Although Haggai is speaking to the Israelites returning from exile, with what’s going on in our world – the attacks on and decline of civility and morality, and the rise of secularism – could we be in a sort of exile ourselves? The Lord says through the prophet in chapter 2, verse 4, “Take courage […]

Why do we strive so fiercly after money?  Psalm 49 tells us plainly that though we trust in our wealth, we can in no way redeem ourselves.  That with riches you may count yourself as happy, still there is no price one can pay to God for life. Paul tells us in 1 Tim. 6: […]

In John 6: 1-13, Jesus takes five loaves and two fish and feeds 5000. So – how does this relate to financial stewardship? Look at the boy in the story. What if the kid had said, “I made this bread. I caught the fish. They’re mine.”  Andrew even mumbled our own skepticism, “what are they […]

What is your reaction when you hear that the DOW is down 500 points or that YTD the market is down 20%? Be careful as you accumulate in your 401k of having an attitude like that of the rich farmer in Luke 12: 18. He thought he’d store up his abundant crop and then take […]