This story has been all over the blogosphere and has been mentioned here at CRN but it keeps being picked up by more news outlets. This reveals the silliness we depart into when we try to be “relevant”. The reason the media keeps running this story is that the world rejoices when they find hypocrisy in the church. Alcohol consumption issues aside, the real problem is a complete misunderstanding by the church in, “How does God convert the human soul?” If salvation of the lost depends on my fleshly efforts, then I’d better use any idea or method I can think up (even free beer night). But, if salvation is by grace and God’s Holy Spirit moving lost men to regeneration and repentance through hearing His precious Word, I’d better not waste time on beer ,pretzels and artsy chat, but rather, proclaiming the Word He commanded me to.