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Please Consider this summer’s ASK 2020 – a conference on our relationship with the living Christ in Atlanta!
As many of us are spending time thinking about the coming of Easter, we may also be planning our gardens for spring planting, summer tending, and autumn harvest. I am contemplating our ASK 2020 conference in Atlanta, as “cultivating the garden of meaning”, which is the title of an article by Rev. Carol Kelly, in Perspectives, a newsletter from the U.K. It struck me as pertinent, because one of her paragraphs says, “We need to gather together as adults for retreats and conferences, to be able to turn off the phone, to become quiet, to listen, to gather insights from one another and to pray. We do not take this seriously enough. Retreats are opportunities for deep community building, for deepening our understanding of the passion and resurrection of Christ, for learning one another’s biographies and strengthening our connection to one another. We have one direction in church, facing the altar. But we have another direction to cultivate in community life, looking toward one another and building Christ-community.”
Please consider joining us June 24-28, this summer, for just such a cultivation of fertile ground. Our website is ask2020atlanta.org.
–Katherine Jenkins
ASK Conference, Coordinating Circle
Tell your friends… there are four summer camps in North America this year!
Here is a video of Harmony Lake, the East Coast camp. (Click “Read more” from the home page).
To learn about them all, visit: https://www.thechristiancommunity.org/children-youth/camps/
The question often comes up: Is gambling a sin in the Bible? Well, this is the reason that casinos are so popular. Sin is involved in every gambling activity. And yes, it is definitely wrong in a number of ways.
There are many gambling activities in the Bible. It seems like they may not be as bad as what we are doing now. But, that is not the case. Of course there are things to love and have fun in the Bible but still gambling is wrong.
Going to the casino is definitely gambling. Using a mobile casino with Interac is a bit different and a lot less sinful than the traditional casinos in Canada. You don’t have to leave your house to gamble.
Going to a casino with an ATM is gambling. Going to a casino without one is gambling. The Bible talks about eating or drinking anything on an open source. This includes going to a casino without an ATM.
The casinos are not like home. They require money to even go into the casino. That means that you can spend a lot of money in a short period of time if you have to. This can lead to gambling addiction.
The casinos are full of sin. If you are going to the casino with your wife, it is wrong. If you are going to the casino with another person, it is wrong. So, if you are with a woman or someone who is not your wife, this is going to be a big deal.
Going to a casino without an ATM (with Interac payment system as example) is going to be a big deal as well. If you are going to a casino without an ATM, it may involve some gambling, but it is not always going to be real gambling. With these two things in mind, it is a decision you need to make and you will need to decide for yourself.
Casinos are not a place where you should feel comfortable because of the dangers involved. If you choose to go to a casino with an ATM, do so because you want to and not because you feel obligated to. If you decide to gamble, then gambling is definitely a sin in the Bible.