Because, as it turns out, your “clarification” was exactly what I thought you meant. And I still think it’s illogical to say you can’t condemn X, while turning a blind eye to Y. Just because something may be inconsistant doesn’t actually take away from the fact that X is reprehensible. Also, I think teenagers and college age young people know that they don’t necessarily struggle with all the things on your list, and they may actually be convicted by something like this. It’s the ones that want to excuse their behavior that will say, “But you [Church] aren’t doing anything about those OTHER people…”

I appreciate that this post talks more about the necessity of responsible drinking as opposed to “not drinking at all,” as John MacArthur (a man whom I deeply respect and have learned VERY much from) attempts to do. And this post cuts at the people (myself included) who are prone to taking drunkenness as a “light sin.”