Tag: Alcohol

  • Water into Wine – What are we to do?

    A couple weeks back I preached on the story of Jesus’ first sign, as He turned water into wine at the wedding of Cana from John 2.  In my religious heritage this passage was, well, at the best, awkward.  I am thankful for many, many things in my Baptist heritage, including a passion for the…

  • Proverbs (and a few other Scriptures) on the Use of Alcohol

    The sermon for this morning is going to look at what Proverbs has to say about the use of alcohol.  In some religious approaches, alcohol is pretty much always to be avoided and drinking is sinful in and of itself.  In other approaches alcohol is basically a god, the answer to life’s problems and the…

  • Devotion – Proverbs 20

    The focus of this devotion is on Proverbs 20:1. We live in a society that is consumed with alcohol.  The best commercials on TV are beer commercials.  Every restaurant has a bar, and people at almost every table are drinking some kind of alcoholic beverage.  The social life at most parties revolves around alcohol. Drinking…