MWUTT 24: Is gambling permissible for Christians?

Good morning, and welcome to a very early morning session of Men Who Understood the Times. Uh, I am Pastor Michael Zarling with Pastor Andy Miller, and Josh Nelson had to step away for this week and so we have Dr. Phil Hahn this morning. So, uh, Phil, what are you drinking this morning?

I have hotel black coffee.

Andy, what do you have?

Well, this is episode appropriate. I've got black coffee also. Little shot ... Like, tiny dripper of cream, but sponsored by the M Casino, which is just-

There you go

... a couple miles south of me in Las Vegas.

That is applicable for this episode. So, uh, uh, Phil, thanks for stepping in. So Phil is a layman. So Phil, can you tell us a little about yourself?

Sure, yeah. I'm, I'm a layman. I live in Madison, Alabama. I go to the Lamb of God Lutheran Church down there. Um, I am an engineer, about 20 years into my career, and I've got a couple kids, uh, in college.

Yeah. So you, you literally are a doctor, correct?

I am. Yeah. Not a medical one, but-

Yeah

... a mechanical one.

And, and, yeah, mechanical engineer so a, a, a real rocket scientist, right?

Sure, yeah.

And, and you can follow Phil on Substack. He's the one that puts our Men Who Understood the Times on Substack. I didn't even know what that is, but Phil got me onto it and you can follow Phil with, with the other Dr. Phil, right? Is that what you are there?

Yeah, yeah. It's, it's an, an old joke that probably you don't get unless you're older, but yeah.

Yeah. Uh, so begin today with our disclaimer that, uh, Phil is not talking for his church, and Andy and I are not speaking for our churches or for our church body, that we're just three guys very early on a Saturday morning. And when I say early, the last couple have been at 7:00. Today is at 6:00 'cause I don't understand the whole time zone thing because they said, "Oh, let's do, uh..."" What was it? 8:00 Eastern, and I forget that there's Eastern and then Central, and then Mountain, and then whatever time you're on, Andy. So yours is really early this morning, aren't you?

I was up at 4:30, my friend.