:: Guinness & The Gospel

April 23, 2013

Guinness & The Gospel

So in the category of I bet you didn't know this! Check out this little excerpt from the book The Search for God and Guinness

"Arthur Guinness was a great man of faith. Born on the estate of an Archbishop and raised a loyal son of the Irish church, Arthur lived by the words that were his personal motto: Spes Mea in Deo -- "My Hope is in God." He was deeply inspired by the revivalist John Wesley to use his wealth and talents to make the world better. Taking scripture as his guide, Arthur served the needy of his time and worked to use his gifts in honor of his God. One favorite project of his that seems confirmation of both the purity of his faith and his concern for social good: Guinness was the founder of the first Sunday Schools in Ireland.

Much of the great 250-year history of Guinness beer is a story in which wealth is gained through faith-inspired excellence and then used to serve others for the glory of God. This is what Arthur Guinness founded and this is the legacy that Guinness beer still symbolizes to this day."

As they say in Lord of the Rings. "They come in Pints!"

Posted at 11:21 PM in Books, Christianity, compassion, Faith, Food and Drink, Jesus, Life, Ministry, Missions, Quotes, Religion, social justice | Permalink

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This post is officially BRILLIANT!!!

I think this one fits up there with The Pope trained to be a scientist (a chemist) and came to the priesthood late and has been reaching out to people who we wouldn't first think of. Possibly because it's not a comfortable thing and doesn't fit our "perfect vision and life."

Some Christians don't like scientists and for some reason atheists dismiss the idea that scientists do their job as an act of faith and discovery.

Likewise, despite the fact that alcoholic beverages are said to be good for you in some quantity (Paul to Timothy) and Jesus made water into wine, drinking is a bad thing. Getting drunk and losing your mental capacities and what that does is the sin.

Reminds me of a story where church was held after "Last Call" (I think for Christmas), how "God of this City" came to be, and the Tony Campolo "Birthday Party" story that I still love. Not to mention, your youth ministry meeting place was a bar.

Anyways, awesome to see that Mr. Guinness was inspired by John Wesley and was the St. Patrick of Sunday Schools and the name is synonymous with one of the more well known beers.

Since it is beer though and it's not PC to really put beer and faith together, you wouldn't know as much. But as people cite Acts 2 a lot, I'm pretty sure if Guinness had existed, the would have used them to toast and sing the Doxology ("Praise God from whom all blessings flow") as I would believe Guinness would see his product not as a vice, but as a way to bring people together and experience life.

I can see St. Peter greeting Mr. Guinness with two mugs to welcome him to the God honoring party that never stops known as Heaven. "Well done, good and faithful servant! You got IT... and shared IT!"

I also think he'd enjoy the commercials they came up with to represent his beer... not to mention the real and absurd excellence created from the World Records book that started from his company... BRILLIANT!!!

... and one that involves a phone call to Mom, as everyone who has a living Mom, but can't get back to them should do: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zRbIlcnsAU

Have A BRILLIANT Day!

Posted by: Alexander Wilhelmsen | May 11, 2013 at 10:17 AM

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