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God’s gift of alcohol. What does the bible teach us about the wise way to imbibe? What does it mean to drink in a Christ-like way? The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and you say, Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners. Jesus speaking about himself in Luke 7:34, NIV Everyone brings out the choice wine first and then the cheaper wine after the guests have had too much to drink; but you have saved the best till now. The master of a wedding banquet commenting on the 120 gallons of wine Jesus made out of water for the already loaded wedding guests, in John 2:10 If you could stay in one place and cultivate fairly stable crops of peaches, rice, apples berries, grapes, honey, potatoes, barley, wheat, milk, cactus, corn, sugar cane, coconuts, or practically any other organic substance, even if you didn’t understand the science involved, it would presently ferment into a drink that made you forget your troubles and feel better about life. Barbara Holland, Page 2, The Joy of Drinking He makes grass grow for the cattle, and plants for man to cultivate— bringing forth food from the earth: Psalm 104:14,NIV My happiest hours are often spent with three or four friends old friends in old clothes tramping together and putting up in small pubs – or else sitting up till the small hours in someone’s college rooms, talking nonsense, poetry, theology, metaphysics over beer, tea, and pipes. There is no sound that I like better than adult male laughter. C. S. Lewis A jug of sour wine was standing by. Someone put a sponge soaked with the wine on a javelin and lifted it to his mouth. After he took the wine, Jesus said, It's done . . . complete. Bowing his head, he offered up his spirit.” The last thing Jesus drank on the cross, in John 19:29-30, MSG Images from istockphoto.com Pastor John's Introduction to the series.

• Release Date

  Sep 15, 2009

• Runtime

  30:53