Christian Post | August 3, 2011 | By Napp Nazworth
Excerpt:
The newly formed Christians for a Sustainable Economy (CASE) wrote a letter asking President Obama and congressional leaders to help the poor through economic growth, rather than through funding ineffective government programs.
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In an interview with The Christian Post, Timothy Dalrymple, managing editor of the evangelical portal at Patheos.com, said that the group came together “organically” out of concern that the Circle of Protection represented “something less than the full biblical counsel, and the variety of moral dimensions involved in government spending and debt.”
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Signers of the CASE letter agree with the Circle of Protection that “the budget is a moral document,” Dalrymple said, but they are concerned that “only a part of that, only one moral dimension is making it in the conversation.”
“We’d like to bring into the conversation other moral imperatives – the moral imperative of avoiding crippling debt, the moral imperative of wise stewardship for this generation and generations to come, and the moral imperative of spending our common resources in ways that do not encourage creatures made in the image of God to become dependent on the government, but encourage each person to express his or her passions and gifts, to take initiative, be creative, and flourish as individuals and communities in a free and thriving economy,” Dalrymple said.
He clarified that he does not doubt the sincerity of those who support the Circle of Protection, or that they represent a constituency among Christians, but they do not represent all of those in the “faith community.”
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