Download or read book The 21 Day Financial Fast written by Michelle Singletary and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2014-01-07 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether you're living paycheck to paycheck or just trying to make smarter financial choices, let award-winning writer and Washington Post columnist Michelle Singletary show you the practical steps you need to take for the financial peace you long for. In The 21-Day Financial Fast, Michelle proposes a field-tested financial challenge: for twenty-one days, put away your credit cards and buy only the barest essentials. What happens next will forever change the way you think about wealth. With Michelle's guidance, you'll discover how to: Break bad spending habits Plot a course to become debt-free with the Debt Dash Plan Avoid the temptation of overspending for college Learn how to prepare elderly relatives and yourself for future long-term care expenses Be prepared for any contingency with a Life Happens Fund Stop worrying about money and find the priceless power of financial peace Join the thousands of others who have already discovered practical ways to achieve financial freedom and experience what it truly means to live a life of financial peace and prosperity.

Download or read book Religion and Finance written by Mervyn K. Lewis and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2019 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Judaism, Christianity and Islam all impose obligations and constraints upon the rightful use of wealth and earthly resources. All three of these religions have well-researched views on the acceptability of practices such as usury but the principles and practices of other, non-interest, financial instruments are less well known. This book examines each of these three major world faiths, considering their teachings, social precepts and economic frameworks, which are set out as a guide for the financial dealings and economic behaviour of their adherents.

Download or read book Faith and Money written by Lisa A. Keister and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-09-05 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For those who own it, wealth can have extraordinary advantages. High levels of wealth can enhance educational attainment, create occupational opportunities, generate social influence and provide a buffer against financial emergencies. Even a small amount of savings can improve security, mitigate the effects of job loss and other financial setbacks and improve well-being dramatically. Although the benefits of wealth are significant, they are not enjoyed uniformly throughout the United States. In the United States, because religion is an important part of cultural orientation, religious beliefs should affect material well-being. This book explores the way religious orientations and beliefs affect Americans' incomes, savings and net worth.

Download or read book Christian Finance for Teens written by Cindy Kersey and published by Morgan James Publishing. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many parents aren’t sure where to begin when it comes to teaching their teens and young adults about finances. Christian Finance for Teens will help, giving important information in a way teens can understand about job searching, budgeting, debt, banking, investing, insurance, taxes, and other areas of finance. Author Cindy Kersey has taught a high school finance class (Christian Finance) for tenth- and twelfth-grade students for several years, “road-testing” her material on real-world teens to amazing results. Inspired to help other young people, she turned her course curriculum into book format so teens and young adults everywhere can easily understand concepts of personal finance. This material will be useful as they begin their lives as adults.

Download or read book Biblical Faith Meets Financial Strategy 2nd ed written by Johnny McWilliams and published by Zero In Financial Press. This book was released on 2022-09-20 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prosperity resides where prayerful planning, financial freedom, and radical relationships intersect. Do you have a healthy connection with all financial matters? • Have you ever wondered what the Bible has to say about money? • Do you want to know the best way to build wealth? • Would you like to have contentment in every aspect of life, at work and home, with family and friends, at church, and in your community? Do you want to know how to better manage money? The scriptures teach us to be in a relationship with God. Your Heavenly Father wants you to live a prosperous life and build wealth. The Bible teaches you the proper way to handle those finances. The final four chapters of this book will show you how financial prosperity and the fruit of the Spirit intersect. Once you understand and begin living by these foundational truths, your heart will overflow with love, joy, and peace. Your actions will be purposeful, with patience, kindness, and goodness. And your thoughts will be faithful and meek with self-control. These are not only Christian financial concepts and principles; these are financial truths. It’s time for you to RECOVER, GROW, and ZERO IN on your financial target. Here are some of the faith + strategy intersections you will read about and be able to apply immediately: • Your dreams + Your life • Prayer + Patience • Your destiny + God’s will • King Jesus + Servant Jesus • Your Purpose? + Your Position? The INTERSECTION series includes the titles below: • Biblical Faith Meets Financial Strategy, 2nd ed. – How to Lay a Solid Foundation for Prosperity • God's Ownership Meets Money Management – How to Be a Good and Faithful Steward • Divine Provision Meets Generosity Planning – How to Live Life to the Fullest While Richly Giving …and the following companion for a deeper study: • Setting Your Sights on the Intersection – 90-Day Devotional & Journal About the book series: INTERSECTION – Where God’s Wealth Meets God’s Wisdom Imagine yourself at the shooting range aiming at a target. To ensure your aim is accurate, you look for a calibrated point of reference. There are two engraved lines to give you a single place to focus on when aiming at a target. The two lines cross at this spot and create what is known as crosshairs. Crosshairs are composed of two wires or lines, one parallel and the other perpendicular to the horizon. The area that you are focused on is where the two lines intersect. The objective is to align the crosshairs with the bullseye. Aiming to hit the bullseye requires precision, and using the simple principle of intersecting lines, you can easily pinpoint that target. When peering through the scope of your financial future, the strategy is the same. The two dimensions are God’s Wealth (vertical) and God’s Wisdom (horizontal). Once you have these two crosshairs in focus and zeroed-in, you can aim right at the center of your target and hit it consistently. If you want to pinpoint your financial destiny, you need to zero-in on your target, not someone else’s mark. The simple tool needed for pinpoint accuracy is the crosshairs, and one of the most critical steps is knowing where you are aiming. The blessings come where the two lines meet. Get ready to manage money according to the Word of God and live a prosperous life!

