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Does the Bible explicitly condemn or forbid gambling? No. However, I do believe there are certain principles that militate against it. 1. Gambling is poor stewardship. The believer’s responsibility is to use wealth to promote the kingdom of God. The emphasis in Scripture is never on the use of money with a view to increasing one’s personal fortune but on putting our money to use in the service of those who are in need. It simply is not wise and responsible behavior to take what God has graciously bestowed and entrust it to circumstances over which we have no control (Pr. 12:11). 2. The biblical command is that the believer should obtain money by faithful and diligent exercise of God-given talents in work. Gambling is an attempt to obtain money that promotes sloth and is often an excuse for not working. 3. Gambling promotes covetousness and greed, whereas the Word of God encourages contentment (Phil. 4:11-12; Heb. 13:5). If one is seven times more likely to be struck by lightning than to win a million dollars in a state lottery, why do people continue to buy tickets? Greed! 4. Gambling appears to create a condition in which one person's gain is necessarily another person's loss. In other words, in gambling, someone always loses. If so, it would seem to violate brotherly love and justice. 5. There is a fundamental flaw in the character of any government that seeks to capitalize financially on the moral weakness of its members. 6. Gambling appears to violate our belief in the sovereignty of God. 7. Gambling has such a powerful potential for enslaving those who participate that it may well violate the admonition of Scripture that we not be mastered by anything or anyone other than the Holy Spirit (1 Cor. 6:12).
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A steady diet of performances by soloists or even choirs can have the unintended effect of undermining the corporate, participative nature of our musical worship. People can gradually come to think of worship in terms of passive observation, which we do not see modeled in the Bible. Such a diet may also begin to blur the line between worship and entertainment, especially in a television-sopped culture like ours, where one of our most insidious expectations is to be always entertained. Of course, this blurring is hardly ever intended. But over time, separating the “performers” from “the rest of the congregation” can subtly shift the focus of our attention from God to the musicians and their talent – a shift that is frequently revealed by applause at the end of some performance pieces. Who is the beneficiary of such applause? (Mark Dever and Paul Alexander).
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    Gingerbread 1 Servings

    INGREDIENTS

    1/2 c Butter
    2/3 c Boiling water
    1 c Molasses
    2 1/4 c Flour
    1 1/2 ts Baking soda
    1/2 ts Salt
    2 ts Ginger, or
    1 ts Ginger
    1 ts Cinnamon, and
    1/4 ts Cloves

    INSTRUCTIONS

    Melt butter in hot water, add molasses, and dry ingredients mixed and
sifted. Beat vigorously. Bake in buttered shallow pan 35 to 40 minutes; in
greased muffin pans or bread stick pans 20 to 35 minutes in a moderate oven
(350 F.).
NOTES :    Cambridge Gingerbread.     Add 1 egg, well beaten, to liquids
before incorporating flour.
Recipe by: 1937 Boston Cooking School Cookbook
Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #479 by Trinette Kaufman
<trinette@corecom.net> on Feb 09, 1997.

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