A Texas church has tried to use Acts 2:13 as an argument that "new wine" was non-alcoholic, as if the hearers of the Apostles were accusing them of having a sugar high. There are great reasons that many Christians choose not to drink, starting with the difficulties that our "optimized for drinkability" culture has caused, but the notion that new wine did not contain alcohol is not among them.
Really, I've got to wonder at times about a pastor who doesn't get the obvious dig at the apostles, accusing them more or less of being like (to use a picture from my college days) sorority girls after too many wine coolers. You have to wonder what methods of exegesis and hermeneutics were taught at their seminary, if in fact they attended one at all.
Men Don’t Dress Like Boys
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I’ve noticed something you’ve probably noticed too. Grown men dressing like
boys. In a typical American restaurant, you’ll find 30- and 40-something
men ...
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