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The Stewardology Podcast — 298 episodes

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294: The Science of Taxes (How Cutting Taxes Can Raise Revenue)

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293: Are Tariffs Good for the Economy?

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292: Rent Control is a Trap! (and History Proves it)

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291: Was Jesus a Socialist?

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290: Do Credit Scores Matter?

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289: When You Feel Guilty About Your Money Choices

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288: Is Fear Robbing Your Future?

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287: Should I Invest While Getting Out of Debt?

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286: Ask the Financial Advisor (Part 3)

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285: A Critique of Financial Finish Lines

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284: An Introduction to Financial Finish Lines

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283: Remember the Poor (Ft. Pete Smith)

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282: Creative Ways of Giving in Retirement

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281: How to Open a Roth IRA (and what to do next)

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280: Tips for the Single Steward

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279: Sports Betting Is Booming… But at What Cost?

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278: How to Build a 3-6 Month Emergency Fund (and still have a life)

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277: You Received a Cancer Diagnosis. What are your next Financial moves?

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276: How to Talk to your Spouse about Money Goals

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275: Highlights from 2025

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274: Busy Isn’t Always Better: Why Slowing Down is Good for the Soul

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273: You Need to Read These Books!

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272: 4 Steps to Tune Up Your Finances

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271: The Power to Get Wealth, and the Temptation to Forget God

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270: Why Incorporate a Donor Advised Fund in my Giving Plan?

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269: How do I Know if my Financial Plan is Working?

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268: Are Credit Cards Really That Bad?

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267: 7 Habits of Financially Successful People

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266: Stewarding Our Mission

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265: The Stewardship of Beauty with Stephen Rohrer

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264: Stewarding Your Story with Diana Vuolo

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263: The Domains of Stewardship

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262: “I Wish I Had More Money” - 7 Things to Know

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261: Ask the Pastor: Church Finance Edition

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260: When a Financial Goal Becomes an Idol

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259: Debt is Not Always a Money Problem

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258: Kids & The Big Beautiful Bill (OBBBA part 4)

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257: Tax Cut for Billionaires or Fuel for the Economy? (OBBBA Part 3)

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256: Ethical Concerns of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA part 2)

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255: Aligning Faith & Money with Michael Blue (Ron Blue Institute)

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254: One Big Beautiful Bill Act Overview (OBBBA part 1)

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253: Should I Lend Money to Family?

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252: How to Handle a Financial Windfall

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251: Microretirement: Laugh now, cry later?

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250: Ask the Financial Advisor (part 2)

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249: How Lifestyle Creep Keeps You from Building Wealth

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248: Are Minimum Wage Laws Harmful?

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247: Inflation: Who Wins and Who Loses?

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246: Generosity at the Register. Should you round up?

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245: Tipping Culture: Generosity or Social Obligation?

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244: Buy Now Pay Later: Harmless Convenience or Debt Trap?

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243: Stewardship in a Cashless Society

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242: Ask the Pastor (Part 1)

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241: Stories from the Road with Life Institute

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240: Top Budgeting Mistakes We See at our Seminars

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It's Here! The Good Steward Is Officially Out Now!

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239: DOGE Your Budget!

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238: Questions to Ask when Hiring a Financial Advisor

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Bonus: Tariffs, The Market, & What To Do Next

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237: Will Social Security Exist When I Need It?

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236: The Worst Sin Against Stewardship

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235: When God Gives You Camels: A Guide to Stewarding Kingdom Resources

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234: Money Dysmorphia: How Comparison Culture Warps Our Finances

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233: I Maxed out my Retirement Savings, Now What?

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232: Net Worth: Does it Matter, and How do I Calculate it?

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231: Ask the Financial Advisor (part 1)

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230: What Does the Bible Say About Taxes?

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229: How Do I Balance Saving for Retirement with Paying for my Children's Education?

