Well, we have a follow-up question to episode 1269.

In that episode, we talked about fantasy sports gambling, specifically related to draft

kings and fandual, prompting this question from a listener named Preston.

Hello, Pastor John.

I listened to your episode where you discussed your thoughts on sports gambling being sinful.

You said the system itself was evil, and made the case that $50 contributed to a well-invested

stock fund could yield a $230,000 future value over many years.

And this would be a wiser use of the $50.

My question is that if you invest the $50 into a stock fund instead, aren't you somewhat

subscribing to unknown risk in the same way that you are with educated, not random, sports

gambling?

This creates the question of how do we as Christians determine what the appropriate level of risk

is with investing our dollar?

Secondly, how can we trust that the investment industry is not also a system of evil in

the same way sports gambling is?

How can we trust that our dollar returned from an investment has not been earned in a

crooked or sinful fashion in the same way a dollar from the sports gambling institution

would be?

Pastor John, what would you say to Preston?

Let's take Preston's two questions one at a time.

First, he asks, if you invest the $50 a week into a stock fund instead, are you going

to argue somewhat subscribing to unknown risk in the same way that you are with an educated

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