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Should a Christian Be on Welfare?

Posted on September 21, 2024 by Alyssa Sonnenburg
There is a Biblical theology of charity for the poor, just as there is a Biblical theology of everything.
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Worth the Gamble?

Posted on February 13, 2024 by Alyssa Sonnenburg
It was 1995 and I was hosting an afternoon talk show in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. A buzz had formed around an announcement that the Pittsburgh mayor had planned to conduct a feasibility study of proposed riverboat gambling on the city's three rivers. This study would generate estimates of how many outsiders would travel to Pittsburgh to gamble.
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The Gamble Behind the Gamble

Posted on February 6, 2024 by Alyssa Sonnenburg
Online sports gambling has been around for a while, but it has really put the pedal to the floor over the last few years. This is partly because the activity enjoys much more legal leeway now than it has in the past. Only just a few years ago, states were forbidden by federal law from operating or sponsoring sports lotteries, but the Supreme Court struck down that law in the case Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association (2018).
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