Biblical Thoughts On Finance

Being Satisfied With What We Have

How does the phrase “be satisfied with what you have” strike you?  I confess that it bothers me.  I might be a pretty content guy, but the idea of being satisfied with what I have implies that I shouldn’t be hoping for more…a nicer house or a more dependable car or even a fancier cell [...]

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Are You an “Impossible” Thinker or a “Possibility” Thinker?

The biblical story (John 6:5-13) of the boy with five loaves and two fish is about more than this boy or even the miracle of feeding five thousand people.   It is about human nature and possibility thinking.   As we prepare to start a New Year, the lessons we learn from Phillip, Andrew, the boy [...]

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My Christmas Wishes for You

With Christmas only two days away, any financial tips are a bit too late in coming.  If you saved up and paid cash for your Christmas, good for you.  On the other hand, if you are already dreading that next credit card statement, that is probably not so good.  Either way, what’s done is done, [...]

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Celebrate Christmas All Year Long: Give Like God Does

Everyone thinks about giving during the Christmas season,  but everyone also says, “Why can’t we experience Christmas all year long?“  Is this simply a noble thought, of is it possible for us to actually give throughout the year?    I am a realist — I know that most of us can have the best of intentions, [...]

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Moses’ Amazing Choice: The Key to His Greatness

Moses, by any standard, was a great man — he was instrumental in liberating an entire nation from slavery.  Yet his path toward this success was cluttered with obstacles, the most prominent being the huge wealth at his fingertips by virtue of being an adopted son of the leader of richest nation in the world.

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Lessons From a Thanksgiving Miracle

The Pilgrims’ first winter after arriving at Plymouth was a tragic one – about half of the original 102 adventurers died from exposure, scurvy and outbreaks of contagious disease.  When spring came, the survivors, weakened by illness and malnutrition, experienced an astonishing miracle: a visit from an Abenaki Indian who greeted them in English. Several [...]

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Do YOU Have the Spiritual Gift of Giving? Read This Before Answering.

In my 40 plus years as a Christian, I have observed that most discussions of spiritual gifts tend to focus on the more sensational gifts listed in 1 Corinthians 12: 8-10: gifts such as working miracles, tongues, prophecy, special knowledge and healing.  However, I have rarely heard believers dig into the more ordinary gifts of [...]

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Are Christians Supposed to Help EVERYONE Who Has Needs?

If you, like me, have read these words from 1 John 3:17 “But if anyone has the world’s goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God’s love abide in him?”, then you, like me, may be asking yourself this question: “Does God really expect me to help [...]

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One More Time: More Money Will NOT Make You Happier!

We hear it over and over. We know deep inside that it is true. But we have trouble digesting it fully. What am I talking about? The knowledge that happiness does not come from money.

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