Ancient Corinth was one of the largest and most important cities in Greece. It was about halfway between Athens and Sparta, and at its height, it had a population of …
Do we agree with God?
Ask yourself this question: how much of your thinking about wealth aligns with God’s thinking? I’ve found that many people can’t properly answer this question because most of their thinking …
The problem of prosperity
It is pretty clear how God defines prosperity in the Bible. But the problem is not God’s definition. The problem is our thinking about God’s definition. You may have read …
The importance of definitions
When Socrates would begin his dialogues, he would most often try to establish the definition of terms that he and his interlocutor would discuss. So first, let’s try to define …
A simple, Biblical definition of prosperity
A simple (New Testament) definition of prosperity Last time, we only got to the first part of the first section of 2 Corinthians. Let’s talk about the second part. In …
do we agree with God?
Ask yourself this question: how much of your thinking about wealth aligns with God’s thinking? I’ve found that many people can’t properly answer this question because most of their thinking …
what is prosperity?
Back to Socrates, and the importance of definitions. Let’s start with a question. I once heard Jim Baker, a pastor and author of When Heaven Invades Your Finances give this …
does God want me to be rich?
I’m going to break this down into sections. Section 1 is about this question – “does God want me to be rich?” There’s a couple things we need to talk …
The Vow of Prosperity
A few years ago, I was having a lighthearted conversation with a friend of mine. We were joking about how the wealth of the Catholic church cannot be calculated. They …
What is freedom?
There is a relatively popular small group curriculum used in many churches called Freedom. About a year ago, I wrote my perspective on what freedom could look like. Instead of …