Archive for the ‘Finances’ Category

Larry Burkett in week three of his Money Map Coach discusses the dangers of debt. ”Each year more than one million individuals in our country file bankruptcy.” He quotes a Gallup Poll that indicates that couples who go through divorce named financial tension as part of the reason for that horrendous experience. Larry defines debt [...]

Did Larry Burkett teach a “Prosperity Gospel?” He writes in Money Map Coach, “These verses clearly teach that giving results in material increase.” Burkett also added, “When we give, we should do so with a sense of expectancy—anticipating the Lord to provide a material increase.” This sounds similar to some of the Prosperity Gospel preachers. Time [...]

Bernard Madoff swindled 65 billion dollars from retirees, friends, family, and celebrities like Steven Spiellberg. But as Cal Thomas observed, “It takes two to tango…People who otherwise exhibited intelligence in their business and personal affairs were seduced by the old get-rich-quick scheme that has suckered humanity of millennia.”  People could not resist the 15-20% yield [...]

In our review of Crown Financial Ministries  at crown.org learned the first principle to financial freedom is “God is the owner of all.” The next principle is “We are managers of all God has entrusted with us.” As managers, our simple job description is faithfulness: “It is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful” [...]

The Bible says a lot about money matters because money matters. There are more than 2350 verses in the Bible on money. Jesus spoke about money issues more than most other subjects. This information comes from Crown Financial Ministries at crown.org which was founded by the late Larry Burkett. I want to review and share [...]