I\u2019m not big on theology but did stumble across Mammon the other day and am surprised I didn\u2019t know more about this ancient character. He appears in the Bible quite often, and Jesus makes clear that \u2018you cannot serve both God and Mammon (Matt 6.24 as well as\u00a0Luke 16.9,\u00a011\u00a0and\u00a013). Mammon promotes the \u2018deceitfulness of wealth\u2019…<\/p>\n
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