Download or read book Understanding the Link Between Money and Spirituality written by Dr. Cryford Mumba PhD and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2019-10-18 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a religious book prepared specially for Christians so as to appreciate the relationship between money and spirituality. It is a personal finance book covering all the tenets of managing money God has blessed you in a godly money. The overriding aim is to help someone not to worship money but the True and Living God. The book will immensely help you to master money as designed by God. As you read this book open your heart to the leading of the Lord God so that at the end of it all His name will be honored and glorified. About two-thirds of Jesus’ parables deal with money or material possessions. Over 2300 biblical passages refer to money or material possessions. There are only about 500 on prayer, and less than 500 on the subject of faith. Surely, if God gives it this much emphasis, we need to take the subject seriously. Finances are a spiritual battleground. Money is the god of the world. It is everywhere worshipped. The love of money is the controlling factor in most lives. Money is deceitful. It is a lying lord, whom the world serves. You cannot serve God and money, for money is the image of a rival god. We need to be wise about money. Yes use money; do not avoid it, do not evade it and do not pretend it is beneath you. That is unspiritual. On the other hand, do not make it your god. My primary aim being to offer you, dear readers, new ideas, new ways of looking at the subject of money. This book will not teach you any specific formula. Instead it will teach you how to learn and what to learn.

Download or read book Faith Finance Creating Godly Wealth In A Worldly System written by Suzy Black and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2009-05 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the greatest economic meltdown since the depression of 1929 my clients did not lose $1, in fact they have continued to increase their wealth. Discover the power of compounding interest and learn how to grow your wealth while protecting it from tax erosion. Suzy Black is a Christian entrepreneur, working in both the financial and insurance industry for over 21 years, she incorporates the wisdom and advise of the Bible into her every day business dealings and believes that if Christians will faithfully utilize God's system of paying First Fruits and Tithing blended with saving and investing Christians around the world will not only see their financial situations change, but they will see God actively working in their finances and their lives no matter what is going on in the economy. Suzy is also the founder of Suzy Black Ministries, a ministry focused on helping both single mothers and their children around the world, working to protect the lives of unborn babies and she is also committed to increasing the financial literacy of Christians. For more information, visit her website at www.suzyblack.org

Download or read book Provisions for Abundance written by Ryan Mack and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2020-09-08 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provisions for Abundance is a Christian’s financial guide to abundant living, complete with daily Scripture readings to combine budgeting and financial stewardship guidance with the Word of God. This 365-day book is loaded with interesting and empowering information for readers to achieve fiscal abundance within a year’s time. Each entry contains a tip for the reader to put into action, along with a Christian-based takeaway on which to reflect. Renowned public speaker and financial expert Ryan Mack, also known as the “Financial Evangelist,” has a life mission to build a durable financial empire geared toward educating his community and beyond. With this timely book, he guides readers to reset their finances, dream bigger, and reflect on their spending while giving gratitude for all they have. He explains the benefits of paying attention to spending and focusing more on enriching our lives with purpose. The book also teaches that there is no greater blessing than to be a blessing to someone else. Built on the unique premise of using the Bible’s principles for money management, this book offers monetary planning and tools for enriching our lives in all areas. It is perfect for group Bible studies, as well as individual reflection. With this book, you will: Learn about financial planning through the lens of Scriptures Create a budget based on your own financial needs Learn how to trust God with your financial success Reflect on your fiscal situation with a reinforced confidence in God

