That’s not to say that money itself is evil, but that the love of money consumes and turns people into idolaters. For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. However, there are some verses about how we should think about money that we should consider when thinking about this subject.īut they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. To do so would be to say we know better than God about what is right and wrong. And as Christians we do not want to add to God’s law and forbid things He has never forbidden ( Deuteronomy 4:2). There is no Bible verse explicitly condemning gambling. I thought it might be edifying if I placed some of those thoughts here and applied them to what Christians should think about casinos. I had never really considered the question of how specifically to react to a casino moving in and what to do about it, although I had spent time thinking about the subject of gambling before.

While on it I was asked the question about how a church with a congregational form of government would make a decision about whether to support a casino moving into town.

Recently, I had the privilege of appearing on the Why Theology podcast to talk about the Church and how it should be governed. *This article does not necessarily reflect the opinions of all of the contributors to the Particular Baptist

Does the bible say gambling is wrong