Will having a "private prayer language" exclude a believer from being Reformed? The Southern Baptist Convention questions chaplain candidates and potentially others: missionaries and convention workers, etc.
Second question, does the Bible condemn alcohol in any form? For me alcohol is a sin. It is my personal conviction. However, my question is can a Christian ingest alcohol without sinning?
These are two issues that have crossed my path in the recent days. Any thoughts?Labels: Baptists, Reformed Theology |
First question - no, though Reformed Theology has generally distanced itself from a PPL, etc.
Second question - the Bible does not condemn alcohol ingestion, but the lack of self-control in relation to alcohol (drunkenness). Yes, a Christian may ingest alcohol without sinning...Just as a Christian may have sex without sinning and eat food without sinning. On the other hand, people may have sex in a sinful manner (outside of marriage) or be guilty of gluttony. The problem is not he substance, but the heart (from which, the Lord said, comes all forms of evil).
Having said that, if alcohol ingestion is a matter of sin for you, you should not ingest it. "What is not of faith is sin" (Rom 14).