation for) with your opening statement: “We live in a world where social drinking is accepted by over two-thirds of our entire population”? Answer: One of the sources I used when…
Read MoreDoes the Gospel Sanction the Use of Beverage Alcohol in Different Countries According to Local Customs?
by Jim E. Waldron In our approach to the word of God, we must not assume that modern definitions of words are those which are found in the word of God. Words in the Scriptures must be used in the context in which they were used at the time they were written. A well-known mistake…
Read MoreHow do you quit drinking and smoking?
Question: How do you quit drinking and smoking? Answer: There is no magic involved. It really depends on your determination on what you want controlling your life, a box of leaves rolled up in paper, a bottle of liquid, or you. It won’t be easy because tobacco alters the chemistry in your body and alcohol…
Read MoreCan Romans 14:21 be used to justify the use of alcoholic beverages?
Question: May His grace continually flourish in the good work He has started in our life. About Romans 14:21, many brothers in our congregation are having a field day with this verse. The worse are the defenses they use to justify drinking. I will not say am the weak type, but I have a distaste…
Read MoreSocial Drinking
by Dudley Ross Spears We live in a world where social drinking is accepted by over two-thirds of our entire population. That segment also accepts just about any other kind of drinking. But social drinking has been elevated a few steps above ordinary honkey-tonk or bar room drinking. No matter what name it is known…
Read MoreHow do you answer someone who claims “new wine” in Acts 2:13 must be alcoholic?
Question: In attempts to discuss my beliefs with some people in the denominations, the issue of alcohol came up (the person I was speaking to brews her own beer). Their claim was that Acts 2:13 proves that the new wine was alcoholic, even though I tried to point out that, instead, it was being used as an insult…
Read MoreDoes alcohol cook out when cooking with it?
Question: Does alcohol cook out when cooking with it? I’ve heard yes and no, so I am not sure. My sister got some barbecued Bourbon Chicken for supper. I didn’t’ think it had anything to do with alcohol, but I looked on-line and saw it does. If it doesn’t cook out of the food, then…
Read MoreHow can I help an abused girl who has been thrown out of her home?
Question: I’m a college student who’s a leader in my church’s high school ministry. One girl recently revealed to me, while on a mission’s trip, that she was abused by her parents, culminating in her being thrown out of the house at the age of 16. We talked and I assured her that God and…
Read MoreSince I became a Christian, I’ve become an alcoholic. Should I be baptized again?
Question: I was baptized in my late teens. I genuinely believed at that time everything I was supposed to based on Scripture. Since then, I have done all sorts of things that are wrong and sinful and it is now ten years later. I have a serious physical addiction to drinking alcohol and dipping, which…
Read MoreDo you have sources showing that oinos and yayin can mean both fermented and unfermented drinks?
Question: Our Baptist church is considering the elimination of the statement in the church covenant that states, “do not use or sell any alcoholic beverage”. Obviously, this is to condone moderate drinking. The basis for this is Romans 14:21. The pastor has a lexicon that shows all wine as written in the Bible means fermented. …
Read MoreWhat dictionary did you use to define the Hebrew words for wine in your article?
Question: I am doing some research on the symbolism of wine the Bible, particularly its use in the Old Testament and I came across your web site about the different Hebrew words and meanings of wine. I wanted to ask you which Hebrew lexicon you are using because I use Strong’s Lexicon and I found differences…
Read MoreDoes Matthew 5:28 apply to other sins?
Question: Matthew 5:28 says “But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.” Does this apply to other things? If I had a desire to smoke and drink, but I actually don’t do it, does it means that I had…
Read MoreWhy didn’t Lot turn down his daughters’ advances?
Question: Why did Lot in Genesis 19, get drunk, have sex with his daughters, and get them pregnant? I wondered what was the purpose? Couldn’t he have just said no to his daughters? Answer: A major problem with all drugs, including alcohol, is that they impair a person’s judgment. Things that normally would be rejected somehow become “reasonable” to…
Read MoreI got drunk, visited a prostitute and really messed up my life. What do I do?
Question: I am a 26-year-old male and a Roman Catholic. Last month I was celebrating my birthday and I had planned a simple day for myself with my roommates: have a few drinks and dinner. I prayed for this to be my year with the help of God, and I went to the chapel to…
Read MoreHow do you answer people who try to use Jesus turning water to wine as proof for drinking alcohol?
Question: Regarding John 2 and Jesus turning water to wine: So many people refer to this story when trying to verify it’s OK to drink. They ignore all the other passages that it’s not OK. What should my response be to this when they do that? Answer: A good summary is found in “Did Jesus…
Read MoreWhat about deacons not being given to much wine, doesn’t this allow for a casual drink?
Question: I really appreciated your “New Testament Beverages.” However, how does one answer the question relating to deacons must not be given to much wine? This seems to allow for a casual drink. If this was merely grape juice, should we not ask prospective deacons how much grape juice they drink? Answer: “Likewise deacons must…
Read MoreThe Beer Can
by Kent Heaton It was lying on the side of the road on the corner to my house. A single beer can was discarded as a piece of trash by a person who had used its contents to fill a pleasure and then thrown out the window. I have seen hundreds of discarded cans and…
Read MoreIs there any reference to Jesus having drunk to excess at any time?
Question: Is there any reference to Jesus having drunk to excess at any time? Answer: To drink an alcoholic beverage would be drunkenness, which is a sin. “Or do you not know that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor…
Read MoreWhy aren’t we teaching about issues regarding how to stay saved — moral issues like sex, drugs, alcohol, etc.?
Question: I have been a member for a little while now and I have fallen short as many others. But my question is: Why is it that we, as members of the churches of Christ, always talk about what will get you saved but not keep you saved? I have problems with sex outside of…
Read MoreHow do I get my parents to see that they are enabling my sister to be a drug user?
Question: This question is about addiction and enabling and how it relates to the Bible. My sister got pregnant in high school and gave birth to my niece when she was 17 years old. My parents raised the child and formally adopted her. So, legally my niece became my sister. My parents spoiled her growing…
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