How can Inflation be worse than Deflation? We described deflation Friday which you can read here, and that seems pretty awful! What’s worse? Hyperinflation! Let’s look at what inflation is, how it can affect you, its two causes, and what can push inflation into hyperinflation.
The usual reason for inflation is an increase in the money [...]
“Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock.” (Matthew [...]
Stewardship is more than simply making “good” decisions and financial stewardship is more than simply making good spending, saving, and investing decisions. Stewardship is the core responsibility that God has given you to live out the life He calls you to. Money is both one of the biggest tools of temptation in your life and [...]
“He brought out Israel, laden with silver and gold, and from among their tribes no one faltered.” (Psalm 105:37)
When the United States established its currency by setting a value against gold and silver it used a ratio of 15 to 1. It took 15 ounces of silver to buy one ounce of gold. This made [...]
“For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” (Luke 12:34)
Many Americans today need to lose all of their wealth so that we can turn our lusts away from material things and focus them back on God. We believe God is bringing about such a time to give many this blessing. Material/Physical pain [...]
We’ve just finished a huge series on how to use Whole Life Insurance policies to provide a foundation for wealth building. One of the key benefits that we discussed was the way that you can apply banking principles to your own life and keep the massive profits that you are currently giving to an outside [...]
If you’re like most Americans, you try to make smart financial decisions. Although you’re busy, you do the best you can to get good information to do the right thing so your financial future is secure. Despite that effort, chances are you, like many others, are heading deep up a creek without a [...]
The years had been good to Ben. He couldn’t sit still and do nothing, so over the decades he put together a business venture here and there, sometimes using his cash, sometimes using policy loans from his whole life insurance policies. Ever since his accident he had really depended on the Lord for wisdom and [...]
A similar question to the one we asked yesterday is, “What if you are successful in building wealth, will the IRA tax deferral have been a wise choice?”
We have a lot of clients who are in the 25 or 28% Marginal Tax Bracket. Your marginal bracket is the bracket that your last earned dollar is [...]
“Write them on the door frames of your houses and on your gates.” (Deuteronomy 6:9)
The word “gate” is used 341 times in the NIV Bible. The gate symbolizes the place where you leave one place and enter another. In the scripture above, the Lord commanded that His people write His Laws on their gates so [...]