During times of crisis rhetoric works wonders. Especially upon an unsuspecting public. Kevin Rudd’s financial crisis whipping boy, “free-market fundamentalism, extreme capitalism and excessive greed,” is the perfect example. It rolls eloquently off the tongue. Voters in a handout state thrive off such rhetoric. It breeds contempt against straw man fundamentalism. The capitalist pigs must be blamed. Sadly ill informed Australian Christians have lapped it up. You must understand the motif behind this rhetoric. Simply stated; it paves the way for increased legislative power, leading to greater government spending. Our father in Canberra must provide you with your daily bread. So, the cards are being stacked for a bigger, grander government. Amidst the financial storm cries for a savior are touted. Our chivalrous government is groping at that title. Economics Nobel Prize Laureate (1974), Henry Hazlitt, observed;...”[t]here is no more persistent and influential faith in the world today than the faith in government spending.”[1]Nothing has changed. Greedy capitalists are to be martyred and the grandeur of government provides salvation. By faith you are to accept Canberra’s “free” deliverance from the toils of thrift and hard work.

Next time you are tempted to think; "the government must do something about that" - don't! Rather take action yourself, through your family and church. God will not be mocked. Departing His Word, in the field of politics or economics or anything else, will bring judgment (Deut. 28 ). We are experiencing God's covenantal, national judgment now. It is time for the church to repent and once again be a unified conscience to the state. Not only that. The Biblical principles regarding economics must be exposited, as Spurgeon did so long ago. You cannot replace something with nothing. There are no voids in life or society. When Christians refuse to apply the Bible to areas of life, the vacuum will never remain. It will be filled by humanistic philosophy.

A crisis brings out the best and worst of people. Otherwise desperately hidden worldviews float to the surface. The current crisis has been no different. Economic policy and philosophy are under fire. The heathen are desperate to find a scapegoat. Nothing seems to escape their scourging attempt. Well, one thing does, but more about this later. Everybody has become an economist, seeking the goat to tether.

As a society we should see God's covenant judgement on the "Christian West's" unsound political economics. These ungodly, sinful policies created the global financial crisis. An Introduction to Christian Economics presents the Biblical case for the free market and private property. To enjoy societal liberty, justice and prosperity we must repent and return to each man being responsible under God. Unfortunately the book is out of print, but you can download it for FREE from ASH...