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~ Jim West (Author)
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  • Paperback: 216 pages
  • Publisher: Oakdown; Rev Exp edition (May 2003)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0970032609
  • ISBN-13: 978-0970032607
  • Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 4.9 x 0.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #375,694 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A joy, March 28, 2004
By Raymond Cannata "Rev. R. Cannata" (New Orleans, LA United States) - See all my reviews
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Biblical Christians tend to overcorrect. We see the significant destruction abuse of alcohol has wrought, and we want to ban it all. But to do that is to cast aside a good gift of God. Its like forbidding all eating just because so many abuse food and overeat. The Bible is clear -- drunkenness and/or addiction: bad, drinking (in moderation): good.

Rev. Jim West makes an airtight case that the Reformers had a far different view than post-Temperance Movement pietists. And he does it with sly humor and real style. This is a truly wonderful book on a lot of levels -- history, Christian living, arts and culture, Biblcial studies, humor. Its even got chapters on how to select a good drink. Really loved this book.

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5.0 out of 5 stars LOL!, October 15, 2003
By Mark Nenadov "arm-chair reader" (Lasalle, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews
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This book is a funny yet serious look at the history of alcohol in Protestant Christianity. It is very enlightening and shares a lot of history and scripture about alcohol.

In all of that, it still manages to be very tounge-in-cheek. It almost had me rolling on the floor a couple of times.

This book proves, that contrary to what Prohobitionists might like to tell you, godly men of ages past enjoyed fermented beverages in moderation. It will make you want to abstain from alcohol in moderation.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Sweeter Than Wine..., April 9, 2006
By steve nobelli "steve" (Nashville, NC USA) - See all my reviews
Jim West proved to be an insighful, knowledgeable, and humorous writer. His mix of history, theology, and science integrate to form a modern textbook on the subject of alcohol in the church. It's sad that although Jesus drank, and the Church accepted alcohol use for over 1900 years, many Protestants have upheld abstinence and demonized alcohol within the last century of so. West shows that an overwhelming array of Godly men over the centuries drank in moderation and proved once for all that alcohol is not evil and there is no way under heaven that it can be shown that the Bible condemns it. I especially recommend this book to my fellow Baptists.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A "Happy Hour" of reading!
To join a Baptist church in the south it was (may still be) required that you sign the Church Covenant which read in part, "I agree to abstain from the sale, use or transportation... Read more
Published on May 11, 2007 by Kenneth Harris

5.0 out of 5 stars A Response to Modern Pharisees
West writes this witty, humorous, and scripturally-correct book which attacks unbiblical attitudes from Armenians and others who declare God's Creation (wine and beer) unfit for... Read more
Published on October 6, 2005 by Nicholas Stehle

3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting and amusing but flawed
The main thesis of this book doctrinally speaking can be summarized by a quote from Increase Mather: "Drink is in itself a good creature of God, and to be received with... Read more
Published on April 9, 2004 by mtlimber

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