Here is a good article discussing this and talking about alcohol and Christians. Also another article embedded in the first paragraph below:
Obviously, the view of many Christians has changed toward alcohol. A few years ago I shared an a bit on the change. Here are some excerpts:
It appears that views of alcohol are changing among some evangelicals.
Now, many conservative evangelicals have been moderationists for a long time—so an anti-alcohol sentiment is not universal among evangelicals. Sometimes observers will see "Northern Evangelicalism" as moderationist, with "Southern Evangelicalism" being abstentionists, and there is a good amount of truth in that geographic reality. However, it is still a bit more complicated since Wesleyans, for example, are concentrated up North, and you cannot be a covenant member of a Wesleyan church if you use alcohol as a beverage.
But, with that new openness comes an old danger— alcohol abuse and alcoholism. And, I don't believe that those newly discovering this liberty toward alcohol are prepared for this new danger.
It's not a secret that I don't drink beverage alcohol. Part of that comes from a heritage of alcoholism that inspires this post. I've seen it up close and know alcoholism's destructive power—yet, many evangelicals have not. But, more evangelicals may be exposed to the destructiveness of alcoholism if acceptance grows.
http://www.christianitytoday.com/eds...-what-now.html