Calvin quote of the day
Here's a quote from John Calvin writing in 1546. It's a quote concerning first century Corinth that could be easily applied across to any wealthy 21st century city.
[Paul] begins to apply what he had said about carnal men to the Corinthians themselves, so that they might understand that it was their own fault that the teaching of the Cross had little attraction for them. It is likely that too much self-confidence and pride still clung to their commercial minds, so that it was only with considerable reluctance and very great difficulty that they were embracing the simplicity of the Gospel. the result was that they neglected the apostle, and the divine efficacy of his preaching, and paid more attention to those teachers who were noisy and very ostentatious.
—John Calvin, The First Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians