Sentences with phrase «preach because of money»

I have attended great churches all across this country, all my life — never once have I met a pastor who was «afraid» to preach because of money.

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Because if they put those billboards up in my front yard I would laugh at them for spending money on «preaching to the chior» for lack of a more apropos phrase

Jeremy thanks for your comments alot of this i never really thought about before until you provoked me to seek the truth in the word it is what we all should be doing finding the truth for ourselves God wants to reveal mysterys if we are open to hear.If we have been christians awhile we just take the word of whoevers preaching or whichever clip we see on god tube its knowledge but not revelation.Because the story sounds plausible we tag that on to our belief for example for many years i believed that the rich young rulers problem was money so the way to deal with that problem is to give it away and be a follower of Jesus sounds plausible.Till you realise every believers situation is different so the message has to be universal.So the reason its not about money because it excludes those that do nt have it and does nt make room for those that do have it but do nt worship it.The rich young ruler was not a bad person he lived by a good moral code but he made money his idol he put that before God.The word says we shall not have any idols thats a sin and a wicked one.In fact there wasnt any room in his heart for Jesus that is a tragedy.So when we see the message is about Idolatry we all have areas that we chose not to submit to God thats universal everyone of us whether we are rich or poor.I believe we are unaware that we have these idols what are some of them that was revealed to me our partners our children our work our church our family i can sense some of you are getting fidgetty.

Often, it falls back on the hearer to not allow themselves to be controlled or manipulated, at least to an extent where it is unhealthy for them... and each one of us has to discover where that line is for ourselves (I'm still learning to say «no, I can't do that» and I'm still learning to not put more money in the offering plate because the pastor told us he's preached 47 Sundays in a row without a vacation).

Because, you know of course, Jesus was a rich man preaching about the wonders of money.

And will you preach that philosophy to the person that lost what they were owed because of your greed to help them get out of debt and the person that they owed because you helped the person that owed them money and so on so you help them file bankruptcy so the prison they cheated files bankruptcy so the people they owed has to file bankruptcy all the while you make more and more money isn't that a great position to be in while your telling these people it is ok to be unreliable and be a credit risk for 7 years minimum when everyone knows it's atleast ten then you start building so try closer to 15 years tell the truth not just the parts that make you sound like a shepherd instead of the wolf in sheep's skin that you really are.