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"Can Christians Drink?"
You may have determined that the Christian goal is to live as a monastic teetotaler. Many Christians live as if the Golden Rule says you avoid alcohol touching your lips. But abstaining from something just for the sake of abstaining is legalism.
Is it wrong to drink alcohol? Specifically, is it wrong to drink to excess to get drunk?
What is right is whatever the Designer determined to maximize the pleasure from it. By looking at some of the mentions in the Bible about alcohol we can judge the merits of the instruction. What we see here may surprise you.
The biblical authors teach us to avoid getting drunk, but not to avoid drinking. That’s the biblical argument in a nutshell. That’s how we experience pleasure with one of the most common substances throughout history. I’ve met plenty of people who had no idea the Bible even mentioned alcohol in the first place, let alone qualified it. When used in moderation, alcohol is a pleasure that Christians can enjoy.
You may have determined that the Christian goal is to live as a monastic teetotaler. Many Christians live as if the Golden Rule says you avoid alcohol touching your lips. But abstaining from something just for the sake of abstaining is legalism.
Is it wrong to drink alcohol? Specifically, is it wrong to drink to excess to get drunk?
What is right is whatever the Designer determined to maximize the pleasure from it. By looking at some of the mentions in the Bible about alcohol we can judge the merits of the instruction. What we see here may surprise you.
The biblical authors teach us to avoid getting drunk, but not to avoid drinking. That’s the biblical argument in a nutshell. That’s how we experience pleasure with one of the most common substances throughout history. I’ve met plenty of people who had no idea the Bible even mentioned alcohol in the first place, let alone qualified it. When used in moderation, alcohol is a pleasure that Christians can enjoy.
About this Plan
This plan helps to rethink the Biblical view of pleasure and shows how our pursuit of pleasure mirrors our pursuit of God. By revisiting the goodness of God in Scripture, we also see one of His greatest parts of creation emerge anew. This is the “life to the full” Jesus told us about.
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