Here is the reality. If you are a Christian that loves beer, you are a minority. Sorry to break the news to you. But it’s true. The tag line for the site is clear evidence for this. Ever since I had the idea for this blog, I have been scouring the internet for another blog like mine. I want to partner with those who have the same passions and interests as me. But to the date of this post, I have yet to find another blog that focuses on Christians that like beer.
There are plenty of blogs that focus on one or the other, but not both. That’s just one place that we can look at the lack of the Christian influence on the world of beer. You can go into almost any bar, pub, or micro-brewery and see this even more. The only influence I’ve ever seen in a pub is the presence of Monk’s Ale.
So what does this mean? Why should we care? What difference does it make whether Christians have an influence in the world of beer. Well I would say we should care because there are lost and dying people in the world of beer who don’t know about Jesus.
If we are to be followers of Jesus, we must be about what Jesus is about. In Jesus’ words, “For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.” We should be about the same thing.
Unfortunately for decades it has been taboo for Christians to be in the world of beer (and still is in most places). So we have stood on the sidelines of the world of beer while people have died and gone to hell. But Jesus has told us to be, “in the world.”
If you go by the name of Beerean, you are called to go into the world and share with them the hope that they can find in Jesus. It is no accident that you are Christian that likes beer.
Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart. – Psalm 37:4
Jesus gave you the love for beer that you might take His light into the dark places. He gave you a love for beer that you might be able to share the hope that Jesus has given you with those who would probably never hear it otherwise. He has given you the love of beer that you might be a missionary to the world or beer lovers.
So to my fellow Beereans out there listen to Jesus and, “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” If you don’t go, who will?
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