Post by Moses on Feb 8, 2005 16:57:11 GMT -5
"You are the very ones who pass yourselves off as virtuous in people's sight, but God knows your hearts. For what is thought highly of by men is loathsome in the sight of God" -Luke 16:15; [Against the Pharisees and their love of money -- see also 18:9, Mt 6:1; 23:28; Pr 21:2, Ac 1:24]
"Beware of the scribes who ...swallow the property of widows, while making a show of lengthy prayers. The more severe will be the sentence they receive" Luke 20: 45-7
"President George Bush W. Bush Lowers His Head in Prayer" President George W. Bush lowers his head in prayer between Shirley Dobson, left, and Rev Wintley Phipps during a reading of "Our Nations Prayer" at the White House reception for the 50th Anniversary of the National Day of Prayer.
WHITE HOUSE PHOTO BY ERIC DRAPER
"And when you pray, do not imitate the hypocrites: they love to say their prayers standing up in the synagogues and at the street corners for people to see them. I tell you solemnly, they have had their reward." -- Mt 6:5-6
"Beware of the scribes who ...swallow the property of widows, while making a show of lengthy prayers. The more severe will be the sentence they receive" Luke 20: 45-7
"President George Bush W. Bush Lowers His Head in Prayer" President George W. Bush lowers his head in prayer between Shirley Dobson, left, and Rev Wintley Phipps during a reading of "Our Nations Prayer" at the White House reception for the 50th Anniversary of the National Day of Prayer.
WHITE HOUSE PHOTO BY ERIC DRAPER
"And when you pray, do not imitate the hypocrites: they love to say their prayers standing up in the synagogues and at the street corners for people to see them. I tell you solemnly, they have had their reward." -- Mt 6:5-6