Download or read book Business and Religion written by Matthew Godfrey and published by . This book was released on 2019-09-02 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume elucidates both the diverse texts of the New Testament as well as the larger Jewish, Greek, and Roman worlds in which they were produced. It contains sections with various papers on the "Jewish Background of the New Testament," "Greco-Roman Background of the New Testament," "Jesus and the Gospels," "The Apostle Paul," "Hebrews, the Catholic Epistles, and Revelation," "New Testament Issues and Contexts," "The Text of the New Testament," and "After the New Testament." The volume therefore ranges from the law of Moses and intertestamental period to the First Jewish Revolt of AD 66-73 and the canonization of the New Testament.

Download or read book Church Finance written by Michael E. Batts and published by . This book was released on 2019-09-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "It all starts with mission and purpose." These opening words by author Mike Batts sum up the proper role of financial administration in the church-giving proper weight to this critically important and unique calling.Church Finance: The Church Leader's Guide to Financial Operations provides you with the information and resources to successfully lead your church's financial operations in line with your church's unique mission and purpose.Whether you're new to the role or experienced, you'll appreciate Mike's come-alongside style blended with proven expertise as he helps you identify key components for establishing and maintaining sound financial leadership.What's new in this Second Edition:- Tax information updated to reflect the major changes arising from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act- Accounting and financial reporting information updated to reflect recent changes in generally accepted accounting standards (GAAP)- New sample GAAP financial statements and notes- All-new chapter on financial policies for churches with multiple sample policies-- Sample conflicts-of-interest policy-- Sample giver privacy policy-- Sample gift acceptance policy-- Sample budget administration policy-- Sample record retention guidelines for churches-- Sample executive compensation-setting policy-- Sample fraud, dishonesty, and whistleblower policy-- And more- Updated content on alternative revenue sources- All-new chapter on compensation and benefits for churches- All-new chapter on tax compliance for churches- All-new chapter on risk management for churches

Download or read book Faith Finance and Economy written by Tanweer Akram and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-03-10 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book seeks to foster a multidisciplinary understanding of the ties between faith, financial intermediation, and economic progress by drawing on research across economics, finance, history, philosophy, ethics, theology, public policy, law, and other disciplines. Chapters in this edited volume examine themes as consequential as economic opportunities, real world outcomes and faith; values and consumerism; faith, financial intermediation and economic development in Western and Islamic societies; and the impact of faith issues on US workers, on the workplace and religion, and on the characteristics of good wealth. Though engaging with difficult questions, this book is written in an accessible style to be enjoyed by laypeople and scholars alike.

Download or read book Biblical Faith Meets Financial Strategy written by Johnny McWilliams and published by Zero In Financial Press. This book was released on 2021-03-29 with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prosperity resides where prayerful planning, financial freedom, and radical relationships intersect. ★ Do you want to know the best way to build wealth? ★ Do you have a healthy connection with all financial matters? ★ Have you ever wondered what the Bible has to say about money? ★ Would you like to have contentment in every aspect of life, at work and home, with family and friends, at church, and in your community? ★ Do you want to know how to better manage money? If you do, this book is for you. God wants you to have a solid plan to live the life you were made for. That foundation begins and ends with Him. In this first book of the series, INTERSECTION - Where God’s Wealth Meets God’s Wisdom, you will discover how to live in your purpose at the intersection of faith and strategy. This is financial literacy 101 and you will find many of the verses about finances in the Bible. Here are some of the faith + strategy intersections you will read about and be able to apply immediately: · Your dreams + Your life · Prayer + Patience · Your destiny + God’s will for your life · King Jesus + Servant Jesus · What is Your Purpose? + What is Your Position? · and many more! The scriptures teach us to be in a relationship with God, not religion. Your Heavenly Father wants you to live a prosperous life, and the Bible teaches you the proper way to handle that wealth. And the final four chapters of this book will show you how financial prosperity and the fruit of the Spirit intersect. Once you understand and begin living by these foundational truths, your heart will overflow with love, joy, and peace. Your actions will be purposeful with patience, kindness, and goodness. And your thoughts will be faithful and meek with self-control. “Jesus called us by his glory and goodness. Through his glory and goodness, he gave us the very great and rich gifts he promised us.” – 2 Peter 1:3b-4a ICB These are not only Christian financial concepts and principles; these are financial truths. It’s time for you to RECOVER, GROW, and ZERO IN on your financial target. Start reading and begin living at the INTERSECTION of Biblical Faith and Financial Strategy.

