The Christian and Alcohol

INTRODUCTION: Recently, because of certain family concerns, I had to rethink the matter of the Christian and alcohol. I wrote a tract on this subject some time ago and, I will use some of that in this message. Some years ago, I did a series of fifteen messages on 'Wine & the Bible.' Later I reduced that to eight messages in Plautdietsch, a dialect of German, and gave those in Mexico. Both series are available on www.sermonaudio.com/mecl. But many have found that many messages too much to listen to, and so I have reduced the series to a tract. I felt I would give one message on the subject so that it is easier to distribute and does not require as much listening. In the series of messages, I give much evidence that I cannot put into one message or in a tract, but anyone interested can download that information from sermonaudio.

In those messages, I gave the law case Lee Strobel gives in his book, "The Case for Christ." It was a charge of attempted murder against James Dixons, who apparently, tried to shoot Sergeant Scanlon. The case was an open and shut case. Dixon was guilty. Then came the voice of an informant. The case was reopened and it was found that Dixon was not guilty. He was acquitted, and the policeman that was shot was found guilty and he consequently lost his police badge.