| "There oughta be a law." Have you ever heard | | | | Government needs to punish evildoers and |
| this cliche, have you ever said it? In the United | | | | protect the good to do good (Rom. 13). |
| States, they make tens of thousands of laws | | | | That is an issue for another article, though. This |
| every year. If government intervention were the | | | | article deals with the good doing good. Do you |
| answer there would be no problems left. The | | | | want someone to help the poor? Help the poor. |
| belief that government can solve all of our | | | | Do you want someone to take care of the |
| problems is the problem. | | | | elderly widow? Take care of the elderly widow. |
| Shortly before his death in the mid 1980's Dr. | | | | Do you want someone to clean up the |
| Francis Schaeffer was asked, "what is the biggest | | | | environment? Clean up your neighborhood. Do you |
| problem facing America today?" His one word | | | | want someone to educate the children? Educate |
| answer was, "Statism". What he meant by that is | | | | your own children. Most things that Americans are |
| that Americans had turned to government as | | | | asking their government to do can be done |
| their god rather than trusting the one true God of | | | | better by Christian families taking responsibility for |
| scripture. Think about it. Americans have turned | | | | themselves, their family, and their neighborhood. |
| to government to provide almost everything. | | | | What of the authority that government has |
| Scripture makes it abundantly clear that God is | | | | relinquished? "There oughta be a law." So are you |
| our provider. | | | | just going to sit around and complain about the |
| Dr. R.J. Rushdoony would often quote the truism | | | | degeneration of society? For instance, you could |
| that every man will create a replacement for | | | | join the women's revolution for modest dress. |
| everything that he denies of the one true living | | | | You could complain about how women dress |
| God. In practice, Americans have denied the | | | | these days, or you can Google modest clothing |
| existence of heaven. According to Rushdoony | | | | distributors and begin to dress more modestly |
| they must necessarily look elsewhere for the | | | | yourself. Then share your find with family and |
| creation of a utopia. Too many Americans, and | | | | friends. Weekly church attendance among |
| sadly way too many Christians, are expecting | | | | Americans is still at 43%, with only 8% never or |
| government to create utopia. Utopia does not | | | | almost never attending church. By beginning to |
| exist this side of eternity. Therefore, it does not | | | | dress more modestly you can influence those in |
| matter how many laws governments pass. They | | | | your church, and the church can begin to influence |
| will never create utopia. Do not misunderstand; | | | | the rest of society. Join with us in the women's |
| antinomianism (no law) is not the answer either. | | | | revolution for modest dress. |