Archive for 'Finances'
A Budget Breakdown
I just came across a post from Andrew Nordine that can be read here. In his post, he challenges us to rethink both our personal budgets and growing church budgets. Here is an excerpt:
What if these headlines were reversed?
Headline 1: Church Completes $23 Million Building Project
Headline 2: Churches in the State Send $5K to Aid [...]
Helping the Foolish Spender #3
This is the final post of this series. You can read the other two posts here and here.
Sight/Meditation
Once the counselee has an understanding of what the Scriptures teach about stewardship, the counselor should begin show how these truths impact the counselee’s life. The foolish spender who lacks discipline should meditate on the biblical truths contained [...]
Helping the Foolish Spender #2
This is a continuation of a series I began yesterday. You can read the first post here.
Interpretation
Once the data is collected, the counselor must prayerfully discern the true nature of the counselee’s problem. With poor financial stewardship, there are two primary tracks that should be explored to determine the nature of the problem: lustful spending [...]
Helping the Foolish Spender #1
Below begins a brief series where I will share the case study I developed for helping a “foolish spender” repent of their carelessness with money. I have broken down the case study into 10 elements that are typically present in any effective biblical counseling or discipleship process. I will release segment two tomorrow and the final segment on Friday. I hope it you find this helpful.
Introduction
Financial stewardship is an area that many [...]
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