How ironic! Alcohol worsens the very problems it supposedly helps to cure. I’d never recommend drinking it. The Lord warns: ‘Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.’ (Proverbs 20:1)
THE subject upon which I have been requested to write a paper is, “The Value of Temperance in connection with Religious Aggressive Effort.” Before entering directly on the subject, I want to make two or three preliminary remarks, and, I. It may be well to explain that we understand religious aggressive effort to be, that …
Drinking Alcohol vs Christianity – Catherine Booth, Salvation Army, 1879 Read More »
I ought to be able to make a speech with such a text; but it seems, as The General has said, to have taken all the breath out of me.
See also: Bible says be sober again and again. “Word to a Drunkard” by John Wesley 1. Are you a man? God made you a man; but you make yourself a beast. Wherein does a man differ from a beast? Is it not chiefly in reason and understanding? But you throw away what reason you …
“Next to the preaching of the Gospel, the most necessary thing to be done in England is to induce our people to become abstainers.” – Charles Spurgeon, 1882 (Baptist Church) See also: Southern Baptist Convention – Resolution on Alcohol (2006) See also: Bible says be sober again and again. Charles Spurgeon promoted teetotalism more and …
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Deuteronomy 14:26 simply refers to wine and fruit-cider (yayin and shekhar) at a feast. The Hebrew text does not specify ‘hard’ cider. Hard cider recieves no specific endorsement. “wine, and cider” (Deut. 14:26, Wycliffe’s Bible With Modern Spelling) See also: Bible says be sober again and again. Grape juice already called yayin (wine) in the …
Interviewer: “Mr Bradman, you must have a wonderful physique to be capable of endurance required in your amazing world’s record.” Don Bradman: “Well, I don’t think so. I don’t think my physique is any different to anybody else’s. I think one of the main reasons why I am able to carry on so long is …
‘Even One Drink’ ‘There is no safe level of alcohol consumption during pregnancy. Even one drink risks the health of an unborn baby.’ ‘Pregnant? Don’t Drink. Period.’ American Academy of Pediatrics, 2004, adapted from materials provided by the National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, http://www.aap.org/advocacy/chm98fet.htm
‘The drugs in a man’s system may lead to lower birth weight, birth defects or serious illnesses for the child after birth.’ ‘Men are advised to stop using alcohol and other drugs at least three months before attempting fertilization.’ Alaska Department of Health & Social Services, 1999, ‘Paternal Contribution to Birth Defects’, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome …
Fathers-to-be stop using alcohol AT LEAST THREE MONTHS BEFORE Read More »
George Foreman says: how I quit drinking – former heavyweight boxing champion On my nineteenth birthday, I got so drunk that I couldn’t remember what happened that night. The next day, I ran into my friend who had been badly beaten up. He had a swollen eye and other bruises. I asked what happened. “Don’t …