“Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is at hand.” (Philippians 4:5 NKJV) ἐπιεικής epieikēs G1933 The old KJV said “moderation” which means gentleness. The KVJ term here ever hints of anything specifically concerning drinking (i.e. the amount of it).
“What we’re actually looking at is the destruction of a life, and the law stands for two reasons. It has an educative role: and it educates the public that the unborn is worthy of protection. And it also has a protective role: it allows for that woman to stand behind the law and say, ‘You …
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Isaiah 25:6 in Young’s Literal Translation does not include the word wine at all – because this verse in Hebrew does not say yayin (wine). YLT renders shemarim as “preserved things.” “And made hath Jehovah of Hosts, For all the peoples in this mount, A banquet of fat things, a banquet of preserved things, Fat …
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Researchers from Canada, USA, and Australia have together produced a meta-analysis of 54 published studies, regarding drinking, and death from all causes and from coronary heart disease (CHD). The report found that many of the previous prospective studies have failed to distinguish between former drinkers and persons who never were drinkers. This systematic error was …
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See also: Bible says be sober again and again. Phineas F. Bresee, founder of the Church of the Nazarene, promoted Christian holiness and rejected alcohol. Phineas F. Bresee’s first Manual (1898) for Nazarenes in Western USA says: “Holy Scriptures and human experience alike condemn the use, as a beverage, of alcoholic drinks.” A.M. Hills was …
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The reasons for this are two-fold. Alcohol is a mind-altering, mood-changing drug, a central nervous system depressant and intoxicant. Alcohol can produce harmful effects such as impairment of judgment, reason, insight, memory, conscience, speech, hearing, vision, and muscular co-ordination even in small amounts. The ever-increasing problems which result from its consumption. Those related to alcohol …
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‘Well look at them and look at us. I’m having a go at what they have got.’ —Arthur Stace “Mr. Eternity” Alcoholic Arthur Stace repented when he saw how Christians at St. Barnabas Church were NOT like him. The church’s Anglican rector, RBS Hammond, was a total prohibitionist, and Arthur was a drinker of methylated …
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See also: Bible says be sober again and again. Bernard Tolomeo (1272-1348) Tolomeo founded the Olivetan order of Benedictine monks. A late critic asserts: ‘They were also fanatical total abstainers … vineyards were rooted up and the wine-presses and vessels destroyed.’ Olivetans, Catholic Encyclopedia. Benedict himself (480-543) had noted that in earlier times it was …
See also: Bible says be sober again and again. Caution with the vague term ‘wine’ in communion service A minister today needs caution when using unfermented grape juice and simply calling it ‘wine’ during a communion service. Participants may become confused, unless it is specifically stated that it is not the fermented type. They may …
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1880s: Early magistrates refused to prosecute mob violence against Salvation Army victims In many places the publicans stirred up violent opposition against the Salvation Army, ‘who, like the silversmiths of the ancient story [Acts 19:23-41], could not help seeing that the hope of their unholy gains was going, if not already gone.’ The Christian, January …
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