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#177 A Culture of Work
Most Democrats favor a culture of dependency. That is not consistent with the Christian worldview that God made humans to work.
“I don’t work because I don’t have to”. A woman of working age in front of me in the check-out lane explained that to the Wal-Mart staff member. Huh. Work is a “have to” thing, not a “want to” thing. That’s a worldview that is currently dividing our nation. I’ve often said, “If you love your neighbor, you will supply her with products and services she demands. If you love yourself, you will make a profit while doing so.
Work is Good
From the great resignation to covid unemployment benefits, from quiet quitting to early retirement, to homelessness: Our fellow Americans are choosing not to work. That’s a pretty clear violation of the Biblical command to work.
The Wall Street Journal made a contribution to the Christian worldview of work recently in an article titled “The GOP’s Progress on Work and Welfare.” The sub-title reads, “The debt-ceiling deal is a step toward restoring a culture of work.”
After a brain-numbing analysis of minute details about how state grants are changed, and how corrupt government officials skirt the rules, the article concludes: “A major difference between the two political parties these days is that most Democrats favor a culture of dependency. The GOP’s task, which is popular with voters, is to rebuild a culture of work.”
When Sergiy Saydometov and I authored Biblical Economic Policy, we found ten Biblical commandments of economics. Number two is “Work is good.” It’s the subject of many of my podcasts including #143 Why Work? #132 Work as Recreation, #122 The Freedom to Work, and #24 which gives the name to the subtitle of this podcast: Work is Good.
Builder
Josh Hawley happens to be a Senator from Missouri, who has written what I think is a definitive book on the Christian Man. It’s titled Manhood: The Masculine Virtues America Needs.” If you read Kingdom Man by Tony Evans ten years ago, you need to read this landmark book by Josh Hawley. It’s the first time in my long academic career that I have bought ten copies of a book to give to my closest friends. Here’s the one sentence summary from the introduction: “No menace to this nation is greater than the collapse of American manhood.” For a Senator, he’s a fabulous preacher. He says God created men to be six things: Husband, father, warrior, builder, priest and king.”
Ok, listen closely. This may be the best phrase you hear in a long time. It’s from page 21:
“The universe has an order and a purpose, a destiny, if you like, and men are integral to it. Each of us. A man need not scout about to find his significance. He is born with it, to a position of consequence: that’s the message of the Bible. He is born into a story underway. And his CHOICES and his LIFE will help determine the outcome. What a man DOES and how he LIVES will affect the destiny of the world.” Ok, if your podcast app allows it, press the ten second rewind to hear that again.
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Most Democrats favor a culture of dependency. That is not consistent with the Christian worldview that God made humans to work.
“I don’t work because I don’t have to”. A woman of working age in front of me in the check-out lane explained that to the Wal-Mart staff member. Huh. Work is a “have to” thing, not a “want to” thing. That’s a worldview that is currently dividing our nation. I’ve often said, “If you love your neighbor, you will supply her with products and services she demands. If you love yourself, you will make a profit while doing so.
Work is Good
From the great resignation to covid unemployment benefits, from quiet quitting to early retirement, to homelessness: Our fellow Americans are choosing not to work. That’s a pretty clear violation of the Biblical command to work.
The Wall Street Journal made a contribution to the Christian worldview of work recently in an article titled “The GOP’s Progress on Work and Welfare.” The sub-title reads, “The debt-ceiling deal is a step toward restoring a culture of work.”
After a brain-numbing analysis of minute details about how state grants are changed, and how corrupt government officials skirt the rules, the article concludes: “A major difference between the two political parties these days is that most Democrats favor a culture of dependency. The GOP’s task, which is popular with voters, is to rebuild a culture of work.”
When Sergiy Saydometov and I authored Biblical Economic Policy, we found ten Biblical commandments of economics. Number two is “Work is good.” It’s the subject of many of my podcasts including #143 Why Work? #132 Work as Recreation, #122 The Freedom to Work, and #24 which gives the name to the subtitle of this podcast: Work is Good.
Builder
Josh Hawley happens to be a Senator from Missouri, who has written what I think is a definitive book on the Christian Man. It’s titled Manhood: The Masculine Virtues America Needs.” If you read Kingdom Man by Tony Evans ten years ago, you need to read this landmark book by Josh Hawley. It’s the first time in my long academic career that I have bought ten copies of a book to give to my closest friends. Here’s the one sentence summary from the introduction: “No menace to this nation is greater than the collapse of American manhood.” For a Senator, he’s a fabulous preacher. He says God created men to be six things: Husband, father, warrior, builder, priest and king.”
Ok, listen closely. This may be the best phrase you hear in a long time. It’s from page 21:
“The universe has an order and a purpose, a destiny, if you like, and men are integral to it. Each of us. A man need not scout about to find his significance. He is born with it, to a position of consequence: that’s the message of the Bible. He is born into a story underway. And his CHOICES and his LIFE will help determine the outcome. What a man DOES and how he LIVES will affect the destiny of the world.” Ok, if your podcast app allows it, press the ten second rewind to hear that again.