Tag Archives: Prohibition

The Law is Your Schoolmaster. Leviticus 7:22-27.

Image: this ‘vintage ad’ is actually a parody. People who are unhappy with laws love to bring up Prohibition and then cite the old cliché, “You can’t legislate morality.” However– The failure of Prohibition proves not that you can’t legislate morality, but that you can’t legislate morality when the entire country disagrees with the legislation.Continue reading “The Law is Your Schoolmaster. Leviticus 7:22-27.”

Give Alcohol to the Man Without Hope. Proverbs 31:4–7.

Photo above: New York City Deputy Police Commissioner John A. Leach (right) watching agents pour liquor into the sewer following a raid, c. 1920. New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection/Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (neg. no. LC-USZ62-123257) Please allow me to speak from personal opinion on the matter of drinking. First, IContinue reading “Give Alcohol to the Man Without Hope. Proverbs 31:4–7.”

Prohibition and Meat Sacrificed to Idols. 1 Corinthians 8:7-13.

Pictured–the “21st Amendment,” a bar in New Orleans’ French Quarter celebrating a unique bit of legislation. I did not go inside. Have you ever eaten meat from an animal that was sacrificed to an idol? Probably not. Have you ever been seen “dining in an idol’s temple” (1 Corinthians 8:10)? Doubtful. In fact, the entireContinue reading “Prohibition and Meat Sacrificed to Idols. 1 Corinthians 8:7-13.”

Wine is for “Losers”

Remember Prohibition? One hundred years ago, reformers won passage of a Constitutional Amendment prohibiting the sale of alcohol in all fifty states. Thirteen years later that amendment was repealed. But the Temperance movement had an impact. Churches and families once neutral about drinking took a stand against it. Why? Because alcohol hurt families. The stereotypeContinue reading “Wine is for “Losers””

Be Not Drunk With Spirits, But Filled With the Holy Spirit. Ephesians 5:18.

Few subjects in America are more controversial than alcohol.  It is not so in Europe.  C.S. Lewis spoke often of “having a pint.” He saw no problem with drinking. But 100 years after Prohibition, Americans remain divided.  We outlawed the sale of liquor to address a serious problem.  Then we made it legal again becauseContinue reading “Be Not Drunk With Spirits, But Filled With the Holy Spirit. Ephesians 5:18.”