“Six days you shall labour and do all your work….” – Exodus 20:9
Our labour, and how we spend our finances, can function as an important part of fulfilling our cultural mandate. In Genesis 1 God commanded us to develop the earth and rule over it. We work to glorify God – not just to put food on the table. Our work, finances, and all material possessions come from God and are meant to be directed towards Him.
True, the political uncertainty of its passage has been removed, and the rhetoric of stability dominates, but there is good reason to believe underneath this rhetoric the government is preparing for a coming storm in Canadian politics: one which they intend to shape and survive. The increased emphasis on expenditure review and the advanced targets for returning to surplus are just two indicators that this budget is really about battening down the hatches and rolling out the foundations for shaping tomorrow's social architecture....
By Dave Quist, National Post: Feb 7 2011: As speculation grows about the upcoming federal budget, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty recently commented that he’d consider pension reform to help seniors struggling to make ends meet. He then specified that he wanted to assist “particularly some single, older Canadians who are not entitled to the Canada Pension Plan, because in their day they worked at home, raising children.” Read more ...
The examples that Churck Colson gives may be American, but the message is just as relevant to Canada. In this video, reference is made to a study called Kudzu Government. We highly recommend that you check it out (click here) and consider printing off a copy. It will be a great resource to go through personally, as a family, or a Bible Study. ...
