God from all eternity did by the most wise and holy counsel of his own will, freely and unchangeably ordain whatsoever comes to pass; yet so as thereby neither is God the author of sin; nor is violence offered to the will of the creatures, nor is the liberty or contingency of second causes taken away, but rather established. (Westminster Confession of Faith, Chapter III, par.1)
God predetermines all things, and man has free will. This is the teaching of Scripture, and it is embodied in Reformed theology. To paraphrase R.J. Rushdoony, Predestination does not negate free will; it establishes free will.
The bottom line is that nothing happens outside God's plan, but man is still responsible. (It's a paradox. Get over it)
This means that Christians are called by God, who gifts them with a destiny. It also means that Christians are responsible to co-operate with their calling and destiny.
Part of that calling is to live out the character of Christ in all the departments of life: church, family, society and business. It is that last item that I want to make the focus of this blog -- at least for now.
That is to say, I want to record my observations about what the Bible teaches concerning economic principles (and perhaps even how they apply in our current national & international situation). But I also want to record this as a journal of my own trek into the world of business.
I have recently quit my job to become self-employed. I am not an expert in this field, and in fact I've failed in previous attempts to establish my own business.
Therefore, if you read this blog, don't come looking for an expert (I'M NOT!) who has the blueprint on how to prosper in business. Look at it as someone who is taking the steps, making the journey and will make mistakes as he looks to God's Word for guidance.
In a sense, I mean this blog to act as a sounding board for my ongoing efforts to co-operate with God's calling and destiny in this life, here and now. You are welcome to listen in and to join the conversation, as well.
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And forget, please, "conservatism." It has been, operationally, de facto, Godless and therefore irrelevant. Secular conservatism will not defeat secular liberalism because to God both are two atheistic peas-in-a-pod and thus predestined to failure. As Stonewall Jackson's Chief of Staff R.L. Dabney said of such a humanistic belief more than 100 years ago:
"[Secular conservatism] is a party which never conserves anything. Its history has been that it demurs to each aggression of the progressive party, and aims to save its credit by a respectable amount of growling, but always acquiesces at last in the innovation. What was the resisted novelty of yesterday is today .one of the accepted principles of conservatism; it is now conservative only in affecting to resist the next innovation, which will tomorrow be forced upon its timidity and will be succeeded by some third revolution; to be denounced and then adopted in its turn. American conservatism is merely the shadow that follows Radicalism as it moves forward towards perdition. It remains behind it, but never retards it, and always advances near its leader. This pretended salt bath utterly lost its savor: wherewith shall it be salted? Its impotency is not hard, indeed, to explain. It is worthless because it is the conservatism of expediency only, and not of sturdy principle. It intends to risk nothing serious for the sake of the truth."
Our country is collapsing because we have turned our back on God (Psalm 9:17) and refused to kiss His Son (Psalm 2).
John Lofton, Editor, TheAmericanView.com
Recovering Republican
JLof@aol.com
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