Greed

An Archbishop of Cape Town (illustration)

A former Archbishop of Cape Town once said, “When missionaries came to South Africa, they had the Bible and we (the Africans) had the land. They said, ‘Let us pray.’ We closed our eyes. When we opened them, we had the Bible and they had the land!” (Source …

Greed Is Not Profitable (illustration)

A dog was carrying a bone as he crossed a bridge. He looked into the water and saw his own reflection. He took this to be another dog and another bone. He desperately wanted the other bone so he dropped the one he had to scare the “other dog.” Of course there was no oth …

Woman who owns the Empire State Building (illustration)

She owns a string of hotels. She owns the Empire State Building. She is a billionaire. Yet, in September 1989 Leona Mindy Rosenthal Helmsley was convicted of 33 counts of tax evasion, for which she faces the possibility of being sent to prison for 100 years. According to Time mag …

The monkey who put his hand in a melon. (illustration)

What greed will do - men who trap animals in Africa say that one of the hardest animals to catch is the ring-tailed monkey. For the Zulus of that continent, however, it’s simple. The method the Zulus use is based on knowledge of the animal. Their trap is nothing more than a melon …

What Do You Want on Your Tombstone? (illustration)

What do you want on your tombstone? If your life could be boiled down to a phrase what would it be? Anger, Greed, Kind, Love, Selfish, etc. …

Man Who Died in An Eating Contest (illustration)

Reuters Life! reported that a man died just as he was about to win a university binge-eating contest in Taiwan, scoffing down two buns filled with rice and cheese as well as some of his teammate’s food, to win $60. (Charles Wallace - Sermon Central). …

Can You Build a House That is Sinful? (illustration)

Several years ago, Millard Fuller of Habitat for Humanity addressed the National Press Club on public radio, on which he recalled a workshop he conducted at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary with 200 pastors in attendance. The assembled pastors quickly pointed toward greed and se …

What Are You Willing to Do For Money? (illustration)

What are you willing to do for $10,000,000? Two-thirds of Americans polled would agree to at least one, some to several of the following: * Would abandon their entire family (25%) &nb …

The Greedy Dog (illustration)

A dog was carrying a bone as he crossed a bridge. He looked into the water and saw his own ...