{"id":3672,"date":"2024-05-24T19:22:05","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T19:22:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/is-drinking-alcohol-a-sin\/"},"modified":"2025-07-14T20:15:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T20:15:12","slug":"is-drinking-alcohol-a-sin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/is-drinking-alcohol-a-sin\/","title":{"rendered":"Is alcohol drinken een zonde? Wat de Bijbel zegt over alcohol drinken"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Have you ever wondered if it&#039;s okay for Christians to have a drink of alcohol? It&#039;s a question that comes up a lot, and let me tell you, it can bring out all sorts of opinions and strong beliefs among God&#039;s people.\u00b9 It&#039;s one of those topics where good, faithful folks might see things differently. 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Discover biblical wisdom, moderation, and principles for responsible choices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104079,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-3672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-education"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":54825,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/faith-without-works-dead\/","url_meta":{"origin":3672,"position":0},"title":"Why is faith without works dead?","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"oktober 26, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Discover why faith without works is considered dead. 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