10 Steps to Get Out of Debt: Biblical Bean Counting, Pt 4
2In Part Three we noted that the first step to building wealth is get out of debt. Ok, so how? Steps to get out of debt: 1. Understand what a debt is. If you cannot clear it immediately, then it is debt. If you buy [...]
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6 Steps to Build your Wealth: Biblical Bean Counting, Pt 3
6 Steps for building wealth: Ok, so after Part Two, you should know where you are, know where you want to be in 5 years, and you are ready to implement a plan to attain your financial goals. This is the sweaty part. You need [...]
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3 Strategies for Building Wealth: Biblical Bean Counting, Pt 2
3 Strategies for building wealth: After establishing in Part One some basic principles of how to view money, we can now dip our toes in the muddy water of building wealth. Remember from Part One that desiring to be wealthy is fraught with pitfalls, and [...]
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10 Principles to Get Rich Slow: Biblical Bean Counting, Pt 1
In our young adults group we have been searching the Scriptures for counsel on money. Over the next few days I’d like to share with you our findings. Disclaimer: this is not a series on how to get rich quick, but it may result in a new paradigm [...]
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‘Love in a Time of Measles’ – a story that showed up late
February’s topic at The Write Practice competition was ‘Love,’ in honor of Valentine’s Day. I thought I had til the end of the month to submit it, so alas, I missed the deadline. But I didn’t want the little story to get all dressed up [...]
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What Makes a Preacher?
What makes a preacher? Is it the qualification of a seminary degree? Is it an innate talent to communicate? Is it a compelling subjective desire? A good place to start the enquiry is to observe the various men in Scripture who are called “preachers.” One [...]
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Copts, Popes, Shenouda? Did I Miss Something?
If you read any news other than the sports pages, you have probably picked up that the Pope died. But not that one, the other one. I guess it’s more accurate to say a pope died. Until I visited Egypt last year, I didn’t even [...]
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Fishbowl Syndrome: The Benefits of Life in the Public Eye
I was asked an interesting question in a recent interview: “Does being a pastor effect your family’s choices?” I remembered John MacArthur’s unexpected answer to a similar question. When asked, “What would you do differently if you weren’t a pastor?” he replied, “I’d drive a [...]
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