More than 3 million people died as a result of harmful use of alcohol in 2016, according a report released by the World Health Organization (WHO) today. This represents 1 in 20 deaths. More than three quarters of these deaths were among men. Overall, the harmful use of alcohol causes more than 5% of the …
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Is yayin alcoholic always? יין Yayin did not first become “wine” only if it fermented later, after it was pressed. Both simple grape juice and intoxicating juice were called yayin in the original Hebrew of the Old Testament. (Both were called οινος oinos in the original Greek of the New Testament.) See also: Shekhar – meaning sweet drink or strong drink in …
יַיִן Grape juice already called YAYIN (wine) in the press! (Hebrew meaning of yayin) Read More »
I remember listening to a real man’s concerns who had acknowledged to me that he had become addicted to alcohol.He already wanted to quit drinking. He told me that he no longer even goes to the Christmas celebrations of his relatives. That is because he knows that alcohol would be present. He knows that if …
See: Bible says be sober again and again “3 But I am afraid that as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your thoughts will be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ. 4 For if someone comes and proclaims another Jesus than the one we proclaimed, or if you receive a …
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Nephalism definition Nephalism: teetotalism; total abstinence from consuming alcohol. Nephalism: “total abstinence from alcoholic beverages” (Miriam-Webster Dictionary) History and Etymology for nephalism: Middle Greek nēphalismos soberness, from Greek nēphalios sober (from nēphein to be sober, drink no wine) (Miriam-Webster Dictionary) This term is of Greek origin, and found in Scripture. Nephō: “to be free from …
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“…every day we see the devastating results in emergency departments” AMA Queensland President Dr Chris Zappala said. Trading Hour Push Ahead of Summer Drinks Toll, Australian Medical Association Queensland Media Release 2015. In 2009, Australian Medical Association Queensland president Dr Mason Stevenson said the surge in teenage binge drinking has worrying implications for Australia, as …
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‘Aboriginal elder Joe Brown, 63, a leader of Kurnangki, one of three communities bordering the town centre, said children as young as 12 were into drugs and alcohol. “We should have a total grog ban,” he said. Mr Brown, whose 25-year-old son committed suicide last year, said he did not want the army brought in …
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58.2 % of indigenous women (aged 18+) do not drink alcohol. Thank God these women had never consumed alcohol (or at least not within a week of the survey). ‘In 2004–05, Indigenous people aged 18 years and over were more likely than non-Indigenous people to abstain from drinking alcohol.’ The Health and Welfare of Australia’s …
‘… as I was working in banquet management, I felt the hunger to speak for the Lord. I was a new Christian, and wherever I spoke things would happen. People would ask if I had ever considered that God had gifted me in the role of evangelism. It was natural to me, whether I was …
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See also: Bible says be sober again and again. ‘Sober living has always been part of Christian morality. The Scripture warns of the dangers of alcohol and other intoxicants. It teaches that the power of alcohol wars against the will and power of God (Isa. 5:11, 12; 1 Cor. 6:10; Eph. 5:18). The use of …
Laestadian Lutherans for sober living, not drinking alcohol Read More »