It falsely promises a quick fix . . . an easy solution to all of your problems. But gambling really provides just the opposite of what it promises. John MacArthur shows you why gambling is such a seductive—yet deceptive—fantasy. . . .
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“ William Ames and Gambling - A Correction ” According to the following quotation the mention, in this MP3, that William Ames defended gambling is not correct,
"On December 21, 1609, when Ames preached a stinging sermon on St. Thomas’s Day—an annual festivity at Cambridge which had become increasingly raucous over the years—and denounced gambling, administering the “salutary vinegar of reproof,” the college authorities had him taken into custody and suspended him from his academic degrees and ecclesiastical duties. After a brief period as city lecturer in Colchester, Ames was forbidden to preach by George Abbott, Bishop of London. In 1610, Ames decided to seek the freer academic and ecclesiastical climate of the Netherlands where he remained for the rest of his life." - http://www.meetthepuritans.com /blog/meet-puritan-william-ames
Another quote on gambling: "It is … ordered that all persons whatsoever that have cards, dice or tables in their houses, shall make away with them before the next court under pain of punishment." - March 22, 1631, the General Court, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Otherwise, a number of good points are made throughout this series of three MP3 messages. For more against gambling (i.e., Godless gaming) see the free MP3 http://ow.ly/nT2H30fOz6p.
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Widely known for his thorough, candid approach to teaching God’s Word, John MacArthur is a fifth-generation pastor, a popular author and conference speaker, and has served as pastor-teacher of Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California since 1969. John and his wife,...
