#331 - David Pollack // Sports Gambling And The Christian Conscience

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Joby Martin & Kyle Thompson

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🗓️ 8 April 2026

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Are you living like every day counts in your life or are you passively surviving the ups and downs of life? Check out David Pollack’s latest book, Every Day Counts: Start Where You Are. Use What You Have. Do What You Can. — Sports gambling is no longer something “other people” do. It’s in your phone, in your feeds, and increasingly in the lives of teenagers and young men who are still learning impulse control, money habits, and identity. We dig into why sports betting has become one of the fa...

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Daily Blade.
0:03.0	The Word of God is described as the sword of the spirit, the primary spiritual weapon in the Christian's armor against the forces of evil.
0:11.0	Your hosts are Joby Martin and Kyle Thompson, and they stand ready to equip men for the fight.
0:17.0	Let's sharpen up.
0:20.0	Hey guys, David Pollock here. Day three, filling in for Joby Martin and Kyle Thompson.
0:26.1	And this is an area that I think is going to be very interesting. I'll be interesting to see how
0:29.7	it's received because it's kind of a great area. But it's an area that's really, it's attacking
0:35.6	our families. And it's the fastest growing addiction in America. It's destroying young men. I mean's really, it's attacking our families, and it's the fastest growing addiction in
0:38.5	America. It's destroying young men. I mean, really, really prevalent with young men, and it's
0:43.8	sports gambling, and it's grown faster than porn, than drugs, than alcohol, and it's all over
0:48.9	the place, and I think it's a gray area, because what are gray areas? Gray areas of those things
0:54.1	in life that the Bible doesn't specifically speak to.
0:57.1	So how do we have a clear, concise conviction of it and what we're supposed to believe?
1:03.0	And so I got offered an opportunity for my podcast to make a lot of money for a gambling site to be, you know, my main sponsor. And the first thing I did was
1:13.2	try to justify it. And first thing I did was like, it's not that big of a deal. And I actually grabbed
1:18.1	four buddies and we went and sat down and we hash some things out. And we came up with some really
1:22.2	good, you know, things that, you know, I'm not going to tell you what to believe, but some give you
1:26.9	some information.
1:32.7	The Bible does not directly forbid gambling, but it does warn against sin related to greed,
1:37.9	covetedness, and get rich quick schemes, right? Those are talked about. The Bible teaches us that we should trust God with our provision and not rely on luck. And it also teaches us to work hard, to be good stewards with our resources,
1:48.2	and to be content with God's blessings in our life, to be good stewards with our resources.
1:53.6	Is that being a good steward with your resource? The Bible also teaches us, and this is the
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