The Eagle & Child

The whole alcohol debate is old news for me, as most of you know, but when I see a view from a different angle, I like to collect it here for future reference.  From The Search, via Jesus Creed: . . . [W]hat about alcohol is so inherently bad? The obvious answer is that it [...]

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From the Internet Monk: “Whenever the devil harasses you, seek the company of men or drink more, or joke and talk nonsense, or do some other merry thing. Sometimes we must drink more, sport, recreate ourselves, and even sin a little to spite the devil, so that we leave him no place for troubling our [...]

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Scot McKnight on the issue of alcohol (but it could apply to any issue): It seems every year someone brings up the Bible and alcohol (the drinking kind)…What I find every year in this conversation is a serious, but repeated mistake. The tack is this: If I take a stand more “biblical than the Bible,” [...]

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It came to mind today that it would be interesting to do a study (or read a book) on feasting in the Bible and how it relates to the unquestionable concern for the poor and needy in scripture.  I had a conversation today about expensive meals out and inevitably the subject of how many starving [...]

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