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Ye cannot serve God & Wal-Mart?

Faith is Profitable

(To paraphrase Matthew 6:19-24.)

Praise Wal-Mart and pass the dollar bills. Worship at the Wal-Mart of your choice.

The Rev Ira Combs of the Greater Bible Way Temple in Jackson, Michigan was among those approached to serve on a new national steering committee for Wal-Mart. He told a local newspaper that Wal-Mart was the target of unfair, politically motivated criticism. "Wal-Mart, to me, is very American," he said. ...

From a different perspective on Wal-Mart's approach to the Christian right:

"It was implied very strongly that it was about some sort of cash rewards for people who would become partners with Wal-Mart and what they were trying to do."

Wal-Mart seeks to use clergy in tackling critics