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The Stewardology Podcast — 298 episodes
294: The Science of Taxes (How Cutting Taxes Can Raise Revenue)
293: Are Tariffs Good for the Economy?
292: Rent Control is a Trap! (and History Proves it)
291: Was Jesus a Socialist?
290: Do Credit Scores Matter?
289: When You Feel Guilty About Your Money Choices
288: Is Fear Robbing Your Future?
287: Should I Invest While Getting Out of Debt?
286: Ask the Financial Advisor (Part 3)
285: A Critique of Financial Finish Lines
284: An Introduction to Financial Finish Lines
283: Remember the Poor (Ft. Pete Smith)
282: Creative Ways of Giving in Retirement
281: How to Open a Roth IRA (and what to do next)
280: Tips for the Single Steward
279: Sports Betting Is Booming… But at What Cost?
278: How to Build a 3-6 Month Emergency Fund (and still have a life)
277: You Received a Cancer Diagnosis. What are your next Financial moves?
276: How to Talk to your Spouse about Money Goals
275: Highlights from 2025
274: Busy Isn’t Always Better: Why Slowing Down is Good for the Soul
273: You Need to Read These Books!
272: 4 Steps to Tune Up Your Finances
271: The Power to Get Wealth, and the Temptation to Forget God
270: Why Incorporate a Donor Advised Fund in my Giving Plan?
269: How do I Know if my Financial Plan is Working?
268: Are Credit Cards Really That Bad?
267: 7 Habits of Financially Successful People
266: Stewarding Our Mission
265: The Stewardship of Beauty with Stephen Rohrer
264: Stewarding Your Story with Diana Vuolo
263: The Domains of Stewardship
262: “I Wish I Had More Money” - 7 Things to Know
261: Ask the Pastor: Church Finance Edition
260: When a Financial Goal Becomes an Idol
259: Debt is Not Always a Money Problem
258: Kids & The Big Beautiful Bill (OBBBA part 4)
257: Tax Cut for Billionaires or Fuel for the Economy? (OBBBA Part 3)
256: Ethical Concerns of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA part 2)
255: Aligning Faith & Money with Michael Blue (Ron Blue Institute)
254: One Big Beautiful Bill Act Overview (OBBBA part 1)
253: Should I Lend Money to Family?
252: How to Handle a Financial Windfall
251: Microretirement: Laugh now, cry later?
250: Ask the Financial Advisor (part 2)
249: How Lifestyle Creep Keeps You from Building Wealth
248: Are Minimum Wage Laws Harmful?
247: Inflation: Who Wins and Who Loses?
246: Generosity at the Register. Should you round up?
245: Tipping Culture: Generosity or Social Obligation?
244: Buy Now Pay Later: Harmless Convenience or Debt Trap?
243: Stewardship in a Cashless Society
242: Ask the Pastor (Part 1)
241: Stories from the Road with Life Institute
240: Top Budgeting Mistakes We See at our Seminars
It's Here! The Good Steward Is Officially Out Now!
239: DOGE Your Budget!
238: Questions to Ask when Hiring a Financial Advisor
Bonus: Tariffs, The Market, & What To Do Next
237: Will Social Security Exist When I Need It?
236: The Worst Sin Against Stewardship
235: When God Gives You Camels: A Guide to Stewarding Kingdom Resources
234: Money Dysmorphia: How Comparison Culture Warps Our Finances
233: I Maxed out my Retirement Savings, Now What?
232: Net Worth: Does it Matter, and How do I Calculate it?
231: Ask the Financial Advisor (part 1)
230: What Does the Bible Say About Taxes?
229: How Do I Balance Saving for Retirement with Paying for my Children's Education?
228: Journey of Generosity
227: 10 Tips to Increase Your Generosity
226: The Responsibilities of the Christian Steward
225: The Stewardship Mindset
224: Why Does Jesus Make Stewardship a Central Theme?
223: Our Favorite Episodes from 2024
222: How to Steward Year-End Bonuses and Extra Income
221: Should Christians Pray for Financial Prosperity?
220: Biblical Stewardship vs. Prosperity Gospel
219: What is the Prosperity Gospel?
218: Don’t Go Broke This Black Friday
217: Providing Means More Than You Think
216: Tasks to Complete When a Loved One Dies (Ft. Dave Oxenford)
215: Trust God More Than Human Power (Psalm 20:7)
214: Stop Making These Financial Mistakes
213: Paul’s Prescription for the Rich
212: You’re Richer Than You Think
211: Living as Christians in an Election Year
210: Credit Unions vs. Traditional Banks
209: 6 Reasons Christians Should Avoid Sports Betting
208: Will Robo-Advisors Replace Financial Advisors?
207: What To Do When Suffering Impacts Your Finances
206: Be Transformed by the Renewal of Your Mind: The 5 Biblical Financial Priorities
205: Intentionally Discipling Children in Finances (Deuteronomy 6:6-9)
204: How Stewardship Demonstrates Love for God (Deuteronomy 6:4-5)
203: If You Don’t Earn Interest, You’ll Pay Interest
202: Wise People Prepare for Danger! (Proverbs 22:3)
201: What does it mean to be Rich Toward God?
