Pastor Reacts Should Christians Drink Alcohol? Sandals Church YouTube

Occasionally I go to a bar with my improv class friends to hang out. But as being among pastors who drink beer? I order a "beer" of the root beer variety.. In large swaths, drinking was frowned upon for all Christians, and especially pastors. My, how the times have changed. Of course, teetotaling wasn't assumed in every stripe of evangelical association, or in every region, but the vestiges of the nineteenth-century temperance movement continued to hold sway in many sectors.

One man finally called across the bar, "I didn't know pastors could drink beer!" "I didn't either," I replied with a grin, "but they served me anyway!" In truth, it was a fair question, and it points to a larger one: Can Christians drink alcohol? If so, how much? How often?. Drinking alcohol is a controversial topic among Christians, and there are differing opinions on whether pastors should consume alcohol. While the Bible doesn't prohibit drinking, it does forbid drunkenness, and millions of people have suffered due to alcohol abuse. Some Christians believe that pastors should refrain from drinking alcohol to avoid causing weaker believers to stumble in their.