Money is a Spiritual Force
Did you know that money doesn’t really exist? In the natural, it is an idea more than a reality. In the spiritual, it is a force or power that is not contained by bills. Economists measure the amount of money supply in the US Economy by looking at what’s called M1, M2, & M3. These […]
Kingdom Calling vs. Financial Advisors: Hoarding Hurts
Financial advisors encourage you to be miserly and have the smallest possible impact on the world. This is the same financial advice given in most churches, either because that advice is coming from lay people or from church members who are practicing “traditional financial planning.” And for a lot of folks it’s not horrible advice, […]
Kingdom Calling vs. Financial Advisors: Who Benefits
If you’ve been reading this blog for some time, you may remember me asking the following questions: 1)Does a bank, or other financial institution want all of your money or just some of it? 2)When you make more money in the future, do they want that too? 3)Do they want to give your money back […]
Kingdom Calling vs. Financial Advisors: Building Glass Ceilings
My years as a traditional financial advisor, before I questioned the status quo and began focusing on stewardship, taught me a lot. One of the most salient things I gleaned in those years was that fact that your standard financial advisor can’t, over time, really help you out-perform the market. But they may well help […]
Kingdom Calling vs. Financial Advisors: Forfeiting Your Power
I feel sorry for most of the common people I hear about who have lost wealth, lost their way, or both in the financial storm we’re currently weathering. “Why cry for those whose fault it is?” I’ve been asked. Certainly these people were at fault. One can throw blame upon many right now, and that’s […]
Tithing, Leverage & Velocity
The tithe can also help us understand a couple of financial principles. We’ll cover these in more concrete ways later, but tithing utilizes both leverage and velocity. We’ve already spoken about the fact that when we tithe, we are giving something that is not ours to help someone else and in return receiving future benefit. […]
“I Don’t Tithe Because…”
Our temptation is to look at our own circumstances and decide that they are too difficult and to say that God understands your reasons for not tithing. Please understand that Satan tells everyone this when they’re not in the habit of tithing. By following the wrong master you’re are not allowing God to bless you […]
On What to Focus
Let’s talk about our spiritual walk for a moment. Because of the ease of our lives and the fact that we grew up in a supposedly Christian society, many American Christians go through life thinking that because Jesus is their Savior, they are going to Heaven when they die and can then check that box […]
How Are You Handling His Affairs?
We discussed previously the difference between ownership and stewardship and that all followers of Christ are called to be faithful stewards over what we are given. Jesus explained it this way, “He said: “A man of noble birth went to a distant country to have himself appointed king and then to return. 13So he called […]
Is Wealth a Sin?
Several hundred years after Christ, a monastic movement emerged and many of those who most devoutly followed Christ chose to pull out of society and took vows of chastity and poverty. Incredible fruit was born from some of those communities and the world was very different then, so I am not saying whether or not […]