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Gambling preys on the longings of the heart

March 30, 2022 By Barrett Duke

EDITOR'S NOTE: Barrett Duke currently serves as executive director with the Montana Southern Baptist Convention, with which the Missouri Baptist Convention has formed an ongoing missions partnership. Previously, he served as vice president for Public Policy and Research at the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission. It is estimated that Americans lost $161 billion to all forms of gambling in 2018, with $306 million of that going to online gambling. … [Read more...]

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