No, not the Ninjas that carry swords and cover their face and practice martial arts. But are you a Ninja (No Income, Job or Assets)? This is a derogatory term used by bankers and financial people to describe poor people!
When I came across this term recently reading The Big Short (Video, Book), I was reminded by a cute little poem by Emily Dickenson (1830-1886):
I'm Nobody! Who are you?
Are you - Nobody - too?
Then there's a pair of us!
Don't tell! They'd banish us - you know!
How dreary to be somebody!
How public - like a frog -
To tell one's name - the livelong day -
To an admiring Bog!
Our Lord Jesus asks the most profound question:
"What is a man profited is he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? - Matthew 16:26 (Audio)
Here are some sermons on this verse:
Exhortation to Escape Hell: Flee to And Embrace Him Who Came to Save Sinners, by Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758)
The Profit That is Loss and the Loss That is Profit, by Dr. Ian R. K. Paisley (1926-2014)
The Value of the Soul, by Rev. Kuldip Gangar
A Bad Deal, by Rev. Stephen Hamilton
The Journey of the Soul, by Rev. Roger Higginson
When I came across this term recently reading The Big Short (Video, Book), I was reminded by a cute little poem by Emily Dickenson (1830-1886):
I'm Nobody! Who are you?
Are you - Nobody - too?
Then there's a pair of us!
Don't tell! They'd banish us - you know!
How dreary to be somebody!
How public - like a frog -
To tell one's name - the livelong day -
To an admiring Bog!
Our Lord Jesus asks the most profound question:
"What is a man profited is he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? - Matthew 16:26 (Audio)
Here are some sermons on this verse:
Exhortation to Escape Hell: Flee to And Embrace Him Who Came to Save Sinners, by Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758)
The Profit That is Loss and the Loss That is Profit, by Dr. Ian R. K. Paisley (1926-2014)
The Value of the Soul, by Rev. Kuldip Gangar
A Bad Deal, by Rev. Stephen Hamilton
The Journey of the Soul, by Rev. Roger Higginson
