Sipping Saints [Mass Market Paperback]

David Wilkerson (Author)

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 127 pages
• Publisher: Spire Books; 1st edition (1978)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0800783395
• ISBN-13: 978-0800783396
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 3.8 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #870,510 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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22 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Compelling Look at a Controversial Subject, October 20, 2002

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Jeffrey E Ellis (Naperville, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sipping Saints (Mass Market Paperback)

Inspired by God and fired up by the Holy Spirit, David Wilkerson has a reputation of confronting difficult topics forthrightly. He does so here.

Wilkerson says, "Drinking is not the sin. The decision to drink is the sin." Not splitting hairs, he argues that there is no scriptural, loving, caring, or Christ-like reason to drink alcohol. None. At the end of the road of drinking lies destruction and death. There is nothing of God on that road.

While avoiding condemning Christians who beleive otherwise, Wilkerson builds a powerful case that Jesus would never encourage drinking alcoholic beverages, even wine. While the Hebrew text does not distinguish between alcoholic and non-alcoholic wine, he maintains that the miracle of Cana was surely of the non-alcoholic variety. That Jesus would never have given people he loved a drink that made them stupid, provocative, and lustful.

When I started the book, I was willing to believe that, taken in moderation, a little wine was alright for the believer to enjoy. After all, "it makes the heart merry", "is good for the stomach", "was better than the first wine", etc.

I am now persuaded otherwise. I believe that Wilkerson has it right. That God would have us enjoy the drink made from the boiled grape, a must, mixed with water and not partake of the "spirits" of alcohol.

David Wilkerson, founder of Tenn Challenge with more than 200 drug and alcohol treatment centers around the world, has seen the devastation of alcohol face-to-face. I believe I yield to the prompting of the Holy Spirit when I say, leave alcohol alone, flee from it. There is nothing of God in it for us.

7 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Christians need to decide, January 17, 2006

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James Forsyth "www.jamesforsyth.net" (Melbourne, Australia) - See all my reviews
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There have been a number of comments in past reviews alleging the lack of exegetical soundness in Sipping Saints. Views certainly do vary. Dr Walter Martin (see his name with a dotorg afterwards) makes the point that the wedding at Cana can't be read any other way than if the wine in question is alcoholic. Likewise, many evangelicals regard themselves as "honest" about the way Scripture handles alcohol and mould their social lives around that view.

As an Australian, I can say that there is a strong overlap between Christians here who drink alcohol and who affirm the ordination of women - and of homosexuals. Then there are the other questions of denying the existence of hell and the exclusiveness of the Lord Jesus Christ as providing salvation. I am sure this experience is much the same throughout the West.

Christians need to decide, and I feel I am speaking in agreement with Wilkerson, whether they want to go the way of the world, and the way of the liberal theologian and of unbelief, or if they side with the fundamentalist Christian, who won't compromise on the truth, who believes in moral absolutes and in the sovereignty of God in all things. Decide! Compromise with the world? Or walk not in the counsel of the ungodly.

I wholeheartedly recommend Wilkerson's excellent book. 5 stars.

5.0 out of 5 stars Warning - Don't read this book unless you are willing to give it your most serious attention!, November 11, 2011

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Kelvin Johnson "KJ" (Salem, OR USA) - See all my reviews
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Written about 40 years ago this is a wide reaching rebuke to those who want to call themselves Christians and continue to indulge a taste for drinking! Pastor Wilkerson pulls no punches as he lines up all the Bible reasons for avoiding alcoholic drinks. He takes all the arguments, reasoning and excuses for continuing to use alcohol away and lays them bare before you. If you are ready to make a change in this aspect of your life I highly recommend this to you. It is highly motivating and convincing. DO NOT READ this unless you are willing to be convicted on this subject.