By Bob Barber, CWS®, CKA® According to many biblical scholars, there are over 1500 scriptures in God’s Word that have to do with money, possessions, and stewardship. Did you know that according to many scholars, Jesus spoke on stewardship more than heaven and hell combined? It’s hard to go to any book in the New [...]
By Bob Barber, CWS® These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind [...]
We’ve included a section from Bob’s Bible study, “Biblical Viewpoints of Money and Wealth”, on secular and biblical counsel. We encourage you to take a look, get out your Bible, and fill out the questions below! Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed. PROVERBS 15:22 What does Proverbs 15:22 say [...]
By Mary Jo Lyons, CFP® A friend recently asked me “exactly how does the Bible address financial planning and investment management principles?” I provided a short summary of the principles below but my response was not as polished as it should have been. I vowed to be able to answer this in a more thoughtful [...]
By Mary Jo Lyons, CFP® We had it right all along. Retirement to a life of leisure is not part of God’s plan. He called us to work, ideally with a sense of satisfaction and enjoyment. Leisure is a part of God’s plan but not the objective.There should be a relationship between work and leisure [...]
Protecting Assets, Estates and Legacy from a Highly Litigious & Entitlement Minded Society By Ron First | Founder & President of Christian Insurance Services [cINSURE] The mainstream insurance industry’s business model is a “numbers” approach; not an educational or advisory focus by any means. In addition, service by the giant insurance carriers is defined by [...]
What Is Values Based Investing? Values based investing integrates Biblical guidelines with an investment portfolio. This method looks for companies to invest in that are making a positive impact on our society, as well as applying screening processes to avoid those that do not. Helping Clients Make Informed Decisions Christian Financial Advisors provides potential and [...]
You May Be Able to Give More than You Ever Thought Possible I meet people everyday who say they have very little left to give to the ministries they care deeply about. It’s not that they don’t want to give more, but they have limited cash from which to give. There is a deep misunderstanding […]
BRI Lab Report I know most of you may think BRI stands for “Barking Really Impressively” (I sure did before the humans sat me down and trained me on Biblically Responsible Investing, also known as BRI). In a tailwag, it allows Christians to invest their money according to their beliefs. This means that Christian financial [...]
The elections are upon us. It's hard to turn on a t.v., radio or look at anything on the internet without hearing opinions of which party, the democrats or republicans, are going to do a better job of running the country. One side is about the government knowing what is best for all of us, [...]
