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Welcome to Questions and Ethics with Russell Moore, where we apply the Gospel of the Kingdom to cultural issues

and your questions about the Christian life.

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Hello, this is Russell Moore, president of the Southern Baptist Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission

and this is the program where I take questions from you about various ethical dilemmas

that you may find yourself in or just questions that you may have

about what it means to live the Christian life or to understand what's going on in the culture

around you and one question that I received not long ago came via Twitter direct message

from a pastor and this is what he says medical marijuana for Christians, okay or not okay, there's a bet writing on this.

Okay, first of all, what I want to say to my friend here is I'm wondering if this is a trick question.

Are you like the Sadduce's and Pharisees trying to get Jesus to say something because on the

one hand if I answer this question at all I'm

actually participating in your gambling. So if that's what you're trying to do I

see what you're doing there. If you're just speaking metaphorically, then we'll step back and deal with this issue.

The question of medical marijuana is one that I hear a lot because there are so many states around the country that are legalizing marijuana for legal purposes,

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