The Dangerparty wants you to kill your idols.

The lengths that Christians go to justify or defend their actions astounds me. We can pour over the Bible, use objective reasoning, do critical word studies, and get into the ancient Greek to justify our desire to drink alcohol or our behavior of drinking, but we dance around the issue of what is and what is not lust, and what it really means to die to yourself, and what it really means to have the mind of Christ.

We go to such great lengths to justify the most minute goodness that can come from drinking, and we throw those scant few good points in the face of the countless potential negative consequences of drinking. Liver disease, alcoholism, compromised reasoning, not being in control of your faculties, poor decision making, the list can go on and on. But we throw out all of the potentially negative consequences by saying things like "It helps my witness", or "I don't feel any conviction on it", or "It's relaxing" or "I want to drink." Grow up, Christians.

Just because it's not a sin does not mean it is good. Just because you do not feel any conviction about it does not mean its beneficial. Just because you've justified it to yourself by taking certain verses out of context does not mean it's biblical. An important part of being a Christian is deciding what place the Bible has in your life.

An important part of growing up is being honest enough with yourself to think critically and objectively about the role faith has in your life.