Election Day rapidly approaches, and many are only now taking notice. Most, I fear, will not. Urge your friends and neighbors to participate. Those of you who understand the stakes involved must cajole your friends and neighbors to learn and participate. The following, from Fulcrum Express: A Journey of Faith Embracing All of Life, provides some logical arguments you can use to persuade your friends and neighbors.
Some may think we’ve not yet sunk into the clutches of socialism — which happens when we have a state-run economy. But consider this: In 2009, federal and state governments will consume 40 percent of the United States’ TOTAL gross domestic product. This means that nearly half of all the wealth generated in America this year will be taken by civil government to fund its ever expanding control over more and more of our lives and our economy. As a result, we have run out of money while undercutting the means for producing future wealth.
Yet the federal government seeks to expand its reach even more.
This has happened because too many Christians confuse civil government with self government and the other spheres of government ordained by God — mainly the family, the church and voluntary associations. We have failed to fulfill our obligations of self, family, church government, and want the “easy out” of expecting civil government to do it all for us. Politicians, ever eager for more power, are only too willing to accommodate us and we are now reaping the disastrous results. (continued here)
This article is by James C. Wright, J.D., of Fulcrum Ministries. Again, I urge you to read it and discuss it with your friends.