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228: Journey of Generosity

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227: 10 Tips to Increase Your Generosity

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226: The Responsibilities of the Christian Steward

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225: The Stewardship Mindset

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224: Why Does Jesus Make Stewardship a Central Theme?

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223: Our Favorite Episodes from 2024

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222: How to Steward Year-End Bonuses and Extra Income

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221: Should Christians Pray for Financial Prosperity?

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220: Biblical Stewardship vs. Prosperity Gospel

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219: What is the Prosperity Gospel?

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218: Don’t Go Broke This Black Friday

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217: Providing Means More Than You Think

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216: Tasks to Complete When a Loved One Dies (Ft. Dave Oxenford)

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215: Trust God More Than Human Power (Psalm 20:7)

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214: Stop Making These Financial Mistakes

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213: Paul’s Prescription for the Rich

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212: You’re Richer Than You Think

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211: Living as Christians in an Election Year

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210: Credit Unions vs. Traditional Banks

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209: 6 Reasons Christians Should Avoid Sports Betting

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208: Will Robo-Advisors Replace Financial Advisors?

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207: What To Do When Suffering Impacts Your Finances

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206: Be Transformed by the Renewal of Your Mind: The 5 Biblical Financial Priorities

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205: Intentionally Discipling Children in Finances (Deuteronomy 6:6-9)

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204: How Stewardship Demonstrates Love for God (Deuteronomy 6:4-5)

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203: If You Don’t Earn Interest, You’ll Pay Interest

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202: Wise People Prepare for Danger! (Proverbs 22:3)

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201: What does it mean to be Rich Toward God?

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Update on our Book: The Good Steward

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200: 4 Stewardship Lessons from the Rich Fool (Luke 12:13-34)

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199: Give Me Neither Poverty Nor Riches (Proverbs 30:8)

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198: It's Election Year. Should I Buy Gold?

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197: Is Leaving an Inheritance Wise?

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196: Woke vs. Christian Investing (ESG vs. BRI)

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195: The Spiritual Act of Investing

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194: How and When to Freeze Your Credit

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193: 7 Ways to Improve Your Credit Score

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192: How Much Vacation Can I Afford?

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191: Faith and Pragmatism in Financial Planning

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190: Should I Put Off Having Children Until I’m Financially Secure?

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189: How to Manage a 2-Income Household and Avoid Marital Chaos

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188: Where Life Institute Fits with FPU and Other Stewardship Ministries

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187: The Beauty & Dangers of Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University

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186: Why Theology Matters for our Stewardship

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185: False Promises Stewards Actually Believe

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184: 7 Gospel Promises for the Weary Steward

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183: Can Going into Debt Glorify God?

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182: When NOT to Give to Your Local Church

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181: How Your Giving Hurts the Church

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180: Why Do We Give To The Church First?

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179: Budgeting for a Healthy Church (Ft. Jamie Dunlop)

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178: Unlocking Earning Potential: Side Hustles and Passive Income

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177: What To Do When Your Landlord Raises Rent

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176: Cheap or Frugal: What’s the Difference?

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175: The Difference Between Knowledge and Wisdom

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174: Worship: The Proper Use of Luxuries

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173: 6 Dangers of Luxuries

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172: Does God Care About Our Joy?

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171: When Does a Necessity Become a Luxury?

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170: Stewardship Lessons for Advent: LOVE

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169: Stewardship Lessons for Advent: JOY

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168: Stewardship Lessons for Advent: PEACE

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167: Stewardship Lessons for Advent: HOPE

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166: 5 Misconceptions About Giving

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165: Giving out of Gratitude

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164: Tithing for Dummies: The Basics of Giving

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163: 5 Reasons to Give

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162: How to Avoid AI Scams

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161: How Will Artificial Intelligence Impact Money & Investing?

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160: A Christian Perspective on Artificial Intelligence

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159: Premarital Financial Advice: Stopping Conflict Before It Happens

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158: Is Lack or Abundance Harder on a Marriage?

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157: 9 Misconceptions of Money in Marriage

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156: Why is Money So Contentious in Marriage?

