tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12366201.post115035121118075835..comments2024-03-27T14:58:23.360-07:00Comments on aka pastor guy: Say It With Me: "Non-Binding Resolution"Mark (aka pastor guy)http://www.blogger.com/profile/12920114022832644455noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12366201.post-1151428073457574382006-06-27T10:07:00.000-07:002006-06-27T10:07:00.000-07:00Not being a Southern Baptist, but a church of Chri...Not being a Southern Baptist, but a church of Christ girl, I have to agree completely with your post, Mark. I have had beverages of an adult sort, but I have never been drunk. Have never found anything that tasted good enough to me to drink enough of to bother to try to get drunk. Jesus turned water into the "good wine", so it was not watered down grape juice, either. This resolution is "non-binding", and a great reference for people to use as a guideline. The Bible said that alcohol (wine) could be used as medicine for your stomach, and we have examples that wine was either "new" (like grape juice) or "old" (like aged in a bottle in a cellar). Water was scarce in the desert, and not clean in ancient times. Much like in modern-day Mexico, where a traveler needs to drink only recognized bottled beverages like Coke, there was not much else to drink.<BR/><BR/>I know people who would revert to alcohol addiction if they get even a small thimble full in their system. Addiction is a terrible thing. But to bind this kind of fear on good Christians seems a little overboard. Seems also redundant. The Bible should be the first reference on any such subject. Your comments on the SBC's actions and attitudes toward the sanctity of marriage reflect your love for God's people, and all people, and show that you will be responsible in the way you choose to share the resolution.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12366201.post-1151373341073572452006-06-26T18:55:00.000-07:002006-06-26T18:55:00.000-07:00Great post, Mark. Another reason I joined the Cat...Great post, Mark. Another reason I joined the Catholic Church - we get to drink!! Just kidding, I would never join for that reason. But, the concept of social drinking is somethign I was introduced to as I met my wife's family, and I realized I had been so conditioned to think alcohol is evil that I found myself "judging" several of her family members. Then it occurred to me that it was truly a social thing for them, and they were not drinking to excess. At that time, I thought I was a sola-scriptura kind of guy, and there sure wasn't anything in Scripture against what they were doing...'course I am not a sola scriptura guy anymore, but that's another story.<BR/><BR/>Then there's the whole pesky thing about Jesus turning water to wine, and then later changing the substance of wine to his body, blood, soul and divinity, and the whole way in which the Passion mirrors the Passover feast. We are shown that wine has a place in the sacraments. Come right down to it, He commands us to "do this in remembrance" of Him.Chris Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04902568730756683015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12366201.post-1151336566298754582006-06-26T08:42:00.000-07:002006-06-26T08:42:00.000-07:00llorona,You're correct - it's a good thing for us ...llorona,<BR/><BR/>You're correct - it's a good thing for us as a convention, as local churches, & as individuals to stand up for what we believe. What we have to be careful about is making sure that the positions we advocate are Biblical.<BR/><BR/>The SBC has a long history of passing and/or debating resolutions that have great "motivation" (previous example: supporting 'traditional' marriage) that go about it totally backwards (boycott Disney because of their support of homosexuals). What we communicated loud & clear to the world around us was that "the SBC doesn't like gay people."<BR/><BR/>Again, that wasn't our purpose - but that was the effect. I'm concerned that the same thing is/will happen here.<BR/><BR/>Hypocrisy stinks... but it's a lot easier to end up there when legalism is the primary way we determine how much we love Jesus.Mark (aka pastor guy)https://www.blogger.com/profile/12920114022832644455noreply@blogger.com