“An Australian teenager died on her 18th birthday after drinking [finally including] a 95% alcohol strength spirit.“ “According to Nicole’s family, the teen wasn’t a big drinker…” [Nicole was new to drinking only a few months prior – by a degrading influence of her boyfriend’s drinking mates.] “Nicole Bicknell collapsed after having several shots of …
Dead at 18 after birthday drinks. Yet 95 % spirit still sold! Read More »
“Linda Smart’s son, Ashley, died in January 2021 just hours after buying his 11th bottle of vodka in 10 days — all from the same Liquorland franchise in Footscray. Ms Smart claims he was intoxicated when he made the purchase, and not for the first time. “He was very, very drunk. He came home with …
Died from 11 bottles vodka in 10 days – same liquor store! Read More »
“… Sherry Hoppen was a mom of three, a ministry leader in her church, and a volunteer at her local pregnancy center when her younger brother was killed in a drunk driving accident. The tragedy triggered her own slow spiral into alcoholism—one that nearly destroyed her marriage and her life.” “Neither culture nor the church …
Church cultures: help or hinder alcohol spiral for women Read More »
The story of the Anglican Aboriginal Churches in the Northern Territory cannot be told without including Gumbuli. He was the first Aboriginal person to be ordained as priest in the NT, and only the 2nd Anglican Aboriginal priest in Australia. He was respected by many at Ngukurr for standing against alcohol being brought into the …
Gumbuli Wurramara aboriginal elder of Arnhem Land standing against alcohol Read More »
DANIEL AFU (Fiji, 1873) In our Fijian Mission there are new 634 chapels and 354 other preaching places, making in all 988, or nearly a thousand pulpits to supply every Sunday. What are called our paid agents in Fiji, are paid by the Fijian Churches and not by the Missionary Society. It is a principle …
“I turned away from the Lord because grog was available. I became an alcoholic. I knew that I was doing wrong things, and I’ve done wrong things in my life, but I couldn’t stop. I tried to give up the drink many times, in my own strength, but I couldn’t do it. I was a …
The Lord rescued drover Richard Jakamarra ‘blind’ drunk to see the Lord’s goodness Read More »
“Perry Anderson was near the brink of death when he first walked into Salvation Army hostel The Beacon. At 29, he had been battling alcohol addiction for more than a decade and had lost everything, including his marriage and home. “ This former carpenter had lost his job after a back injury. He drank and …
Perry Anderson homeless alcoholic to sober Salvation Army soldier. Thanks to Jesus! Read More »
‘… 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 …
Ravi Zacharias rejected hotel industry to preach the Gospel Read More »
God and H.G. Guinness Henry Grattan Guinness stated: “It is, I trust, temperance, in the Bible sense — that is, the government of the passions — which is leading to the careful abstinence from intoxicating drinks; they avoid them as temptations by which the inhabitants of this province have been led into terrible evils; and …
H.G. Guinness grandson of brewer endorses abstinence from alcohol Read More »
Graham Kerr, celebrity TV chef of the 1970s. Before his conversion to Christ, he was previously known for crude jokes, cooking with alcohol and constantly guzzling it too. But then in 1975 he became a New Creation, and what a difference! “He became famous for his one show, the ‘Galloping Gourmet.’ 455 episodes were filmed …