Looking backward over the past five years, as a church, we have put a ton of stuff out on “mission.” To give you an idea, the word “mission” itself appears in 204 posts (either sermons or blog entries). Mission has been coming up a lot recently in our study through the book of Matthew. So I thought I draw together some of the best resources on mission we have put out and make them easily accessible for everyone. Below are categorized sermons and blog entries on various aspects of mission.

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Throughout human history alcohol has been used and abused in both in the Christian and secular arenas.

For the majority of Christian history (see Drinking with Calvin and Luther: A History of Alcohol in the Church by Jim West) Christians and pastors have prudently enjoyed alcoholic beverages for the glory of God (1 Cor 10:31) following the example of the Lord Jesus (Lk 7:34).

However, in the last century, many Christians have added a rule onto the Bible saying all Christians should completely abstain from any alcoholic consumption. While this may be a wise choice for some individuals or for various seasons in one’s life, we believe making such a rule and expectation for all Christians during all times is too simplistic and goes too far.

In order to provide some guidelines concerning our view on alchohol, below are six statements concerning our approach to alcohol followed by the statement on alcohol from the Acts 29 Network we belong to.

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