The Worst Boom In Years
A mayor who was very proud of his city was asked how the recession had affected them. He answered, “we don’t have a recession here, but I will admit we’re having the worst boom in many years.”
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I know that, for many, the troubles that they are facing in the Great Recession are very real.
I know that morally and spiritually our nation is suffering and that many are concerned about the new directions is taking.
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- That the strains of Christianity in our day still run strong.
- We are still living in the greatest nation in the history of the planet.
- We have more freedoms and opportunities than most other nations can imagine.
For the believer, these freedoms afford the opportunity to live for Christ and share the Gospel every day without fear.
Considering further that:
- churches are being planted throughout this country left and right,
- barely a square inch of this great land escapes the airwaves which carry sermons by Bible-believing preachers,
- bookshelves and blogs are crammed with Christian literature practically free for the taking…
How bad are these times really?
This ministry is seeing a banner year, and we’re taking advantage of the fact that:
- people are more hungry for the word of God than they have been in a long time.
- people are open to a word from God during these times.
- people have begun to wisely return to First Things.
Since Jesus walked the earth there has never been a better time to be a Christian, and on top of that to be living in the greatest nation in the world at the greatest time in history.
Think about it.
This is a time when an individual with a computer can literally have a worldwide internet ministry broadcast base on his $600 laptop. The recession has not taken that ever-growing reality away!
The financial institutions have failed, the housing bubble has popped, and many retirement accounts have been wiped out, all true. I sympathize with anyone caught in the crux of those realities.
But this has left us surrounded by a nation of people groping for something solid on which to rest of their lives and we believers have the Answers for which they are looking.
Yes, times are tough, but it’s simply the worst boom we’ve had in years.
