We have gone on record for many years now as being opposed to any form of legalized gambling on moral grounds. Gambling has never been put to a statewide vote. If it were today, I would say it would be frighteningly close to not passing.
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We could be accused of being insensitive, but we think there's more to life than a bank account, ... Morality is an issue, and if you look at it critically, you'll see it is more than just dollar signs.William Perkins
The action of a shepherd in keeping sheep, performed as I have said in his kind, is as good a work before God as is the action of a judge in giving sentence, or of a magistrate in ruling, or a minister in preaching.
William Perkins
It is unfortunate that with all the human needs in Mississippi right now, the gambling-political complex has chosen this unfortunate time to try to expand its influence.
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Jesus Himself said, 'No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money,' ... We believe the governor of Mississippi and his supporters
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Every person of every degree, state, sex, or condition without exception must have some personal and particular calling to walk in.
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