ADAMspeaks: Business lessons from the Bible! 7. The subprime mortgage crisis As for those considering just walking away from an underwater mortgage, Psalm 37:2 might be seen as handing out some stern guidance: The wicked borrows and does not pay back, but the righteous is gracious and gives. Ecclesiastes 5:5 also warns that, It is better that you should not vow than that you should vow and not pay. 6. Pay your taxes Conservative talk radio kingpin Rush Limbaugh may have missed an important passage when he tried to use the New Testament as a basis for supporting tax cuts for the wealthy during an April broadcast. Taxes and budget cuts, what would Jesus do? Limbaugh asked. Well, what would Jesus take? Thats the question people need to ask to put this in perspective. Of course the answer is, nothing. You want to start equating yourselves and your policies to Jesus Christ, you better first start asking, what did Jesus take, from whom, and how did he go about it? What was his plan for redistribution? Critics fired back by pointing to numerous occasions where Jesus defended taxation and, more broadly, the redistribution of wealth. Render to Caesar the things that are Caesars; and to God the things that are Gods, is a famous quote from Matthew.
Posted on: Thu, 28 Nov 2013 19:51:07 +0000
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