4. I will not use alcoholic beverages in the presence of students, and I will abstain from serving, from using, and from advocating the use of alcoholic beverages in public (e.g. in locations that are open to use by the general public, including as some examples restaurants, concert venues, stadiums, and sports facilities) and in settings in which students are present or are likely to be present. I will not attend any University sponsored event in which I have consumed alcohol within the last six hours. Neither will I promote or encourage the use of alcohol.
That kind of disqualifies all the so-called christians I know. Like I said, how many liars are left?
I think the "public" thing is done to keep "a brother from falling" as St. Paul said in Corinthians.
Let's think about something a second: all Christians are sinners saved by grace.
There are Christians who are sinners in every respect:
liars, cheaters, drunkards, thiefs, prostitutes, homosexuals, murderers, you name it....NONE of us are perfect....but we repent and follow Him and turn from our wicked ways.
What a wonderful God we have!
This is a Baptist thang.
I believe the Bible itself does not go that far. This would include Jesus after He came back from one of his tavern ministries. No I don’t buy the Baptist “fresh grape juice” explanation of what Jesus ingested at such meetings. That would be a specialty item for the weeks of the grape harvest. Beyond that, nyet. No refrigeration or pasteurization existed. You would not find bottles of Welch’s in Palestine.
——That kind of disqualifies all the so-called christians I know.——
But they don’t belong to this particular sect, which seems to prohibit the consumption of alcohol.
Why belong to a church/college you disagree with?