Update on our Book: The Good Steward
200: 4 Stewardship Lessons from the Rich Fool (Luke 12:13-34)
199: Give Me Neither Poverty Nor Riches (Proverbs 30:8)
198: It's Election Year. Should I Buy Gold?
197: Is Leaving an Inheritance Wise?
196: Woke vs. Christian Investing (ESG vs. BRI)
195: The Spiritual Act of Investing
194: How and When to Freeze Your Credit
193: 7 Ways to Improve Your Credit Score
192: How Much Vacation Can I Afford?
191: Faith and Pragmatism in Financial Planning
190: Should I Put Off Having Children Until I’m Financially Secure?
189: How to Manage a 2-Income Household and Avoid Marital Chaos
188: Where Life Institute Fits with FPU and Other Stewardship Ministries
187: The Beauty & Dangers of Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University
186: Why Theology Matters for our Stewardship
185: False Promises Stewards Actually Believe
184: 7 Gospel Promises for the Weary Steward
183: Can Going into Debt Glorify God?
182: When NOT to Give to Your Local Church
181: How Your Giving Hurts the Church
180: Why Do We Give To The Church First?
179: Budgeting for a Healthy Church (Ft. Jamie Dunlop)
178: Unlocking Earning Potential: Side Hustles and Passive Income
177: What To Do When Your Landlord Raises Rent
176: Cheap or Frugal: What’s the Difference?
175: The Difference Between Knowledge and Wisdom
174: Worship: The Proper Use of Luxuries
173: 6 Dangers of Luxuries
172: Does God Care About Our Joy?
171: When Does a Necessity Become a Luxury?
170: Stewardship Lessons for Advent: LOVE
169: Stewardship Lessons for Advent: JOY
168: Stewardship Lessons for Advent: PEACE
167: Stewardship Lessons for Advent: HOPE
166: 5 Misconceptions About Giving
165: Giving out of Gratitude
164: Tithing for Dummies: The Basics of Giving
163: 5 Reasons to Give
162: How to Avoid AI Scams
161: How Will Artificial Intelligence Impact Money & Investing?
160: A Christian Perspective on Artificial Intelligence
159: Premarital Financial Advice: Stopping Conflict Before It Happens
158: Is Lack or Abundance Harder on a Marriage?
157: 9 Misconceptions of Money in Marriage
156: Why is Money So Contentious in Marriage?
155: How to Navigate Money Conflicts in Marriage
154: Many Survive Affliction. Few Survive Affluence.
153: Im Bankrupt. Now What?
152: How to Avoid Bankruptcy
151: A Christian Perspective on Bankruptcy
150: Don’t Die with an Annuity
149: 6 Red Flags to Look for When Choosing an Insurance Agent
148: Pros & Cons of Christian Healthcare Alternatives
147: Why We Want Things We Don’t Need: The Diderot Effect
146: Should I invest in an S&P 500 Index Fund?
145: Stop Comparing to the S&P 500
144: A Letter To Younger Me About Money & Stewardship
143: How to Have Financial Peace
142: Avoiding Entitlement in our Families & Finances
141: Should I Cosign a Loan?
140: What To Do If Your Employer Has No Retirement Benefits
139: Don’t Waste Your Retirement
138: Christian Retirement Planning Checklist
137: How Riches Can Kill Your Worship
136: A Healthy Theology of Money
135: Why Can’t We Serve Both God and Money?
134: 8 Things Money Can’t Buy
133: Can Money Buy Happiness?
132: What Does Easter Have to do with Stewardship?
131: I Make Too Much to Feel This Broke
130: Understanding Medicare & Medicaid
129: A Guide to Pastor Compensation & Taxes
128: Most Overlooked Tax Credits & Deductions
127: 6 Tax Mistakes to Avoid This Tax Season
126: How To Be Content With Your Pay (Matthew 20)
125: Don't Die with a Timeshare
124: The Stewardship Dilemma
123: 3 Steps to Better Financial Stewardship
122: Good Steward. Bad Christian?
121: What Does Good Stewardship Look Like?
120: Bob Doll’s Predictions for 2023 (Ft. Bob Doll)
119: What is Stewardship?
118: The Hidden Time Bomb for Busy Stewards
117: Stewardship Lessons from 2022
116: How to Teach Stewardship to the Next Generation
115: “But This Time It's Different”
114: The Do’s and Don'ts of Giving to Non-Profits
113: How To Be Thankful in 2022
112: Do Deals Actually Save You Money?
111: Inflation is Bad. Is Deflation Better?
110: A Christian Response to the “Retire Early” Movement
109: The Best Money Advice Ever Received (or is it?)
108: Is It Good to Get a Tax Refund? Don't Tip The IRS
107: Are Student Loans Worth The Cost?
