Akin's Plea for Alcohol Abstinence

The SBC's resolution on alcohol continues to generate a lot of discussion. The following link appeared in the Baptist Press and is Dr. Danny Akin's more in-depth plea for alcohol abstinence. Here is the first part:

"I readily confess to a personal bias when it comes to the issue of alcohol.My wife Charlotte grew up in the Georgia Baptist Children’s Home because her parents were alcoholics. Her father died a lost alcoholic. Her mother, by God’s grace, was saved on her deathbed; the twin killers of alcohol and tobacco had ravaged her body. Today, Charlotte’s sister and brother are lost alcoholics and so are most of the rest of her family.My sister Joy and her husband Kevin King adopted a daughter born with fetal alcohol syndrome. She began life with this strike against her through no fault of her own.-- There are more than 40 million problem drinkers in America.-- Alcohol is the number one drug problem among teenagers.-- One in three American families suspects that one or more family members have a drinking problem. -- Misuse of alcohol costs our nation $100 billion a year in quantifiable cost. Because of these experiences and many more, I often have said that even if I were not a Christian I would have nothing to do with alcohol. There is simply too much sorrow and heartache connected to it. Avoiding this devastating drug is simply the wise thing to do."

The rest of the article may be found here.