Rising Bureaucracy

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The Compass First Family Church

VOLUME 2

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ISSUE 40

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JULY 12, 2015

AVAILABLE ONLINE AT WWW.THECOMPASS.LIFE/240

Guiding people towards a life of true discipleship.

Rising Bureaucracy

When Nations Die: Ten Warning Signs of a Culture in Crisis

Common sense would seem to point to a strong central government as a strength of a nation, not a sign of its growing weakness. History is replete with examples of great empires that proved to be the model of efficiency, yet slowly weakened and faded into dust as the government bureaucracy grew and eventually strangled the life out of the nation. The most recent example in modern history is the Soviet Union, which was crushed under the weight of its own bureaucracy in the last quarter of the 20th Century. There is a subtle paradigm shift that happens as more and more control is transferred to the federal government and away from individuals and small, local governments.

Rather than self-dependence and reliance upon the natural support structures of neighbors, communities, and churches, citizens begin to look to and depend upon the federal government for more and more. As more citizens grow dependent upon government, the ability to provide necessary services diminishes. And as history proves, dependent citizens quickly grow discontent and frustrated with government. We see this cycle repeating today in America. John F. Kennedy’s “ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country” seem hollow and empty in 2015. To read more about the warning sign of a rising bureaucracy, turn to page 4.–Chris Eller

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