Keeping calm

Economy: All of us have good reasons to refrain from panic during a financial crisis—and even a Depression | Marvin Olasky

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Is the current financial storm a cold fall rain that will soon pass by or a 100-year flood that will inundate a decade?

God knows but we do not. Last week, as the stock market kept falling and falling, some whispered that He is about to give us another Great Depression as judgment for obvious sins such as abortion and greed, as well as the subtler ones that infect even the meek among us.

One clear biblical teaching is that if God were to give us what we deserve for our sins, we would be Depressed, and worse: Jonathan Edwards spoke of spiders held over the fire. But Edwards also preached about God's mercy. As Christ taught, we should pray for our daily bread and not presume to know whether tomorrow will bring consternation or comeback.