Assets That Produce
In the passage we cited Saturday, Isaiah shows that the land is the farmer’s asset, and God teaches how to use it to produce. Not many of us are farmers today, but the concept remains profound: We should have assets that produce for us. If we seek Him, God will guide us in the ways […]
The Utility of Liabilities
We talked yesterday about the fact that financial assets and liabilities are simply tools. And that its a misinterpretation of scripture to think that borrowing is evil. On the other hand, if you do not repay your debts at the terms that you agreed to, you break the teaching that Paul’s teaching below, and enter […]
Kingdom Calling vs Financial Advisors: Risk
Most financial advisors lead people to produce financial plans that are fraught with risk. When it comes to “Protection,” such as insurance, financial advisors typically choose to offer plans in which you end up paying the highest premiums for the lowest benefit – exactly as the insurance companies like it. Using these plans people usually […]
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 […]