As iron sharpens iron,
one person sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17)
“Amidst suffering, the battle between living a kingdom-minded and a self-minded life feels impossible. Bible verses you once held fast to can sound like moral platitudes that neither comfort nor feel true.” - Lifeway
How common is gambling among conservative evangelicals? With the lottery and the rise of gambling on sports, it seems more and more Americans are getting involved in this vice. With the increase of casinos and recreational trips to Las Vegas, I suspect many Christians participate in gambling regularly. But what about conservative evangelicals in general?
I have found out about a few closet gamblers when people share memories at funerals! What are your thoughts? What have you read? Experienced?
“The longing to be seen and valued isn’t weakness. It’s deeply human. After all, God created us to work and intends for our work to matter.” - TGC
Many may ask church leaders for counsel about video games: “Should I, or those under my care, play them? If not, why not? If so, what kinds and how much?” To answer these questions knowledgably, pastors and elders must first understand what a video game is, what types of games there are, and what are their ratings.1
By C. H. Spurgeon. Sermon 2197 delivered on Lord’s-day morning, March 29th, 1891 at the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington.
“Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.” (Rom. 6:4)
“[F]riends are fallible. The wisest among them is still prone to misjudgment, and the most knowledgeable among them is still prone to ignorance…. Even the best-intentioned friend can provide counsel that hurts, harms, or leads astray…. It is a tremendous comfort, then, that when we pray, we are not praying to someone else who is just trying to figure it all out, as we are.” - Challies
“And you shall remember all the way which Yahweh your God has led you in the wilderness these forty years, that He might humble you, testing you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not. And He humbled you and let you be hungry and fed you with manna which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that He might make you know that man does not live by bread alone, but by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of Yahweh.” (Deuteronomy 8:2–3, LSB)
“… people whose consciences were wracked with guilt over sin, real or imagined, that left them in despair. While many causes could give rise to this, one was clearly what we would call an over-scrupulous conscience.” - 9 Marks
"In the face of the extraordinary challenges presented to parents and Christians by digital technology, it seems to me that we need two things above all. First, we need courage and boldness in confronting these challenges... Second, and just as important, we need grace. Grace for others, grace for our children, grace for ourselves." - CToday
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