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The Rest of Life: Rest, Play, Eating, Studying, Sex from a Kingdom Perspective is unavailable, but you can change that!

When was the last time you heard a sermon on the theological importance of play? What do rest, eating, studying—and sex—have to do with the kingdom of God? Strangely, although these activities together take up much of our time, they seldom receive much discussion from a biblical point of view. In The Rest of Life Ben Witherington explores these subjects in the light of biblical teaching about the...

1 Timothy 5:23. And yes, there can be little doubt that the wine referred to in the Bible had a certain percentage of alcohol in it; otherwise there would be no warnings about the dangers of becoming a winebibber or a drunk. What should we make of the famous wedding feast at Cana story in John 2? Despite all sorts of exegetical gymnastics, it is not really possible to avoid the conclusion that Jesus turned water into alcoholic wine at this wedding feast. Early Jews had no moral issues with drinking
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