Count the Cost: Stick to the Plan to Win (Part 3 – Luke 14:28)
All of us want to finish our lives with honor and dignity. We want to look back over the years that we have been privileged to live hear on earth with a sense of pride, accomplishment and satisfaction...
View ArticleSuccessful Relationships Bring Financial Success (Part I)
The Bible is full of relationship issues. In the first 13 chapters of Genesis alone we see a man who can’t say “no” to a woman when offered a piece of fruit; the murder of a sibling; a man deciding it...
View ArticleCan Two Walk Together and Bring Financial Success?
My wife is really different than me. She is outgoing, a get-things-done-now driver, and loves to save money. I’m more reserved, prefer to take my time with decisions, and love to spend money. Despite...
View ArticleIn All Labor There is Profit
We have been working our way through the seven core concepts or themes found in the Bible that deal with the topic of money. Today, its time for us to go to work, so grab your lunch pail and your tool...
View ArticleDo You Want to be Debt Free?
Breaking the chains of debt is key to gaining financial freedom. Where do you stand on the concept of debt? It is huge issue in our culture today with proponents pushing both sides of the debate. And...
View ArticleFor the Love of Money
“Money money money money, MONEY!” “Some people got to have it…Hey, Hey, Hey – some people really need it…Hey, listen to me, y’all do thangs, do thangs, do thangs – bad thangs with it Well, you wanna do...
View ArticleFor the Love of Money
I brought this post out of The Vault today to do two things: 1) to remind myself on this Valentine’s Day the trap that awaits when I choose to put my affection in the wrong place and, 2) to introduce a...
View ArticleA Student Debate: Are There Absolute Truths About Money and Personal Finance?
A philosophical debate in the existence of absolute truth sounds like a discussion for theology class. In fact, that’s what has been taking place in one of the Bible classes I teach at our private...
View ArticleCelebrating a Milestone With My Top 10 Favorite Proverbs About Money
It’s an exciting milestone day for me as my Hidden Nuggets Series is turning 50…as in this will be the 50th post in the series I started just over a year ago. It’s been an encouraging experience for me...
View Article3 Principles from the Bible that Will Help You Build Wealth
The following is a guest post from ESI who blogs at ESI Money. He’s a 50-something early retiree who has amassed a multi-million dollar net worth by following three simple steps to build wealth —...
View ArticleThe Earth Is God’s and I Am His Steward
This is the first post in the “Core Concept” series. My wife and I have the privilege of raising four great kids. At the time of this writing they range in age from pre-kindergarten to 6th grade. So,...
View ArticleGiving is Part of Our Nature
I love Christmas! Always have. As a young child, it meant a trip to my grandparents’ house in Indiana for a week with the extended family – grandma and grandpa, mom, dad, aunts, uncles, and cousins all...
View ArticleCount the Cost: Follow a Plan to Win (Part 1- Luke 14:28)
In Luke 14:25-33, Jesus is encouraging his followers to count the great personal cost it will take for each of them to truly be his disciple. He is trying to explain that in the very near future he is...
View ArticleCount the Cost: Find a Plan to Win (Part 2 – Luke 14:28)
George Bailey is beside himself at the prospects of living here. Recently, a few miles from where I live, a house was sold for a minor sum of money after sitting vacant for years. The buyer, instead of...
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