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Glorious Deal-maker

When God does not grant to me a vision of future things, I simply go back to my convictions and extrapolate from there. What He tells me I must do on the smaller scale often indicates something about what’s coming … Continue reading

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Stocks, Bonds and Investments

Let’s review something that applies to several current conversations I’m having. Review the Bible, and Proverbs in particular. You gain the worldview that God is the maker and owner of all things. He portions out His property to whomever He … Continue reading

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God Is Tired

The headlines are blaring this morning: Trump will send American troops to Gaza and cleanse the land of Palestinians! That’s not exactly what Trump said, of course, but it does reflect the shocking words and actions of our President. The … Continue reading

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Eternal Economics

Do you remember the Parable of the Unjust Steward? See Luke 16. People miss the point because they aren’t willing to embrace the fundamental principle that Jesus taught in other ways, like in the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 6:19-21). … Continue reading

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Benevolence in Control

Comments and discussions indicate it’s time to review a couple of fundamental principles. Under the Covenant, the sole justification for engaging in business is to bless the employees first, and then the customers. Granted, this is ideally a matter of … Continue reading

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Shaking Itself Apart

Basic economics: Do you understand how inflation works? Human activity in exchanging goods and services has limits. There is only so much exchange that can take place because of the natural friction of people deciding how to exchange. Introducing a … Continue reading

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Sane Limits

Bear with me a moment, as this will seem at first like chasing a rabbit. The rabbit is running in the same direction we are. Do you understand the inherent flaw of that academic discipline called Economics? It’s one unquestioned … Continue reading

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Mission in Context

To understand what God requires of us, I believe it’s important to think bigger than is common. On the one hand, we are nearing another exercise in God’s wrath on the scale of Noah’s Flood, but not a flood this … Continue reading

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Not Good, Just Useful

Do you really understand what “tithe” in the Bible really means? It is restricted to food items, agricultural products. You cannot tithe any other kind of thing. Food is the only thing you can offer to God that He alone … Continue reading

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Always: Follow the Money

I’m hardly the first one to observe this fact: Uprisings and revolts do not arise from anger against oppression. That sort of rage is always there, from start to finish of every empire. There is always someone feeling oppressed and … Continue reading

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