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A free market works not because wealth is valued, but because labor is. Jesus said we can’t serve both God and money and that it’s more difficult for the wealthy to enter the kingdom of God. Jesus never said accumulating wealth itself is sinful. Exploitation of the poor is sinful. Looking to wealth for salvation and meaning is sinful. Failing to steward what we’ve been given and failing to care for those in need are sinful. When these potential downfalls are mitigated or avoided, a free market inspires people to give more.

According to a new LifeWay survey, nearly half of protestant pastors have seen a negative impact on their church amid a struggling economy.

Charles Mizrahi, an observant Jew, wrote a column over the summer for RealClear Religion asserting that capitalism “as practiced in America” is “based on Judeo-Christian values.”

President Trump said Monday that God is testing him through the economic crisis sparked by the coronavirus pandemic.

Despite the ongoing pandemic, about 2 million jobs were added in the U.S. in July.

Pope Francis has said rather dramatically that, in a manner of speaking, an economy can “kill.” And, indeed, the pope is on firm ground when he highlights the fact that those who live in poverty, especially when they do not have a strong social safety net, die at dramatically higher rates than those who are not in poverty.

National Christian groups and former NFL player Benjamin Watson are working together with the AND Campaign to help small churches, struggling from the economic impact of the coronavirus, to keep their doors open.

The volatile stock market and the economic toll of this virus is beyond staggering. 

A one-time check from the government won’t be enough for restaurant and small business owners, hotel and shopping center employees, barbers and stylists, bus drivers and substitute teachers, and many others, who face a financial crisis if they social distance potentially as real and damaging as the sickness they could acquire or spread if they do not.

After Senate Democrats twice blocked economic stimulus packages proposed to aid the economy amid the coronavirus pandemic, it appears the Senate may finally be close to a deal.