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Ben the Banker

by Wes Bridel on September 24, 2009

in Stewardship

The better he got to know James and his business, the more Ben realized that by making his whole life policy a foundational part of his financial stewardship, and utilizing it the way he had been, he was really functioning as a banker without all the mess of opening up an actual bank!
Ben was starting [...]

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How to Be Your Own Banker With Life Insurance

by Wes Bridel on September 23, 2009

in Stewardship

“Well then, you should have put my money on deposit with the bankers, so that when I returned I would have received it back with interest.
28″ ‘Take the talent from him and give it to the one who has the ten talents. 29For everyone who has will be given more, and he will have an [...]

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Ben’s Whole Life Policy Frees Him

by Wes Bridel on September 22, 2009

in Stewardship

A few more years flew by and Ben and Greg’s dry cleaning business was flourishing.  They  opened two more stores and were finally seeing nice profits in all of them.  Over time they purchased the building that the second cleaners occupied, as well, and then both the building and the business of the two new [...]

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“Were you a slave when you were called? Don’t let it trouble you—although if you can gain your freedom, do so.” (1 Corinthians 7:21)
The Trunk of your Fruitful Tree gives life to the branches, leaves, & fruit.  Without a strong and reliable trunk, you cannot have good, plentiful fruit.  The best product we’ve found to [...]

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Ben Thinks Like a Banker

by Wes Bridel on September 18, 2009

in Stewardship

A funny thing happened. Even though Ben was utilizing banking principles in his life with his whole life policies, he actually had more and more money flowing through actual brick and mortar banks and believe me, the bankers take notice! As the checks Ben deposited from his whole life became larger, the President [...]

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What Do Banks Buy? (BOLI)

by Wes Bridel on September 17, 2009

in Stewardship

“But wisdom is proved right by her actions.” (Matthew 11:19)
Did you know that most financial institutions spend a lot of time and money trying to convince people that whole life is a bad place to hold money?  Remember, they spend billions advertising each year, and have an amazing level of control over content that is [...]

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Ben Goes Into Business

by Wes Bridel on September 16, 2009

in Stewardship

Ben was enjoying being a commercial landlord.  His decision to make whole life insurance a foundational element of his financial stewardship turned out to be the most important thing he had ever done.  Even though he has been totally disabled and lost every asset not protected by law in the lawsuit, he was still able [...]

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A Real Whole Life Policy’s Returns

by Wes Bridel on September 15, 2009

in Stewardship

“If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the best from the land” (Isaiah 1:19)
We became frustrated that the companies were showing such an artificially low projection (as we discussed in the last Whole Life Insurance post) while knowing that they had historically performed much better. So we went to one of the strong [...]

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Everything was going well for Ben and Kim.   They had broken free from the groupthink of financial planning that seemed to yo-yo their friends from elation when markets are up, to horror at their savings disappearing when markets are down.
Everything was going exactly according to plan with their whole life insurance policy.
But this year had [...]

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“Now he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will also supply and increase your store of seed and will enlarge the harvest of your righteousness. 11You will be made rich in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving [...]

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