That, in the end, is the beauty of wine: It\u2019s new life, a living beverage. The grape dies, but it\u2019s reborn through the yeast, just as Christ died and rose again\u2014and just as the church is granted new life whenever we taste and see that the Lord is good. That\u2019s a message that the sickly-sweet stuff in your fridge can\u2019t quite convey: Here is the fountain of life. Come be reborn.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Great article over at CT on the late introduction nineteenth century invention of using grape juice in communion. That, in the end, is the beauty of wine: It\u2019s new life, a living beverage. The grape dies, but it\u2019s reborn through the yeast, just as Christ died and rose again\u2014and just as the church is granted […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":196,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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