I have pasted this and the citation is at the end of the article. I found this pretty exhaustive and objective on this galvanizing topic.
SPECIAL TOPIC: BIBLICAL ATTITUDES TOWARD ALCOHOL (FERMENTATION) AND ALCOHOLISM (ADDICTION)
I. Biblical Terms
A. Old Testament
1. Yayin – This is the general term for wine, which [...]
James Jordan has written an excellent critique of why Christian scholars and secular scholars are in thrall to false ideas. The entire article is here, this is an excerpt:
The current scholarly consensus gives little comfort to the evangelical scholar, because at a great many important points the history of the ancient world as [...]
John Piper recently posted on his blog some reflections on Fundamentalists and why he doesn’t despise them (http://www.desiringgod.org/Blog/1251_20_reasons_i_dont_take_potshots_at_fundamentalists/). I was inspired by such to reflect on my own spiritual and theological journey in Pentecostalism. Here are 15 reasons why I am grateful for my Pentecostal heritage:
15. [...]
Romans 8: 23-27- “Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies. For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he already [...]
3/18/08 Devotional – Psalm 22 "Jesus sought joy in going to the cross!?!?"
Psa 22:1-31 To the choirmaster: according to The Doe of the Dawn. A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, from the words of my groaning? (2) O my God, I cry by day, [...]
Psa 21:1-13 To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O LORD, in your strength the king rejoices, and in your salvation how greatly he exults! (2) You have given him his heart’s desire and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah (3) For you meet him with rich blessings; you set a [...]
Psa 20:1-9 To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. May the LORD answer you in the day of trouble! May the name of the God of Jacob protect you! (2) May he send you help from the sanctuary and give you support from Zion! (3) May he remember all your offerings and [...]
Psa 19:1-14 To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork. (2) Day to day pours out speech, and night to night reveals knowledge. (3) There is no speech, nor are there words, whose voice is not heard. (4) Their voice [...]
Psa 18:1-50 To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, the servant of the LORD, who addressed the words of this song to the LORD on the day when the LORD rescued him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. He said: I love you, O LORD, [...]
Psa 17:1-15 A Prayer of David. Hear a just cause, O LORD; attend to my cry! Give ear to my prayer from lips free of deceit! (2) From your presence let my vindication come! Let your eyes behold the right! (3) You have tried my heart, you have visited me by night, [...]
Psa 16:1-11 A Miktam of David. Preserve me, O God, for in you I take refuge. (2) I say to the LORD, “You are my Lord; I have no good apart from you.” (3) As for the saints in the land, they are the excellent ones, in whom is all my delight. [...]
Psa 15:1-5 A Psalm of David. O LORD, who shall sojourn in your tent? Who shall dwell on your holy hill? (2) He who walks blamelessly and does what is right and speaks truth in his heart; (3) who does not slander with his tongue and does no evil to his neighbor, nor [...]
Psa 14:1-7 To the choirmaster. Of David. The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds, there is none who does good. (2) The LORD looks down from heaven on the children of man, to see if there are any who understand, who [...]
Psa 13:1-6 To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. How long, O LORD? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? (2) How long must I take counsel in my soul and have sorrow in my heart all the day? How long shall my enemy [...]
Psa 12:1-8(1) To the choirmaster: according to The Sheminith. A Psalm of David. Save, O LORD, for the godly one is gone; for the faithful have vanished from among the children of man.(2) Everyone utters lies to his neighbor; with flattering lips and a double heart they speak.(3) May the LORD cut off all [...]
Psa 11:1-7
(1) To the choirmaster. Of David. In the LORD I take refuge; how can you say to my soul, “Flee like a bird to your mountain,(2) for behold, the wicked bend the bow; they have fitted their arrow to the string to shoot in the dark at the upright in [...]
Psa 10:1-18
(1) Why, O LORD, do you stand far away? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?(2) In arrogance the wicked hotly pursue the poor; let them be caught in the schemes that they have devised.(3) For the wicked boasts of the desires of his soul, and the [...]
Psa 9:1-20
(1) To the choirmaster: according to Muth-labben. A Psalm of David. I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart; I will recount all of your wonderful deeds. (2) I will be glad and exult in you; I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.(3) [...]
Psa 8:1-9
(1) To the choirmaster: according to The Gittith. A Psalm of David. O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens.
(2) Out of the mouth of babies and infants, you have established strength because of your foes, to [...]
Psa 7:1-17
(1) A Shiggaion of David, which he sang to the LORD concerning the words of Cush, a Benjaminite. O LORD my God, in you do I take refuge; save me from all my pursuers and deliver me,
(2) lest like a lion they tear my soul apart, rending it [...]
Psa 6:1-10
(1) To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments; according to The Sheminith. A Psalm of David. O LORD, rebuke me not in your anger, nor discipline me in your wrath.
(2) Be gracious to me, O LORD, for I am [...]
Psa 5:1-12
(1) To the choirmaster: for the flutes. A Psalm of David. Give ear to my words, O LORD; consider my groaning.
(2) Give attention to the sound of my cry, my King and my God, for to you do I pray.
(3) O LORD, in the morning you hear my [...]
Psa 4:1-8 To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments. A Psalm of David. Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have given me relief when I was in distress. Be gracious to me and hear my prayer! (2) O men, how long shall my honor be turned into [...]
Psa 3:1-8
(1) A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son. O LORD, how many are my foes! Many are rising against me;
(2) many are saying of my soul, there is no salvation for him in God. Selah
(3) But you, O LORD, are a shield about me, my [...]
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3/19/08 Devotional – Psalm 23 "The Lord is my shepherd…"
Psa 23:1-6 A Psalm of David. The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. (2) He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. (3) He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. (4) Even though I walk through the [...]