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12. It is true most don't take such a vow, but Matthew 6:24 is not ambiguous on the subject

Tue Feb 10, 2015, 12:00 PM

Feb 2015

No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.

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"Vow of Poverty" - the $7-million beach house of Rev. Mike Huckabee [View all] DemoTex Feb 2015 OP

Had to turn off Morning Schmo because he and his wife were on. Manifestor_of_Light Feb 2015 #1

That was Rick Santorum, not Huckabee. n/t Tanuki Feb 2015 #2

They're all at the same level of stupid, sorry. Manifestor_of_Light Feb 2015 #5

A few things philosslayer Feb 2015 #22

Didn't see the interview atreides1 Feb 2015 #30

I'm saying that other people have different experiences. Manifestor_of_Light Feb 2015 #32

Dropping dead of stress? philosslayer Feb 2015 #33

Well, that's nice. Manifestor_of_Light Feb 2015 #38

What... no Christian flag? Chiyo-chichi Feb 2015 #3

right below the stars and stripes KG Feb 2015 #18

That's the flag of Florida. Chiyo-chichi Feb 2015 #21

Isn't it incredible what hate is capable of building? bullwinkle428 Feb 2015 #4

The new thing I hear from my christian FB friends is "favor." RadiationTherapy Feb 2015 #6

It's bullshit, it's no where in the Bible that you get health and wealth. dilby Feb 2015 #17

This stuff has been part of the "new age" movement for quite a while. RadiationTherapy Feb 2015 #19

I am Jewish but read the New Testament. dilby Feb 2015 #20

All resolutions of cognitive dissonance probably look strange RadiationTherapy Feb 2015 #31

I was taught he was a carpenter - LiberalElite Feb 2015 #39

Not Catholic erpowers Feb 2015 #7

And only in certain orders. Secular priests don't take a vow of poverty. RB TexLa Feb 2015 #9

Secular priests? What does that mean? immoderate Feb 2015 #27

Those are the priests who are assigned to a parish RB TexLa Feb 2015 #40

Thanks. Whoda thunk? It sounds sort of oxymoronic. immoderate Feb 2015 #41

Just a caption .. DemoTex Feb 2015 #10

It is true most don't take such a vow, but Matthew 6:24 is not ambiguous on the subject Major Nikon Feb 2015 #12

You can Have Both erpowers Feb 2015 #37

Well, Jesus disagrees with you, because if verse 24 wasn't enough, 25-33 drive the point home Major Nikon Feb 2015 #46

I wonder what the citizens of Arkansas think of him moving to no-state-income-tax Florida Tanuki Feb 2015 #8

Looks like a Fortress of Turpitude Octafish Feb 2015 #11

Ha! Right now the Clown Car is parked in the circular. DemoTex Feb 2015 #13

Splendid! DeSwiss Feb 2015 #15

Charlatan, always has been one and he always will be one. Rex Feb 2015 #14

Mormon Bishop Mitt Romney's beach house at La Jolla aint_no_life_nowhere Feb 2015 #16

Well, what it seems they REALLY worship is not God. calimary Feb 2015 #24

rofl Tsiyu Feb 2015 #23

Theirs is a different kind of Bible, I think. calimary Feb 2015 #25

Looks like you're spot on Tsiyu Feb 2015 #28

"Buy Bull" - Good One, LOL aint_no_life_nowhere Feb 2015 #29

Amen Send Money SammyWinstonJack Feb 2015 #44

I think that is the beauty of the Bible and religion to them... world wide wally Feb 2015 #35

Indeed Tsiyu Feb 2015 #36

At last! The silver linings of global warming & sea level rise - revealed! hatrack Feb 2015 #26

Sadly, Huckabee will probably be dead long before the oceans rise to inundate this monstrosity!!!! LongTomH Feb 2015 #34

he's a flim-flam man spanone Feb 2015 #42

looks like an apartment building Liberal_in_LA Feb 2015 #43

Has Huckabee made a vow of poverty? riderinthestorm Feb 2015 #45