106: Is Student Loan Forgiveness Biblical?
105: The Challenges of Wealth
104: 4 Signs You Love Money Too Much (1 Tim. 6)
103: What does it cost to be a Disciple of Christ?
102: How Can I Glorify God Through My Work?
101: Realities & Reassurances for Young Stewards
100: A Peek Behind The Scenes
099: Is It Worth Paying a Financial Advisor?
098: How to Approach Investing During a Recession
097: What Causes a Recession?
096: The Challenges & Opportunities of Rising Interest Rates
095: 5 Questions About Investing During a Market Downturn
094: Should I Invest in Real Estate?
093: Why Is The Bond Market Down?
092: Should Churches Have Investment Accounts?
091: Investing that Changes the World (Ft. Jason Myhre)
090: 10 Travel Hacks That Will Save You Money
089: What is Sacrificial Giving?
088: Tithing While Between Churches
087: How to Survive the Rising Cost of Living
086: How Government Debt Impacts You
085: Christian Arguments For Cryptocurrency
084: Christian Arguments Against Cryptocurrency
083: What is Cryptocurrency & Blockchain?
082: Traditional IRA vs Roth IRA: Which is Right for You?
081: A Steward's Guide to Investment Vehicles
080: How to Start Investing
079: Debt Snowball vs. Debt Avalanche
078: Why Isn't My Budget Working?
077: The Perks & Pitfalls of Credit Cards
076: Is Investing the Same as Gambling?
075: Is Gambling a Sin?
074: Q&A on Wealth & Luxuries
073: Generous Now, Rich Forever (Ft. Dale Losch)
072: The Tension of Luxuries
071: The Blessing of Offerings
070: The Witness of Spending
069: The Conviction of Saving
068: The Privilege of Giving
067: Getting Your Priorities Straight
066: A Year In Review - The Best of Stewardology (2021)
065: The Difference Between Happiness and Joy
064: 8 Things Good Stewards Never Do During Christmas
063: Life Insurance & Long Term Care Insurance
062: Creative Ways to Give to Ministry (Ft. Dakota Lynch)
061: Giving Thanks In All Circumstances
060: Financial Lessons for Parenting Adult Children
059: Talking to Elderly Parents about Money
058: 6 Rules for Investing
057: Budget Fixes - How Do I Increase My Income?
056: Budget Fixes - How Do I Decrease My Expenses?
055: When It's Bad To Be a Cheapskate
054: Laying Up Treasures in Heaven
053: What Happened with GameStop and WallStreetBets?
052: Stewardship in Scripture (Ft. Aaron House)
051: Can You Be Rich & Be a Christian?
050: The Magic of Compound Interest
049: Why Did Jesus Flip the Tables?
048: The Parable of the Talents (Matthew 25)
047: Joseph Oversees Potiphar's House (Genesis 39)
046: Adam Called to Work (Genesis 2)
045: God Owns All Things
044: What Should I Do About Inflation?
043: What Causes Inflation?
042: 8 Myths about Biblical Stewardship
041: Good Debt vs. Bad Debt
040: Coping with Financial Stress
039: How Memorizing Scripture Can Impact Your Stewardship (Ft. Dakota Lynch)
038: Marriage Money Matters
037: The Wedding Budget (Saving for & Managing Wedding Costs)
036: How To Do Biblically Responsible Investing
035: What is Biblically Responsible Investing?
034: Is Taking a Vacation Wise Stewardship?
033: A Biblical Response to Capitalism
032: A Biblical Response to Socialism
031: 4 Tax & Cash Flow Mistakes to Avoid in Retirement
030: 5 Financial Mistakes to Avoid in Retirement
029: 7 Estate Planning Mistakes to Avoid in Retirement
028: Rethinking Retirement - "Redeployment"
027: How Much Money Do I Need for Retirement?
026: Paying for Higher Education
025: Buying & Owning a Car
024: Should I Rent or Buy a House?
023: Stewardship Lessons from the Richest Man Ever (Pt. 2)
022: Stewardship Lessons from the Richest Man Ever (Pt. 1)
021: Jesus' View on Money (Warnings)
020: Jesus' View on Money (Advice & Commands)
019: Automating Your Savings
018: How to Eliminate Your Debt
017: How To Make a Budget That Works (Pt. 2)
016: How To Make a Budget That Works (Pt. 1)
015: Finding Joy Amidst Financial Struggle
014: 8 Lessons learned in 2020
013: The 3 Wise Men and Their Gifts
012: Emotional Investing Can Be Costly
011: 5 Things to Look For in a Financial Advisor
010: Financial Contentment: Trusting in God's Provisions
009: Surprise Generosity
008: Secular vs. Biblical Worldview of Money
007: Priority #5 - Luxuries
006: Priority #4 - Offerings
005: Priority #3 - Spend
004: Priority #2 - Save
003: Priority #1 - Give
002: The Context of Stewardship (Haggai)
BONUS: Stewardship, Investing, and the Election
001: Introducing The Stewardology Podcast