The Sub-Prime Crisis
By Chuck Colson
3/12/2008

How Do Christians Behave in Tough Times?

Across America, hundreds of thousands are walking away from their homes—unable to make mortgage payments. Defaults and foreclosures are skyrocketing, as housing prices continue to decline. As a result of the sub-prime mortgage crisis, the economy is being hammered, credit markets around the world shaken. Before it is over, sub-prime defaults may reach two to three hundred billion dollars, and trillions may be taken out of the economy.

Few of us will escape the repercussions—which leads to at least one important challenge: How do Christians behave in tough times?

If you believe the “prosperity gospel” preachers, you need not worry; just pray, and God will shower you with blessings. Too many believers (like the rest of the culture) equate Christianity with the good life and the blessings of consumerism. Clearly, we have forgotten that Christianity has always been countercultural, thriving not in times of great prosperity, but in times of moral or economic bankruptcy. the rest image