“…they will be like thorns in your eyes and like pricks in your sides, and they will trouble you…” — Working in banks for several years (without experiencing the teller role), I was always amazed how the most experienced tellers discovered counterfeit currency. As the paper bills slide through their fingers and whiz past their eyes, instantly they can sense something is not right. They might use a special marker…

God’s Commands for Sound Money & Free Markets. — Acknowledgement: Thanks to Ryan Griggs of Griggs Capital Strategies for reviewing this article for economic accuracy. Any remaining errors are the sole responsibility of the author. There are many schools of economic thought that exist in our current world, including the Chicago (Milton Friedman), the Austrian (actually American but many…

We worship the thing on which we become dependent. — You shall not make other gods besides Me; gods of silver or gods of gold, you shall not make for yourselves. — Exodus 20:23 It is interesting that just as God had finished telling Moses the 10 Commandments, He ended with this command which is a restatement of Commandment #1…

Doers will be Blessed in their Doing. — In the 2010 Robin Hood movie by Ridley Scott staring Russell Crowe, King John was rallying the troops against the oncoming invasion of France. Robin Longstride (Russell Crowe) spoke to the king and the crowd on behalf of Sir Walter Loxley. He said: “If your trying to build for the…

3rd-world communities saving together, lending together, & investing in each other. — Problem Small-and-Medium Enterprises are critical for national economic progress (including the U.S.), but in countries with lower per capita incomes, these businesses are noticeably missing. For entrepreneurs ready to scale, larger loans and additional training empower them to create jobs and minister to their communities.

“I am the Lord your God who brought you out of slavery.” — The God of the universe is the God of freedom. God empowers people to relinquish their shackles of slavery and take-up His gift of individual liberty. The New Testament view of God’s Freedom: John 8:36 — So if the Son (Jesus) sets you free, you will be free indeed. 2 Corinthians 3:17 — Now the Lord is…

To Protect “the Seed” for Greater Wealth, Israel would have starved in the wilderness. — The concept of Capital seems to be difficult for most people to comprehend today. There are many misconceptions floating around about what it is. Some of the economists that I trust most describe it as ‘leverageable value’; meaning value that is accessible to create more wealth. …

What’s your “Exodus” strategy? — How can we secede from a tyrannical, corrupt financial system? In a prior article, Choosing Financial Oppression & Defending Our Oppressors, I wrote about how Israel came to be enslaved and their desire to return back to Egypt, as well as our tendencies today to do the same financially. Now…

How Joseph produced Abundance in a Global Famine — We have all heard stories of some people who know how to get rich in times of crisis, but most of us seem to get poorer during difficult times. Most of the time we cannot see the crisis coming, but they always seem to come whether we are ready for…