If so, why is he drinking and writing articles about beer?

This is the same Rod Dreher that used to write over at belief.net and go on about how Christian he really was.

So much for separation from the world. I guess I should not expect too much; he is, after all, one of those wishy-washy evangelicals.

How soon they forget:

Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty. — (2 Corinthians 6:14-18 KJV)

Seeing that Rod is a part of the wishy-washy evangelical crowd, he will most likely use Matthew 15:11 as his screwball defense of drinking. Which is, of course, wrong. because there, Christ was simply rebuking the Pharisees for their hypocrisy.  Which is basically, what I am doing here with Rod Dreher. I used to respect the guy, not anymore. Dreher might have been on point about Sarah Palin in 2008. But, as far as I am concerned; his Christianity is a joke — much like the rest of the evangelical community.

For more on Christians and drinking, see here.

“I thought the Bible says we are not to judge?”

Wrong. Matthew 7:1 was Christ’s message to the unbelievers, not to Christians, he was addressing the Pharisees. The Bible says that we believers are to judge righteous judgment. For more on that, see here.

I just simply feel that if Rod Dreher is going to pawn himself off as a so-called “Christian,” he ought to start acting like it or drop the charade. 

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Disclosure: I am in no way, shape or form, affiliated with way of life ministries or FBIS.  I am simply a reader of David Cloud’s newsletters and I own one of David Cloud’s encyclopedias. If you have a beef, with what I have written, come to me, not him. Thanks.