CHRIST SANCTUARY. - 25 AUGUST 2024

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Sloth / to David Attenborough / the sloth it’s a pointy-nosed animal hanging upside down from the branch of a tree / by its two toes the slowest moving mammal / in the rain-forest of South America

But that’s not the sloth / we’re talking about this morning

We’re talking about one of the seven deadly sins
Sloth is a little known sin / probably the least-known of the seven

We see the word “sloth” / we mostly think of laziness
And yes / the Bible does have some strong words about laziness
In fact / it has its own word for a sloth / a rather quaint word
The Bible calls a sloth “a sluggard” / Proverbs 6:6
“Go to the ant / you sluggard / consider its ways and be wise!
And Paul / uses some stern words to warn us about laziness

But the word “sloth” / means more than just laziness

GREED - The Seven Deadly Sins

 

CHRIST SANCTUARY - 7th July 20234

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When you hear the names Jeff Bezos / Mark Zuckerberg / Bill Gates
you hear the sound of money ringing on the till

These are the names of some the riches people on Forbes List

Currently Elon Musk is the top dog sitting on that list at $58 Billion

Now there are almost 200 countries whose Gross National Product
is less than $58 Billion / This means that these rich people
have more money than almost 200 nations / in an entire year

Bill Gates is 68 / If he lives for another 20 years
and he wants to spend all his money before he dies
he would have to spend $2.9 Billion a year
- that’s $7,900,000 every day / or $331,000 per hour

Now / you might not feel so guilty because you think you’re far
from that kind of money but according to the Global Rich List
if you make $70,000 per year you’re in the richest 2.4% of the global population