{"id":1947301,"date":"2023-06-14T16:12:14","date_gmt":"2023-06-14T20:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/franklin-graham-teaches-mark-cuban-a-lesson-directly-from-the-bible-after-billionaire-declares-going-woke-is-good-business\/"},"modified":"2023-06-14T16:13:22","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T20:13:22","slug":"franklin-graham-teaches-mark-cuban-a-lesson-directly-from-the-bible-after-billionaire-declares-going-woke-is-good-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/franklin-graham-teaches-mark-cuban-a-lesson-directly-from-the-bible-after-billionaire-declares-going-woke-is-good-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Franklin Graham schools Mark Cuban with biblical wisdom on the consequences of embracing the &#8220;woke&#8221; ideology for business."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffranklin-graham-teaches-mark-cuban-a-lesson-directly-from-the-bible-after-billionaire-declares-going-woke-is-good-business%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1947301&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Franklin Graham Teaches Mark Cuban a Lesson Directly from the Bible After Billionaire Declares Going Woke Is &#8216;Good Business&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>Evangelist and President of Samaritan\u2019s Purse Franklin Graham summed up all of corporate America and Hollywood in his response to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgia-secretary-of-state-partially-bends-the-knee-acknowledges-ballots-were-counted-unlawfully-and-in-secret\/\" title=\"Georgia Secretary of State Partially Bends The Knee, Acknowledges \u2018Ballots Were Counted Unlawfully And In Secret\u2019\">comment made<\/a> by \u201cShark Tank\u201d billionaire Mark Cuban.<\/p>\n<p>And all it took was one verse.<\/p>\n<p>Graham\u2019s Facebook post was a response to a comment Cuban made in an on<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/black-lives-matter-co-founder-claims-asking-about-allegations-she-spent-millions-in-donations-on-mansions-is-racist\/\" title=\"Black Lives Matter Co-Founder Claims Asking About Allegations She Spent Millions In Donations On Mansions Is Racist\">-stage conversation<\/a> at the Detroit Regional Chamber of Commerce\u2019s annual Mackinac Policy Conference, reported Michigan Live.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cCall me woke,\u201d Cuban said, \u201cyou don\u2019t need to call it DEI, you can call it whatever you want \u2014 I call it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leave-dolly-parton-alone-nbc-news-piece-sneering-at-dolly-partons-super-bowl-ad-praising-working-gets-slammed\/\" title=\"\u2018Leave Dolly Parton Alone\u2019: NBC News Piece Sneering At Dolly Parton\u2019s Super Bowl Ad Praising Working Gets Slammed.\">good business<\/a>. It means taking the people that you\u2019re selling to and making sure your workforce looks like them, and making sure you can reflect their values and being able to connect to that. That\u2019s what works for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He continued, \u201cYour constituents wake up in the morning \u2014 They don\u2019t think about Bud Light, they don\u2019t think about Target. They don\u2019t think about any of the s*** on the other side, either. They think about how they\u2019re going to live their lives or what\u2019s gonna get them satisfaction.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Graham\u2019s response to these comments was short and simple.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cBillionaire Mark Cuban says going woke is just good business. Sin has always been good business. That\u2019s why Hollywood sells sin,\u201d Graham wrote on Facebook. \u201cThe Bible says, \u2018\u2026for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it\u2019 (Matthew 7:13).\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Graham\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/franklin-graham-teaches-mark-cuban-a-lesson-directly-from-the-bible-after-billionaire-declares-going-woke-is-good-business\/\" title=\"Franklin Graham schools Mark Cuban with biblical wisdom on the consequences of embracing the \"woke\" ideology for business.\">post succinctly captured<\/a> the essence of the problem.<\/p>\n<p>The response of Hollywood and corporate America to wokeness is just the newest avatar of a problem that has existed since the first \u201csales pitch\u201d in the Garden of Eden.<\/p>\n<p>Sin sells.<\/p>\n<p>Millionaire businessman Hugh Hefner, founder and editor-in-chief of Playboy magazine, once said, \u201cSex is the driving force on the planet. We should embrace it, not see it as the enemy.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Is selling sin worth the cost?<\/h3>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\" class=\"one-half\">\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-question\">Is selling sin worth the cost?<\/div>\n<div id=\"pollFormBox\" style=\"display: none\">\n<ul>\n<li><label><input type=\"radio\" name=\"answer\" value=\"yes\">Yes<\/label><\/li>\n<li><label><input type=\"radio\" name=\"answer\" value=\"no\">No<\/label><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-disclaimer\">\n\t\tCompleting this poll entitles you to The Western Journal news updates free of charge. You may opt out at anytime. You also agree to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/privacy-policy\/\">Privacy Policy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/terms-service\/\">Terms of Use<\/a>.\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t<button onclick=\"ff_poll_submit(event)\">Submit<\/button>\n\t<\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results\" style=\"display: none\">\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-yes\" style=\"width: 0%\">\n\t\t\tYes: 0% (0 Votes)\n\t\t<\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-no\" style=\"width: 100%\">\n\t\t\tNo: 100% (14 Votes)\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Hefner made millions normalizing pornography, but his smutty magazines would be considered tame by today\u2019s standards.<\/p>\n<p>In a world where everyone is selling something, sin is the ultimate product. It captivates, captures, enslaves and leaves you craving more.<\/p>\n<p>The tree of wokeness and its perverse fruits, which range from judging people on the basis of their race to the hyper-sexualization of children and body mutilation, are just the newest offering as the old fruits lose their flavor and can no longer satisfy.<\/p>\n<p>Cuban\u2019s comments also gave us a little insight into the corporate mind.<\/p>\n<p>Remember, Cuban didn\u2019t say he actually believed in wokism. He said it was \u201cgood business.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Corporate America knows where its bread is buttered, and they will follow the money.<\/p>\n<p>Like wolves in sheep\u2019s clothing, corporations like Target peddle \u201cthe road to destruction\u201d to the youngest and most innocent among us and call it \u201cgood business.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cTarget stock down $15 Billion!<\/p>\n<p>Target has no values, no ethics.<\/p>\n<p>Displaying \u2018tuck friendly\u2019 swimsuits, t-shirts by a gay Satanist saying \u2018Satan respects pronouns,\u2019 and one with a guillotine that says \u2018homophobe headrest,\u2019 Target deserves what they get.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 LionHearted (@LionHearted76) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LionHearted76\/status\/1668061887404097536?\">June 12, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As long as sin is \u201cgood business,\u201d the \u201cbroad road\u201d will always have more people on it.<\/p>\n<p>But the verse right after the one Graham quoted in the Bible, Matthew 7:14, says, \u201cFor the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re one of the few on that narrow road, do your part to help others get to it.<\/p>\n<p>And if you\u2019re someone who is searching for a better road, look in God\u2019s Word \u2014 it\u2019s there for you to find.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/franklin-graham-teaches-mark-cuban-lesson-directly-bible-billionaire-declares-going-woke-good-business\/\">Franklin Graham Teaches Mark Cuban a Lesson Directly from the Bible After Billionaire Declares Going Woke Is &#8216;Good Business&#8217;<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Evangelist Franklin Graham nailed corporate America and Hollywood with just one verse. 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