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155: How to Navigate Money Conflicts in Marriage

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154: Many Survive Affliction. Few Survive Affluence.

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153: Im Bankrupt. Now What?

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152: How to Avoid Bankruptcy

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151: A Christian Perspective on Bankruptcy

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150: Don’t Die with an Annuity

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149: 6 Red Flags to Look for When Choosing an Insurance Agent

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148: Pros & Cons of Christian Healthcare Alternatives

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147: Why We Want Things We Don’t Need: The Diderot Effect

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146: Should I invest in an S&P 500 Index Fund?

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145: Stop Comparing to the S&P 500

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144: A Letter To Younger Me About Money & Stewardship

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143: How to Have Financial Peace

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142: Avoiding Entitlement in our Families & Finances

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141: Should I Cosign a Loan?

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140: What To Do If Your Employer Has No Retirement Benefits

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139: Don’t Waste Your Retirement

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​​138: Christian Retirement Planning Checklist

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137: How Riches Can Kill Your Worship

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136: A Healthy Theology of Money

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135: Why Can’t We Serve Both God and Money?

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134: 8 Things Money Can’t Buy

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133: Can Money Buy Happiness?

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132: What Does Easter Have to do with Stewardship?

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131: I Make Too Much to Feel This Broke

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130: Understanding Medicare & Medicaid

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129: A Guide to Pastor Compensation & Taxes

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128: Most Overlooked Tax Credits & Deductions

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127: 6 Tax Mistakes to Avoid This Tax Season

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126: How To Be Content With Your Pay (Matthew 20)

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125: Don't Die with a Timeshare

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124: The Stewardship Dilemma

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123: 3 Steps to Better Financial Stewardship

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122: Good Steward. Bad Christian?

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121: What Does Good Stewardship Look Like?

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120: Bob Doll’s Predictions for 2023 (Ft. Bob Doll)

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119: What is Stewardship?

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118: The Hidden Time Bomb for Busy Stewards

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117: Stewardship Lessons from 2022

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116: How to Teach Stewardship to the Next Generation

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115: “But This Time It's Different”

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114: The Do’s and Don'ts of Giving to Non-Profits

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113: How To Be Thankful in 2022

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112: Do Deals Actually Save You Money?

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111: Inflation is Bad. Is Deflation Better?

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110: A Christian Response to the “Retire Early” Movement

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109: The Best Money Advice Ever Received (or is it?)

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108: Is It Good to Get a Tax Refund? Don't Tip The IRS

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107: Are Student Loans Worth The Cost?

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106: Is Student Loan Forgiveness Biblical?

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105: The Challenges of Wealth

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104: 4 Signs You Love Money Too Much (1 Tim. 6)

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103: What does it cost to be a Disciple of Christ?

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102: How Can I Glorify God Through My Work?

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101: Realities & Reassurances for Young Stewards

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100: A Peek Behind The Scenes

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099: Is It Worth Paying a Financial Advisor?

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098: How to Approach Investing During a Recession

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097: What Causes a Recession?

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096: The Challenges & Opportunities of Rising Interest Rates

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095: 5 Questions About Investing During a Market Downturn

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094: Should I Invest in Real Estate?

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093: Why Is The Bond Market Down?

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092: Should Churches Have Investment Accounts?

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091: Investing that Changes the World (Ft. Jason Myhre)

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090: 10 Travel Hacks That Will Save You Money

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089: What is Sacrificial Giving?

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088: Tithing While Between Churches

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087: How to Survive the Rising Cost of Living

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086: How Government Debt Impacts You

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085: Christian Arguments For Cryptocurrency

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084: Christian Arguments Against Cryptocurrency

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083: What is Cryptocurrency & Blockchain?

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082: Traditional IRA vs Roth IRA: Which is Right for You?

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081: A Steward's Guide to Investment Vehicles

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080: How to Start Investing

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079: Debt Snowball vs. Debt Avalanche

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078: Why Isn't My Budget Working?

