Drinking alcohol is not inherently sinful; drunkenness is sinful — attempts to argue 1 Tim 5:23 wine is non-alcoholic are dismissed

Mike states clearly: it is not a sin to drink alcohol, it is a sin to get drunk. He rejects word-study arguments claiming the Greek word for wine in 1 Timothy 5:23 refers to non-alcoholic grape juice — 'it is just wine.' Paul's qualifier 'a little wine' undercuts any interpretation of excess. Mike personally does not drink but does not treat abstinence as a moral requirement for others.