John MacArthur’s Latest Post on YRR

Dr. John MacArthur has posted his latest article on the Young, Restless, Reformed [YRR] movement. It is entitled Beer, Bohemianism, and True Christian Liberty and it may be found at the Grace To You blog. It is an excellent and much needed article that points out one of the real dangers of the YRR mindset which is to view the consumption of intoxicating alcoholic beverages, especially beer, as the height of spiritual freedom and maturity. Those in the YRR tend to be so passionate about this issue that it is not at all uncommon for them to label those who disagree with their view as being legalistic or even unsaved. I wrote an article on this subject a little over a year ago and I was mercilessly attacked for having the audacity to write that the consumption of intoxicating alcoholic beverages is not an indication of the Holy Spirit’s work of sanctification in our lives.

I highly commend Dr. MacArthur’s article and I leave you with this quote from it:

This tendency to emblazon oneself with symbols of carnal indulgence as if they were valid badges of spiritual identity is one of the more troubling aspects of the YRR movement’s trademark restlessness. It is wrong-headed, carnal, and immature to imagine that bad-boy behavior makes good missional strategy. The image of beer-drinking Bohemianism does nothing to advance the cause of Christ’s kingdom.