Welcome to Breakpoint, a daily look at an ever-changing culture through the lens of unchanging truth.

The Colson Center. I'm John Stone Street. A few months ago on the Breakpoint podcast, I spoke with

David Bonson, the founder and chief investment officer of the Bonson Group and also a highly sought-after

commentator on market trends and economics on all kinds of national media.

Our conversation then was occasioned by a thousand-point dip in the stock market,

correction that led to panicked headlines about the prospects of the economy and our collective

financial futures. Calmly and carefully, Bonson described what had led to this particular

sell-off, a sell-off that did not even crack the top 100 in history.

The dip, he explained, had far more to do with international markets than with American electoral politics or other hypotheticals that were irresponsibly thrown around at the time.

Christians, he noted, should not be so vulnerable to panic like everyone else. Our worldview demands

that we think and we live differently in every area of life, this one included. How the sovereignty

and faithfulness of God reframes a true understanding of economics and financial stewardship

are things not often talked about, at least not nearly enough,

by Christians. Too often were shaped by fear, market volatilities, and over-reliance on politics,

and especially a secular view of work and money. In his book, Full-Time, Work and the

Meaning of Life, David Bonson argues that work is best understood by the truth that God

is revealed to us about himself, about the world we live in, and especially about who we are in

his image. In fact, Bonson believes that Christians working as Christians will be an essential

part of our witness in this cultural moment. I asked David whether he thinks

this is a way that Christians have to be, quote unquote, weird in this cultural moment. And his

answer was clear. Yes, I very much do. I have agreed with it, believed it, advocated for such

for a long time.

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