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077: The Perks & Pitfalls of Credit Cards

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076: Is Investing the Same as Gambling?

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075: Is Gambling a Sin?

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074: Q&A on Wealth & Luxuries

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073: Generous Now, Rich Forever (Ft. Dale Losch)

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072: The Tension of Luxuries

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071: The Blessing of Offerings

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070: The Witness of Spending

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069: The Conviction of Saving

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068: The Privilege of Giving

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067: Getting Your Priorities Straight

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066: A Year In Review - The Best of Stewardology (2021)

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065: The Difference Between Happiness and Joy

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064: 8 Things Good Stewards Never Do During Christmas

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063: Life Insurance & Long Term Care Insurance

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062: Creative Ways to Give to Ministry (Ft. Dakota Lynch)

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061: Giving Thanks In All Circumstances

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060: Financial Lessons for Parenting Adult Children

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059: Talking to Elderly Parents about Money

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058: 6 Rules for Investing

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057: Budget Fixes - How Do I Increase My Income?

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056: Budget Fixes - How Do I Decrease My Expenses?

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055: When It's Bad To Be a Cheapskate

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054: Laying Up Treasures in Heaven

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053: What Happened with GameStop and WallStreetBets?

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052: Stewardship in Scripture (Ft. Aaron House)

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051: Can You Be Rich & Be a Christian?

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050: The Magic of Compound Interest

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049: Why Did Jesus Flip the Tables?

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048: The Parable of the Talents (Matthew 25)

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047: Joseph Oversees Potiphar's House (Genesis 39)

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046: Adam Called to Work (Genesis 2)

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045: God Owns All Things

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044: What Should I Do About Inflation?

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043: What Causes Inflation?

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042: 8 Myths about Biblical Stewardship

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041: Good Debt vs. Bad Debt

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040: Coping with Financial Stress

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039: How Memorizing Scripture Can Impact Your Stewardship (Ft. Dakota Lynch)

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038: Marriage Money Matters

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037: The Wedding Budget (Saving for & Managing Wedding Costs)

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036: How To Do Biblically Responsible Investing

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035: What is Biblically Responsible Investing?

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034: Is Taking a Vacation Wise Stewardship?

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033: A Biblical Response to Capitalism

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032: A Biblical Response to Socialism

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031: 4 Tax & Cash Flow Mistakes to Avoid in Retirement

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030: 5 Financial Mistakes to Avoid in Retirement

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029: 7 Estate Planning Mistakes to Avoid in Retirement

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028: Rethinking Retirement - "Redeployment"

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027: How Much Money Do I Need for Retirement?

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026: Paying for Higher Education

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025: Buying & Owning a Car

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024: Should I Rent or Buy a House?

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023: Stewardship Lessons from the Richest Man Ever (Pt. 2)

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022: Stewardship Lessons from the Richest Man Ever (Pt. 1)

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021: Jesus' View on Money (Warnings)

278

020: Jesus' View on Money (Advice & Commands)

279

019: Automating Your Savings

280

018: How to Eliminate Your Debt

281

017: How To Make a Budget That Works (Pt. 2)

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016: How To Make a Budget That Works (Pt. 1)

283

015: Finding Joy Amidst Financial Struggle

284

014: 8 Lessons learned in 2020

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013: The 3 Wise Men and Their Gifts

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012: Emotional Investing Can Be Costly

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011: 5 Things to Look For in a Financial Advisor

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010: Financial Contentment: Trusting in God's Provisions

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009: Surprise Generosity

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008: Secular vs. Biblical Worldview of Money

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007: Priority #5 - Luxuries

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006: Priority #4 - Offerings

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005: Priority #3 - Spend

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004: Priority #2 - Save

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003: Priority #1 - Give

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002: The Context of Stewardship (Haggai)

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BONUS: Stewardship, Investing, and the Election

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001: Introducing The Stewardology Podcast