What are the biblical arguments which have convinced the overwhelming majority of Bible believers for the last two centuries that the Lord wants His people to abstain? What are the great differences between the wine production of Bible times and the industry of today? Here is vital information on a topic slipping out of attention.

"Considers objectively the crucial question of whether Christians today should be drinking alcoholic beverages even in moderation, thoroughly examines the clear biblical evidence from both the Old Testament and the New Testament as well as historical factors, and confidently affirms that total abstinence is the scriptural choice"--

Having spent years in the pastorate, David Brumbelow has observed the tragedies associated with consumption of intoxicating beverages. Brumbelow determined to research the matter and reassess the teachings of Scripture about alcohol. The volume you hold, Ancient Wine and the Bible: The Case for Abstinence, addresses the subject with keen logic, a grasp of history, and thorough exegesis of biblical literature. Acknowledging that the Scriptures do not retain an expressed mandate against drinking alcoholic beverages as "thou shalt not steal,"he, nevertheless, demonstrates that the overwhelming witness of the Bible is like a mighty breaking wave on the north shore of Oahu, demanding abstinence based on case histories of the devastation of "strong drink" added to the "wisdom" literature of the Bible in its repeated call for abstinence.