terms of health benefits, it probably is the case that wine, beer, et cetera, isn't quote

unquote good for you, right? That doesn't mean that there aren't benefits to wine, beer,

scotch, whatever, and the benefits that it does have is social.

Hey, friends, welcome back to another episode of Theology.

My guest today is Dr. John Anthony Dunn, who is Associate Professor of New Testament at Bethel Seminary, up there in Minneapolis or Twin Cities.

I think it might be in St. Paul, I forget.

And he's also the co-host and editor of the Two Cities podcast.

John is the author of several books,

including his most recent book,

The Mountains Shall Drip Sweet Rewine,

a biblical theology of alcohol,

which is the topic of our conversation.

Yeah, I think you're going to find this very interesting episode.

I certainly found it incredibly interesting.

We look at questions like, what does the Bible say about alcohol? We talk about you know,

did wine and other alcoholic beverages have the same alcohol percentage as today? Was it diluted?

What is strong drink? Is beer in the Bible is getting drunk or buzzed, always condemned.

How can Christians consume alcohol without abusing it? Or should Christians simply stay away

from alcohol? And we raise many other questions along these lines. I also want to alert you

again that we are having the exiles in Babylon Conference again in Minneapolis. That is Dr. Dunn's

home city, I think. It's happening April 30th to May 2nd. You're not going to want to miss this.

I am so excited about this conference. I know I said it every year. Every year is awesome.

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