The reason we have been going through this series is because we want to honor God in all areas of our lives, including our finances. Through this series, we hope that you are learning how to align your finances with your faith. For the first several months we just focused
Last week was certainly an eventful one. It seemed every day had a "crisis" at a (relatively) small bank, which caused a big drop in share prices across the financial sector. This pulled the markets lower, but then a rumor, news release, government announcement, or something else emerged to calm
This year I've marveled about the optimism shown by market participants and Wall Street experts alike who truly believe the Fed has reigned in inflation and would not cause a recession (or even a slowdown in earnings). They also believed the Fed would be stopping their rate hikes soon, which
In this next section of James, we're going to be discussing faith and works. Faith and works are brought up several times throughout the Bible. Faith is "strong belief in God or in the doctrines of a religion, based on spiritual apprehension rather than proof." Hebrews 11:1 says, “Faith
It's probably hard for most people to understand 25 years ago the Federal Reserve was quite secretive and didn't have the sole (perceived) focus of keeping the stock market afloat. Then in 1998, the Federal Reserve decided to bailout a handful of Wall Street banks who were overexposed to a