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This church would not take a $600,000 donation from one of their members. Why? He won $6 million playing the lottery and wanted to be generous and give 10% to his home church. The pastor did not explain his decision when asked.

What do you think?
I think he’s crazy. I know a lot of churches take a position against gambling. I understand. The thing is, this is one of those (and I cover several in my book 10 Things I Hate About Christianity) positions that the Bible is not specifically clear on.
Remember Judas in the Bible? Remember how he betrayed Jesus? Remember how he killed himself when he realized what he did?
Well, in the Book of Acts the disciples needed to replace him. What did they do? They cast lots, which is a glorified and cosmic version of rock-paper-scissors found in the Bible. And it was okay for the disciples. I’m not saying this was right. I’m not saying that they thought it was a good idea after the fact. In fact, there’s nothing in the New Testament about if it was right or wrong.
What’s my point? 
Grey areas. I’m all for being principled and having values. I just hate when churches are militant about ideals and positions that the Bible is not specifically clear on. In this case, it is literally that church’s loss. $600,000 to be exact. More importantly, it distracts people from Jesus, if you ask me. They look on and think church and Christians are crazy. So they stay away from Jesus too.
What would I do?
I don’t have a position on gambling one way or the other. For some it is destructive and ruins their lives. For others it is simply entertainment. But if I had a church and one of my members won the lottery…Show me the money!
I would gladly accept the offering…
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