Download or read book Money Possessions and Eternity written by Randy Alcorn and published by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2011-11-15 with total page 493 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who wants to settle for fleeting treasures on earth . . . when God offers everlasting treasures in heaven? It’s time to rethink our perspectives on money and possessions. In this thoroughly researched classic, Randy Alcorn shows us how to view these things accurately—as God’s provision for our good, the good of others, and his glory. Alcorn presents a biblical and comprehensive view of money and possessions, including the following: Why is money so important to God? Is prosperity theology right or wrong? How can we be liberated from materialism? What should we do about debt? How much does God want us to give? How can we best help the poor and reach the lost? What about gambling? Investing? Insurance? Saving? Retirement? Inheritance? How can we leave our children a true heritage? How can we use money in ways that God rewards? This practical and refreshing theology of money contains topical and Scripture indexes, a study guide, and five helpful appendices.

Download or read book A Guide to Christian Financial Planning and Stories of Stewardship written by Robert W. Katz and published by Dc Press. This book was released on 2006-12-01 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study guide or workbook that can be used by individuals, families, small groups, or entire churches as a resource in putting the concepts presented in the book (Money Came by the House the Other Day) into practical use. Vital topics are presented in an organised format that allows for easy implementation of basic, as well as sophisticated financial planning. This is the perfect supplement to understanding both personal finances and stewardship. Exercises provide ample opportunity to put ideas and concepts into real-life situations and create a better environment for learning and remembering - through practice. The basic premise is to assist anyone interested in taking charge of their financial lives an easy-to-use and easy-to-understand process. The Study Guide also provides users with basic Biblical principles that are specifically dedicated to freeing anyone from financial bondage.

Download or read book Religious Scandals written by Judith M. Buddenbaum and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2009-09-03 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume looks at headline-grabbing scandals involving American religious figures from the 19th century to the present, showing how the media and society in general reacted to these controversies. Religious Scandals brings together real-life controversies involving men and women of faith, from the media frenzy over the 1811 New York blasphemy case of People v. Ruggles that shaped American law for well over 100 years to the 2008 government raid on the fundamentalist Mormon Yearning for Zion community in Texas. Religious Scandals focuses on two types of subjects: religious figures whose lapses put them at the center of scandals involving sex, money, or crime; and those who scandalized their fellow citizens by acting out according to their own religious beliefs. Together, these stories—some familiar, some little known—offer a fascinating portrait of American religious culture, as well insights into the role of the media in religious scandals, constitutional protections of religious freedom, and the overriding issue of public curiosity versus individual privacy.

Download or read book Money Greed and God written by Jay W. Richards and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-05-05 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Money, Greed, and God: Why Capitalism is the Solution and Not the Problem, Senior Fellow at the Discovery Institute Jay W. Richards and bestselling author of Indivisible: Restoring Faith, Family, and Freedom Before It's Too Late and Infiltrated: How to Stop the Insiders and Activists Who Are Exploiting the Financial Crisis to Control Our Lives and Our Fortunes, defends capitalism within the context of the Christian faith, revealing how entrepreneurial enterprise, based on hard work, honesty, and trust, actually fosters creativity and growth. In doing so, Money, Greed, and God exposes eight myths about capitalism, and demonstrates that a good Christian can be a good capitalist.

Download or read book Passing the Plate written by Christian Smith and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2008-09-29 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Passing the Plate shows that few American Christians donate generously to religious and charitable causes. This eye-opening book explores the reasons behind such ungenerous giving, the potential world-changing benefits of greater financial giving, and what can be done to improve matters. By illuminating the social and psychological forces that shape charitable giving, Passing the Plate is sure to spark a much-needed debate on a critical issue.