I think we’ve all met “that” guy. After reading some book or “praying about it,” he decides it’s totally cool with God if he drinks alcohol like others drink coffee. Now his Facebook “Likes” are all breweries and local bars, and you rarely see him without a drink in his hand. Because, after all, he’s free now. If someone mentions to him about maybe toning it down, they’re usually met with an impromptu discussion on the evils of legalism and the beauty of grace, which implies that anyone whose opinion differs from his is probably just a legalist.

If you know that guy, I’m sorry. If you are that guy, I’m sorry I’m not sorry.

The alcohol conversation can certainly spark a lot of back-and-forth controversy among church-goers. 
Likewise, there are other topics that often end up going that same direction.

This isn’t one of them.
If the truth can be told, this isn’t one of them because most everyone already has his or her mind made up on the issue.  The issue gets shot down before it even gets brought up.
 And I can’t call it legalism, because there is no law for anyone to be “living by the letter.” 
The Bible doesn’t really seem to speak on the issue of discussion—which is why we shouldn’t necessarily call it “the road map for life” as so many seem to stereotype it.
 The Bible is not just the moral equivalent of  the popular diet book “Eat This Not That” as so many seem to treat it.
However, the Bible is the story of God’s people from one end of time to the other. 
It’s up to each of us to prayerfully find our place in that story and to determine how the Holy Spirit
 would have us walk in our culture—in our cities, in our workplaces, in our neighborhoods, and in our families.

With this being said, the topic up for discussion is this: whether men and women can just be friends. 
Whether they can be just friends. 
There really only seem to be two views. 
There are some people who say the answer is “No.” And there are some people who say the answer is “Yes.”

You’re welcome. 

Now, let’s take a look at the logic behind each of those.