by Wes Bridel on March 10, 2010
in Calling
When Jesus came, He entered a highly religious society. This was not a time like the one where people half thought about God’s Law and spent most of their time visiting temples to other gods. This was a society who knew their theology better than anyone. They knew God’s ways better than He did!
They had [...]
Is it important that value be delivered to the marketplace when you’re considering investing in a company or enterprise? Do you understand what value is being delivered to the market and why that value is beneficial to others?
These are important questions that are too often ignored by investors. Too often we get mesmerized by an [...]
In this economic update, we spend some time talking about a recent treasury auction that almost failed. There have been clear signs in recent months that the nations which we depend upon to finance our debt are no longer willing to do so. China & Japan have reduced their Treasury holdings, and a [...]
We’re discussing ways to analyze investments. When discussing leverage, we touched on this next point, but let’s take it further. God made each person in this world absolutely unique. When a unique individual applies what he has been given in an effective way to the marketplace, something special is created. (Obviously it takes more than [...]
by Wes Bridel on February 22, 2010
in Calling
“To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood, 6and has made us to be a kingdom and priests to serve his God and Father—to him be glory and power for ever and ever! Amen.” (Revelation 1:6)
God intended a kingdom of priests. He intended Man to be His Sons [...]
by Wes Bridel on February 19, 2010
in Calling
“For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven.”(Matthew 5:20)
Whatever happened to Grace? I thought the blood of Jesus covered all sins and all we had to do to get to Heaven was to accept the [...]
Here’s another economic update video following the shooting of The Coming Storm in November. If you have not seen The Coming Storm, you can do so for free by clicking HERE. It is an in-depth look at the economic and spiritual season that we are entering. You really should make it a priority to see [...]
by Wes Bridel on February 10, 2010
in Calling
You’re familiar with typical representation of the Gospel:
Man, through Adam, sinned and thus was separated from God. Jesus then was sent to the world to live a life absent of sin and thus redeem mankind from eternal damnation by offering Himself as the needed sacrifice. Thus for all those who accept Him, a wonderful, eternal [...]
It’s easy to decide not to invest in an investment opportunity if it doesn’t sound good right off that bat. But what if it does sound good? Most investments proposed to you will likely sound compelling or the person telling you about it wouldn’t be doing so. So how do you decide if you should [...]
We’re about to jump into a couple of new subjects here on the blog. We plan on starting two new series next week: stewardship and calling. The plan is to run a post from each series every other day.
One of these series will be an array of topics aimed at helping you to be a [...]