Archive for the ‘Biblical Finance’ Category

What does it mean to be “eager to be rich”?

Monday, October 17th, 2011

Our church has been doing a study on money in the adult Sunday school classes through a video series from Crown Ministries. Today's lesson talked about racking up lots of credit card debt and expecting others to take care of you. (Oh wait ... sorry ... that was the pamphlet I ...

Teddy Roosevelt on money, mottoes, and trust

Sunday, October 9th, 2011

Our church has been focusing on the topic of money in its sermons and study groups for the past several weeks.  Today's sermon started out with some facts I hadn't known before about the history of the motto that appears on all proper examples of today's United States money. First, a ...

Seven things to do when facing a pay freeze

Tuesday, December 14th, 2010

The end-of-year holidays are festive for most people: attending parties, decorating, giving gifts, listening to music, visiting family, eating a bit too much. At work it sometimes means announcement of raises or year-end bonuses when there's profit to be shared.  People may be entering the new year with a fatter wallet ...

More discussion on charging your tithe

Sunday, October 25th, 2009

On last week's post on whether you should be able to put your tithe on a credit card, I received a well thought-out response from commenter Brian.  I'll reprint it here, and discuss it. I work with more than 800 mainline protestant churches in Ohio. I say the credit card issue ...