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Church, Inc. (Ecclesiastes 5:1-7, Matthew 10:37-40)
Erik DiVietro, May 30, 2010Part of the Blah, Blah, Blah ... Yadda, Yadda, Yadda series, preached at a Sunday Morning service
Blah, blah, blah ... Yadda, yadda, yadda series, part 6.
ADD Fact Check: According to various online sources (but inexplicably missing from its own Web site), the mission statement of Best Buy is: "Our formula is simple: we’re a growth company focused on better solving the unmet needs of our customers—and we rely on our employees to solve those puzzles. Thanks for stopping."
Incidentally, why does Best Buy operate an online bookstore?
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Ecclesiastes 5:1-7
5:1 Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. To draw near to listen is better than to offer the sacrifice of fools, for they do not know that they are doing evil. 2 Be not rash with your mouth, nor let your heart be hasty to utter a word before God, for God is in heaven and you are on earth. Therefore let your words be few. 3 For a dream comes with much business, and a fool's voice with many words.
4 When you vow a vow to God, do not delay paying it, for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay what you vow. 5 It is better that you should not vow than that you should vow and not pay. 6 Let not your mouth lead you into sin, and do not say before the messenger that it was a mistake. Why should God be angry at your voice and destroy the work of your hands? 7 For when dreams increase and words grow many, there is vanity; but God is the one you must fear. (ESV)
Matthew 10:37-40
37 Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. 38 And whoever does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. 39 Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
40 “Whoever receives you receives me, and whoever receives me receives him who sent me. (ESV)