John Mark Reynolds on why Christians pray for the economy :
Frank Bruni worried in the New York Times that prayer might get in the way of economic recovery.We can only hope that he is right and that the prayers of the people of Texas and the rest of the nation make sure that the economy of the last two decades does not return.
It was an economy where government of both parties spent more than we could afford.
It was an economy where the strong pretended they had no duty to the weak. Business leaders celebrated the immorality of selfishness, reading their Rand, while political leaders imagined that their own reelection justified turning a blind eye to broken laws, abused trust, and squandered national status.
An economy where short term profits dominated long term good or the decent treatment of workers must not return.
Christians pray that the poor see through the lies of a culture that promises to sell them happiness by the quart, smoke, or condom. The streets of Compton and west Texas are full of the wreckage left by those who mocked old moral truths and made money on the misery of others.
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