The payoff isn't what it seems Download Acrobat PDF file Everyone, Christians included, is susceptible to the allure of lotteries. The slogans are pitched to us daily. Singers croon about the freedom that instant wealth will bring, as pictures of high-priced cars, holidays on exotic beaches, or beautiful houses are flashed by us.
Lotteries promise a life of utter enjoyment unburdened by cares.
Lotteries are a challenge to us as individual Christians, as churches and as citizens. We should seek to deal with them on all those levels. All for as little as a dollar. Lotteries present issues to us on several levels. They are a challenge to us as individual Christians.