The thought has occurred to me many times lately. The less Christian our nation becomes the more unpleasant and un-civil everything is. When God is removed from society you no longer have a society.
Puritan Work Ethic:
“The Puritans declared the sanctity of all honorable work. In so doing, they rejected a centuries-old division of callings into “sacred” and “secular”… This Puritan rejection of the dichotomy between sacred and secular work has far-reaching implications.
It judges every honorable job to be of intrinsic value, and integrates every vocation with a Christian’s spiritual life. It makes every job consequential by regarding it as the arena for glorifying and obeying God and for expressing love (through service) to a neighbor.”
Puritan Work Ethic: the Dignity of Life’s Labors
Christianity Today, October 1979, p. 15
Well said. Government then becomes “god”.