Should a Christian drink alcohol? Simple answer: What did Jesus do? I mean, this isn’t even what would Jesus do! There’s no speculation here. It’s simply “What Did Jesus Do?” He drank. He even drank enough to be accused of being a “wine-bibber,” which I believe is first century speak for “alcoholic.” He himself said, […]
Category: Moderation
Podcast #5
Episode #5 of Drunk Ex-Pastors is now available to download and stream. We keep our promise to do a shot in honor of all those who shared our podcast on social media this past week, and go on to extol the many benefits of alcohol, and how the moderate enjoyment of various libations can help (in […]
Don’t Get Raped
In a recent piece on Upworthy dealing with the kind of objectification that many women deal with on a regular basis, a young woman agrees to be followed by someone with a hidden camera for an entire day in order to capture the kind of treatment she gets from men in the form of catcalls […]
Nostalgia: It Ain’t What It Used To Be
Here’s the thing about me: I am really, really nostalgic, and one of the effects of this has always been that hearing songs from my past has a profound impact on me. I can often be whisked back to my youth in a moment and recall things that I haven’t thought about in years, just […]
Prohibition, Moderation, and Boobies
By Christian In an interview a few years back on Late Night with Conan O’Brien, comedian Russell Brand addressed the possibility of his own sex addiction, saying, “I mean, yeah, it’s possible I’m a sex addict. But then, maybe I just really like boobies! How can you tell?” We live in a society that is […]