Drinking Christianly and Exclusivity

So, if you have been to Riverside (or been around for the 7.4 years of its existence) you are probably not surprised that our blog is not a well-oiled machine.  If it was, you might wonder if someone not-from-Riverside was running it!  And, show me some blogs that ARE run like well-oiled machines and we should at least give them a different title!  That is way too many exclamation points...

So, in lieu of the Monday (its not Monday) blog, I would like to open the floor to some questions.

A few weeks ago Zack brought up the question, "What does it mean to drink Christian-ly?"  While I would LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE to give my thoughts, I would actually rather hear your thoughts.

If that one isn't interesting, or if you would simply rather skip it, how about Ryan's Sermon from this past Sunday (did you know that all of our recent sermons are available on our website?  www.riversidestl.org    The sound is really amazing too)?  He brought up some of the implicit and explicit claims of Jesus in his Sermon on "I am the light of the world".  The gist of a few of them, "Jesus claims exclusivity...  which is pretty not-socially-cool to do.  But, is it, in fact, more exclusive to claim that nothing is exclusive than that Jesus (or Buddha for that matter) is exclusively the 'way-to-Heaven'?  To be true to the way Ryan brought it up, do you worry when you hear this that the Church (capital "C") is trying to get you into it's system/clutches?  

And, if you need a third option: what would you like to see more of on the Riverside Blog (or less of)?