Alcohol

“While 41 percent of Protestant churchgoers say they consume alcohol, 59 percent say they do not. That’s a slight shift from 10 years ago, according to the LifeWay Research survey, which was conducted Aug. 22-30, 2017.” - BP News

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“The most important substance we should be looking at is alcohol, because it leads to some many things, including physical abuse and rape, that shouldn’t happen. We need to stop accepting that there isn’t anything we can do about it.”

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Because the debate about alcohol consumption tends to be binary—consumption is acceptable/consumption is unacceptable—it rarely moves to considerations of how much consumption is acceptable.

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Pot in the bottle - WORLD

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“It’s cheaper, legal and kills more people than opioids. But public officials are much more united in the fight against drugs than alcohol.” - GOVERNING

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Did Drinking Give Me Breast Cancer? The science on the link is clear, but the alcohol industry has worked hard to downplay it.

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An analysis of nearly 600,000 people found those drinking more than 100g of alcohol every week – around five 175ml glasses of wine or pints of beer – were at an increased risk of early death.The study analysed 599,912 current drinkers in 19 countries, none of whom had a known history of cardiovascular disease, and found an increase in all causes of death when mor

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Fatal plunge into Lake Minnetonka tests a father and a marriage

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In my view, the Bible is just ambiguous enough on the topic of beverage alcohol to put the question in the category of matters of conscience. But matters of conscience are not matters to “leave alone;” they’re not excluded from the call to “consider one another in order to stir up love and good works” (Heb. 10:24).

These issues call for respectful challenging of one another’s assumptions — and for pondering the path of our feet (Prov. 4:26).

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Americans are drinking themselves to death at a record-breaking rate, according to a report. More than 30,700 people in the country died in 2014 from alcohol-related causes, including alcohol poisoning, the Washington Post reports, citing new federal data. Last year’s rate of 9.6 deaths per 100,000 people is an increase of 37% since 2002, according to the newspaper.

Study: Most churchgoers still abstain from alcohol

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The US knows how to address its drinking problem, but proven fixes are hard to sell

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Why Christians Need a Better Debate About Alcohol

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Big Alcohol is adding a new ingredient—marijuana—to its moneymaking brew

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Why alcohol is still the most dangerous drug

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Did Drinking Give Me Breast Cancer?

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Alcohol use carries a risk of early death

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A reckless moment, a horrific loss and a father's quest for atonement

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A Wisdom Case for Total Abstinence from Alcohol in Modern Times

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Americans Are Drinking Themselves to Death at Record Rates

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