Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Buzzsprout, online, or search ‘The Stewardology Podcast’ in your favorite podcast app. Loans today are, in one sense, a necessary evil. As much as we preach and teach to save and not take out a loan, sometimes it becomes very difficult to move forward without having one! Yet, it may not be you [...]
Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Buzzsprout, online, or search ‘The Stewardology Podcast’ in your favorite podcast app. There are many different ways to save for those later days, and one great way is through an employer sponsored retirement plan, often known as a 401k or 403b retirement savings plan. So, what is one to do if your employer [...]
Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Buzzsprout, online, or search ‘The Stewardology Podcast’ in your favorite podcast app. “Finishing life to the glory of Christ means finishing life in a way that makes Christ look glorious.” John Piper “Rethinking Retirement” Crossway Books What a great opening sentence from John Piper’s book titled “Rethinking Retirement.” In his statement, he [...]
Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Buzzsprout, online, or search ‘The Stewardology Podcast’ in your favorite podcast app. I am sure you heard the idiom, “The devil is in the details…” This idiom indicates that something may seem simple, but in fact the details are complicated and likely to cause problems. When it comes to retirement planning, there are [...]
Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Buzzsprout, online, or search ‘The Stewardology Podcast’ in your favorite podcast app. The Parable of the Soils The Parable of the Soils - Matthew 13:1-9 “That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea.2 And great crowds gathered about him, so that he got into a boat and [...]
Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Buzzsprout, online, or search ‘The Stewardology Podcast’ in your favorite podcast app. Psalm 24:1 “The earth is the LORD’s and the fullness thereof, the world and those who dwell therein…” A HEALTHY THEOLOGY OF MONEY: Created, Fallen, Redeemed Created Money was created, or at least anticipated in the “cultural mandate.” The Cultural Mandate [...]
Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Buzzsprout, online, or search ‘The Stewardology Podcast’ in your favorite podcast app. Matthew 6:19-24 “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves [...]
Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Buzzsprout, online, or search ‘The Stewardology Podcast’ in your favorite podcast app. A Story Far Too Common Let's think through a hypothetical situation. There's a couple who gets married, and starts their new life off right. They are both investing into their retirement accounts. They have their financial house in order, and they [...]
Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Buzzsprout, online, or search ‘The Stewardology Podcast’ in your favorite podcast app. How do money and happiness relate? Happiness & Money move together up to a certain point of the income scale. There are always exceptions: There are places in the world where people are impoverished, and they seem happy, joyful, and content. [...]
Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Buzzsprout, online, or search ‘The Stewardology Podcast’ in your favorite podcast app. In our teaching and preaching wing, Life Institute, we often hear comments like this… "It’s too late for me to make a change financially" "I have made too many financial mistakes for me and/or my family to recover and do well" [...]