Team Jesus, Please pray that a Biblical Worldview will prevail all over our great Country!
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Sports gambling is an epidemic in America. I am so very, very thankful for the work of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission and Baptist pastor and former college football coach, RaShan Frost!
Baptist Press
By Ken Camp/Baptist Standard, posted April 8, 2025 in Culture, ERLC, Sports
FORT WORTH, Texas – Sports gambling feeds on greed and thrives on the exploitation of the vulnerable, Baptist pastor and former college football coach, RaShan Frost said.
“The problem with sports gambling is that it intensifies covetous and idolatrous desires within our hearts,” said Frost, director of research with the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission and teaching pastor at Centerpoint Church in North Charleston, S.C.
“Covetousness is the vice that fuels the gambling industry,” he told the ERLC-sponsored Summit on Sports Gambling at Travis Avenue Baptist Church in Fort Worth on April 7, 2025.
While compulsive sports gambling begins as an individual issue, its ‘ripple effects’ are felt throughout society, he said.
Research reveals sports gambling often leads to elevated use of alcohol and illicit drugs, as well as mental health problems and family violence, Frost said.
He noted research showing an upset loss in a sporting event leads to an 11 percent increase in domestic abuse by young men.
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Adrian Rogers
Christianity is not a code. It is not a cause. It is not a creed, and it is not conduct—it’s Christ. The mark of a Christian is love for the Lord Jesus Christ. The true desire of every child of God is to know Jesus Christ intimately. We want more than redemption; we want a relationship. We want more than gifts; we want the Giver. We want Jesus Christ to be real to us. As the Apostle Paul said, “Oh, that I may know Him.” Paul knew Christ intellectually and spiritually, but Paul wanted to know more still about the Lord Jesus Christ.
I want Christ to be real to me. I want to know, not merely about Him; I want to know Him. We will all come to judgment someday, and I want to meet face-to-face the Savior I’ve already known heart-to-heart. Maybe you decided on Jesus a long time ago, but you don’t know very much about the God who saved you. You can get to know Him through His Word. You can allow Him to show you who He is through His Spirit. We have the opportunity and privilege to know Him intimately.
