Sentences with phrase «say about greed»

Or wait, I think Jesus or God might have had something to say about greed somewhere... in some book... Darn it!

This should greatly concern followers of Jesus, for Jesus had a lot to say about greed and the need to care for the poor.

Jesus had a lot of to say about greed, so why not just stick with the bible and Jesus» teachings?

Not exact matches

Heath points out that, when asked about what motivates wrongdoing, most people say it has a lot to do with greed, or with other deep character flaws.

And whether or not Jesus ever spoke about economies, I dare you to say that he did not speak out about greed, and talk about how all, especially those with the most, had a duty to those with the least.

@BRC: And whether or not Jesus ever spoke about economies, I dare you to say that he did not speak out about greed

In fact, Jesus had more to say about the the dangers of greed, love of possessions, and the lack of compassion for the the «poor» and the «least of these» than he did about any other single subject in christian scripture.

The Bible has a lot to say about the love of money (greed)... Worrying about who it's going to offend is a fear of man and the Bible says that «a fear of man is a snare.

In 1973 I met him again in Cambridge, Massachusetts, a broken man, living, he said, on social security, and bitter about what he called the greed and duplicity of men who had brought down his life's work and that of thousands of ordinary people.

It's much easier to talk about sex than money,» said Meyers, who wrote about greed and the other seven deadly sins in his book, «The Virtue in the Vice.»

The Rev. Andy Stanley says he took a risk preaching about greed to his suburban Atlanta congregation, but it has paid off.

Andy Stanley, a prominent evangelical leader, said some in his congregation cheered when he launched a preaching series called «Recovery Road» to talk about politically touchy issues such as personal greed, the federal deficit and the sins of subprime loans.

Wills says that unlike the popes of old, whose overriding sins were greed, venality, and lust for temporal power, the modern popes, beginning with Pius IX, recruit Catholics into «structures of deceit» about Church doctrine and discipline.

His financial greed is disgusting and his plans for the least among us You, most likely, are one of those who ranted because you think the President's Christian pastor said terrible things about America and he was awful to sit in that church for 20 years and listen to that.

To be sure, Berry says we're all — boomer, sticker or otherwise — complicit in this greed, but Warren's poetry is far more ambivalent about terms like greed, and therefore far more questioning in his «agrarianism» than Berry's literalism of the land.

Judaism — Because the foundations are so mythical, it is impossible to be historical about greed in said religion.

Jesus is indignant that the scribes and Pharisees (1) will not enter the kingdom of heaven themselves and stand in the way of others entering it as well; (2) will do almost anything to win a proselyte only to make that proselyte twice as much a child of hell as they are; (3) confuse people by senseless oaths, telling them that if they swear by the Temple, their oath is not binding, but if they swear by the gold of the Temple, it is binding - the fools ought to realize, Jesus says, that the Temple includes all that is in it; (4) tithe some of their money but neglect justice and mercy and faith, which are weightier moral matters, when they ought both to tithe and perform these greater acts of righteousness as well; (5) are careful about outward cleanliness but careless about the inward disposition, so that they are filled with extortion and greed; (6) appear righteous but really are hypocrites, because their appearance hides all manner of iniquity inside; (7) pretend to revere the prophets of history whom their parents killed but continue to practice the evil of their parents by rejecting those whom God sends to them now (Matt.

Rainier has no clue what Jesus said «is what the law and the prophets is all about» and you don't even know that Sodom was destroyed because of greed.

Read your statement again and then make a list of all the things the bible says to do — that you don't do, being careful to note verses about sexual lust, greed, gluttony, slothfulness, love, obedience, etc..

Bishop Harry Jackson (at the beginning of this item) didn't say he was «afraid» to talk about greed; he said, rightly, that blaming it for the recession is incorrect and just feeds the anti-capitalism bias on the part of liberalism.

And since my Oma taught me to keep my mouth shut when I've got nothing nice to say (typical old lady advice), I'm going to keep my cynical thoughts to myself and let those of you who do enjoy your boxes of heart shaped chocolates and dozen red roses, enjoy them without some vitriolic, negative Nancy adding her two cents about the greed - driven hijacking of what was once a pretty badass holiday.

They have forgotten what they are, a co-operative is not about corporate greed,» she said.

Its all well and good saying this about Theo greed etc but how many were saying it when Henry RVP Overmars and Coles contract talks stalled.

Saying that, football is about money, about greed.

«This case is about corruption and greed at the highest levels,» Tierney said, his remark sounding much like one delivered by his colleague in opening statements March 14 in the same Central Islip courtroom.

«This is a case about corruption and greed at the highest levels of county and town government,» Assistant U.S. Attorney Lara Treinis Gatz said in the Central Islip courtroom.

We all know about the greed and lobbying strength of big business, but the same can be said for the state teachers union and other powerful public labor unions.

Our campaign is about putting the needs of the millions of working people in New York ahead of the greed of the 1 %,» said Hawkins.

Paul talks about balance, but then says he eats 21 eggs a week, in the end I feel the Western diet is pure gluttony because no way is eating 21 eggs a week balanced it is out and out greed.

So says professional killer Jackie Cogan at one point in Killing Them Softly, the third film by New Zealander Andrew Dominik - and considering the filmmaker's efforts to establish a connection between the events in the movie and the economic crisis started in the late 2000s thanks to the greed and lack of scruples of Wall Street, it is easy to see Cogan as an ordinary employee of any company complaining about the lack of vision of his bosses and, on the other hand, the big bankers as Armani - dressing versions of the violent mobsters who inhabit the crime section of the newspapers.

«Some of this shit really happened,» Seal says afterward, echoing the frenetic - slash - whimsical tone of director Doug Liman's previous foray in the genre («Mr. & Mrs. Smith») and shadowing the brow - raising title card that opens «American Hustle» (ah, another «American,» another tale about mining glory in greed).

That Porsche — Canada and worldwide — is enjoying unprecedented success says more about our gullibility than their greed.

And you said, «I believe that you can do better regarding teaching wannabe professionals a thing or two about how to deal with potentially difficult clients beside appealing to their baser natures of greed.»

Surprisingly, though, it didn't have much to say about the biggest elephant in the room — greed and negligence at the consumer level.