{"id":48270,"date":"2016-06-15T21:18:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-16T02:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=48270"},"modified":"2023-10-05T14:24:48","modified_gmt":"2023-10-05T19:24:48","slug":"abstain-from-drinking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/abstain-from-drinking\/","title":{"rendered":"Abstain from Drinking"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<p>by Gary Wells<\/p>\n<div class=\"ead-preview\"><div class=\"ead-document\" style=\"position: relative;padding-top: 90%;\"><iframe src=\"\/\/view.officeapps.live.com\/op\/embed.aspx?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lavistachurchofchrist.org%2Fcms%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2016%2F06%2FNephaleos_abstain.pptx\" title=\"Embedded Document\" class=\"ead-iframe\" style=\"width: 100%;height: 100%;border: none;position: absolute;left: 0;top: 0;\"><\/iframe><\/div><p class=\"embed_download\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Nephaleos_abstain.pptx\" download>Download [100.35 KB] <\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Gary Wells<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[32],"tags":[371,1319],"class_list":["post-48270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermon","tag-alcohol","tag-drinking"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":29411,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/drinking-in-the-bible\/","url_meta":{"origin":48270,"position":0},"title":"Drinking in the Bible","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"January 4, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"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","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Article&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/scan0013_tif-2.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":89164,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/social-drinking-3\/","url_meta":{"origin":48270,"position":1},"title":"Social Drinking","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"August 6, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"by David McPherson Most folks are clear on the fact that drunkenness is condemned throughout the pages of the Bible. 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