From Market Turbulence to Divine Stability: Lessons for Life
Your co-worker invested in an extremely volatile stock, and proclaims, “I don’t mind the ups and downs – it all averages out, right?”
Wrong.
Dave Ramsey: 9 things I like, and 9 things I don’t
Dave Ramsey is an evangelical Christian well-known for his radio program The Ramsey Show. His financial advice gets a lot of things right, but there are numerous areas where he is flat out wrong.
Should you go all in?
I was surprised to discover that the Bible talks about the wisdom of investment diversification. But it also got me thinking: the Bible isn’t always pro-diversification.
Beyond Wesley: A revised financial framework (Part 2)
I find John Wesley’s financial framework incomplete and insufficient for the modern theoconomist. In this post I propose an updated framework that makes 2 revisions and corrects 3 omissions.
John Wesley: The Use of Money (Part 1)
John Wesley once preached on money: “Gain all you can, save all you can, give all you can.” He commends “the right use of money” as “an excellent talent” which deserves more attention from Christians.
It all goes back into the box
The first lesson I want to teach my kids about personal finance is one that I am still trying to teach myself.