Economy

“With so much movement in the U.S. economy coming out of the 2020 recession, six specific factors will directly affect churches in 2022.” - Lifeway

Evangelical Theological Society member (and Southwestern seminary prof) Craig Mitchell: “Class warfare, wealth redistribution, and socialism can, at best, make people only equally miserable.”

Richard Land on Economic Theory and Theological Truth

Krueger answers questions “about the Bush tax cuts, the American Jobs Act, and why NFL coaches should go for it on fourth down.”

“I believe that if Cain is on the ticket, it will make this election the most scrutinized in American history.”

Few groups were hit harder by the recession than young men… The unemployment rate for males between 25 and 34 years old with high-school diplomas is 14.4%, up from 6.1% before the downturn four years ago.

“Consider that the official poverty threshold of $22,000 per year for a family of four implies a “poverty” wage of $11 an hour. … The flaw here is the implicit assumption that all minimum-wage workers not only have families to support, but do so single-handedly.”Families Don’t Depend on the Minimum Wage

Doug Wilson on the Wall Street protestors. Everyone but the Demons

http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/274171/unbalanced-michael-tanner# ]History shows us that countries as divergent as Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, and Slovenia successfully reduced the size of their governments relative to their economies and lowered their debt burden substantially. They did so by controlling spending, not by raising taxes. ~Michael Tanner, National Review Online

Shepherds Ministries (“Shepherds Home”) faces a financial crisis.

Economy

6 Economic Factors That Will Impact Churches in 2022

ETS presenters: the Bible does not teach wealth redistribution

"Unlike Ayn Rand, who contends selfishness is a virtue, Christians condemn such selfishness, but acknowledge it as a reality which must controlled, and channeled not desired."

Q&A with White House Economist Alan Krueger

Obama vs Cain: What do they have in common?

Generation Jobless

Poverty in America... would raising minimum wage help?

"Jim Wallis has said that the protesters are 'standing with Jesus.' ... enough to make any right-minded citizen want to scurry up a tree and start throwing coconuts."

"Obama wants more taxes for more spending, not for debt reduction."

"a restructuring of staff and programs is underway"

Since 2005