What does Tribe teach about drug use spiritual effects?

At Tribe, the teaching on drug use starts not with a list of rules but with a spiritual reality. In a sermon from Zechariah 10, Brian connected the passage's warning about counterfeit sources of guidance to the practice of using substances to enter altered states. His point was not primarily about the physical harm involved but about what happens spiritually when a person's ordinary awareness is bypassed that way: doors get opened that the user did not intend to open.

Brian described the enemy's pattern as putting attractive or even pleasurable experiences on the surface while burying the real terms underneath, the way a contract hides its most consequential language in the fine print. A positive or fun experience, he said, does not mean the transaction was safe. The danger with altered states is that access granted in one moment can be used at a time of the enemy's choosing, not the user's. The person who opened the door may not feel the consequences right away, but the access remains.

The broader frame of that morning was God's generosity. Brian was drawing people toward Zechariah's image of abundant spring rain, the idea that God is ready to give far more than we think to ask for. The warning about drug use fit inside that larger invitation: there are ways of seeking experience, relief, or guidance that route around God entirely, and those ways carry hidden costs. The better option, Brian was saying, is to bring your need directly to God, who actually delivers.

Taught from Zechariah 10:1-2 · 1 John 4:4 (paraphrased) · John 8:32