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A few days ago, around 5:30pm, I stopped at a gas station with one of my sons to buy a couple of items. We walked into the gas station convenience store, found our items and got in line to pay. The one young lady at the cash register was busy helping a middle-aged woman. Behind her in line was a mid
Third, we can argue that they are essentially legalized thieves. Just as a thief takes and does not return, so these organizations take and do not return. The instances in which they return are the exception; most people leave without the money with which they came. The gambler is asked to spend mon
The English dictionary defines gambling as “to risk something of value on an event or a possible happening; to persue a course accompanied by a high degree of uncertainty or risk of loss”. Because America is money mad, she is also the gamblingest nation that ever existed in spite of the fact that
Also, a church should get its funds from its membership by freewill offerings. Jesus said, “Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar’s; and unto God the things that are God’s” (Matthew 22:21). In Old Testament Israel, a temple tax of one half a shekel for every person over twenty was
Gambling. This word would not raise an eyebrow in many conversations in the world today. Many people talk of a dream vacation in Las Vegas, which is the gamblers paradise. Almost every state in the U. S. has legalized gambling, except Utah and Hawaii. The lottery abounds. Indian casinos are mushroom
There are many different forms of gambling. I do not wish to weary the reader by discussing the various forms of gambling which a wicked world indulges in. I have in mind the stock market; the gambling den or casino, where gambling such as dice, poker, roulette, blackjack, chuck a luck, etc. are do
. . .Bingo is the third largest gambling enterprise in the United States. Casino gambling is first, horseracing second. On any given day close to a million Bingo players, mostly women, and mostly elderly will spend at least $10-$12 for a few hours play. Annually this comes to a $4.5 billion cash bu
Several months ago, I penned an article about the defining annual cultural and sporting event known as the Super Bowl. I mentioned gambling in relation to this event and the staggering dollar amounts bet on that single evening; however, the focus of the article wasn’t gambling. A recent conversation
Herman C. Hanko is professor of Church History and New Testament in the Protestant Reformed Seminary. My first experience with big-time gambling came as a bit of a shock. I and three friends were on a trip through the West; our journey brought us to the vicinity of Las Vegas on the Fourth of July.
"Old doubts and fears about games of chance are falling by the wayside as states, churches and other organizations cater to people's growing desire to bet." So ran the subtitle to an article on gambling in an issue of U.S. News last spring. In the last couple of years many Americans have felt the ef