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Of Wine and Whine
I was recently involved in a couple of forum threads discussing alcohol on a fundamentalist Christian blog. I was pleasantly surprised to see that there were more people who admitted that the Bible approved of alcohol consumption than I would have thought (about 25% of poll responders said they partake, while about 80% said they believe the Bible allows for it, but they don’t partake.)The ones who admitted that the Bible allows it, but decided it was unwise for them to partake didn’t bother me much. I think they should be learning liberty, but I have no major problems with their decision.
I am/am not/am a Fundamentalist
For those of you who don’t know, I was raised an IFB (Independent Fundamental Baptist). Over time, as is obvious from my articles on baptism, I have become a Presbyterian instead of a Baptist, so I have dropped that part of the label. As a Presbyterian, I am also no longer part of a completely independent church, so there goes that part (although there are Free Presbyterians, there aren’t any around here). The independent/non independent I don’t really see as a huge issue either way (although I’m sure there are many who would differ with me on that issue on both sides.)Now let’s look at the middle part of the label, which is also the most important (to me and to the ones who claim the label).First, let’s list the Fundamentals, as defined by the originators of the movement:
Baptism
For those of you who don’t know, Nathan (my brother) and I (as well as a few others) have been carrying on a discussion on the subject of baptism with Nathan (Pitchford) in the comments on some articles on his blog.The two articles (which I would recommend you read, including the comments on each) are Credo-Baptism and Covenant Theology and Credo Baptism: A Retraction. For those of you who still persist in Dispensationalism, the arguments on both sides of the issue probably don’t mean a whole lot to you. I would still encourage you to read them, however.
Alcohol and the Christian Part Deux
Now, I understand that, despite the weight of Scripture in the previous article about alcohol, some will still have objections. I intend to deal with some of these objections here.I must preface this by noting that this is mostly not of my creating. We have been discussing alcohol in Sunday School, and this list of objections, and many of the responses, came from that, although I’ve taken the liberty to phrase them as I wish.
