Dennis Peacocke’s On The Destiny of Nations is designed to provoke a global reaction and a movement especially among leaders, which will help prepare and position people for once-in-a-century opportunity to advance God’s Kingdom amidst a major political-economic crisis lasting perhaps a decade. This is no mere recession, but the beginning stages of a global economic reset that will bring major disruptions and changes over the coming decade. The secular marginalisation of Judeo-Christian values from the public dialogue has helped drive this collapse by creating a values-vacuum prompting massive corruption throughout the financial management systems. Neither capitalism no any other economic system is sustainable without the values-based foundation of biblical ethics which reject greed, dishonesty, and the wanton spending of civil government which creates dependency and the robbery of wealth from future generations through deficit spending. This crisis is a historic opportunity to socially advance God’s Kingdom, bring significant unity amidst Christ’s Body, and apply the major economic principles suggested in the book.

Peacocke explains “Therefore, let it be clear to friends and foes alike, that when we are talking about discipling nations and teaching them to obey the teachings of Christ in a biblical manner, that process cannot be forced in political context. It can only be modelled by our own communities and powerfully argued by reason of the common good of both society and the souls of men and women. We need to bring the principles, not politics, to the process. Criticising the political parties and their shortcomings put us on the wrong foot. Principles are far more important than personalities or political parties. Take the high ground in any fight, if possible. There are already too many critics and not enough problem solvers.”

This book will most importantly preoccupy us at SCS for the foreseeable future.

Dennis Peacocke On the Destiny of Nations, Resolving Our Economic Crisis,  $15.95, 185 pages.