Exonerating Timothy
Why 1 Timothy 5:23 Is Not a License to Drink
By Shawn F. Parker
About This Book
1 Timothy 5:23 has often been used as a license for Christians to drink alcohol. But was Timothy really told to drink intoxicating wine?
Exonerating Timothy examines the verse in its immediate context and in light of the whole testimony of the Bible. This short, direct book argues that Timothy did not drink alcoholic wine, that Paul did not authorize sin, and that the Holy Spirit did not create a medicinal loophole for what the Bible elsewhere condemns.
Clear, biblical, and pointed, Exonerating Timothy calls the reader back to sobriety, purity, and the faithful handling of the word of God.
If your strongest defense for alcohol is a sick preacher with stomach trouble, you do not have a Bible conviction. You have an excuse.
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What’s Inside
Part One — The Main Case
- 1.The Verse That Started the Argument
- 2.Timothy and Wine
- 3.The Woe of Habakkuk
- 4.Water Into Wine
- 5.It Is Not for Kings
- 6.The Serpent in the Cup
- 7.The Children of the Day
- 8.Exonerating Timothy
Part Two — Appendices
- †Drunkenness and the Fruit of the Spirit
- †The Word “Much”
- †The Drink of the Perishing
- †Wine That Maketh Glad
- †A Daughter of Belial
- †Generational Consequences
- †What the Studies Show
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