The eternal debate over free will vs. preordained behavior continues…
By Genesis 44, Joseph’s brothers (remember, the guys who sold him and told their Dad Jacob he was dead?), have already been to Egypt once to purchase food. The famine continues and the brothers travel to Egypt again. Joseph secretly knows it’s them, but as a [...]

Continuing our discussion about saving for a rainy day, in Genesis 41  just as Joseph had interpreted Pharaoh’s dreams, the earth produced heaps for seven years.
Joseph oversaw gathering food on Pharaoh’s behalf and stored it in the cities. So great was the corn, it was “as the sand of the sea,” so plentiful that they couldn’t [...]

So much for moderation among our public officials. The Washington Times reports Postmaster General John E. Potter has received a nearly 40% pay raise since 2006 and even got a six-figure incentive bonus last year. This as the USPS faces a multibillion-dollar shortfall that threatens a day of mail delivery. This will be the subject [...]

With all this doom and gloom filling the airways, we thought we’d look at something a little more uplifting than our usual admonishments toward savings, moderation, and personal responsibility. After all, when you’re down and out, the last thing you feel like hearing are all those “I-told-you-so’s”. In that spirit, let’s think about what you’re [...]

If there’s one financial lesson from the Bible you remember and incorporate in your life, please let it be this one.
If you remember the story about Joseph interpreting Pharaoh’s dreams, skip to below the dotted line.
Pharaoh had two dreams. Seven fat cows were followed by seven thin and sickly cows who ate the fat cows. [...]

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In Genesis 23, Sarah has died at the age of 127, and it’s up to Abraham to find her a burial place. God has promised Abraham this land for here to eternity, but even so, Abraham begins a drawn out negotiation over property that will serve as a grave for his wife and eventually himself.
Abraham asks [...]

Was the Tower of Babel the first subprime mortgage crisis? Look at Genesis 11:1-9.
Everyone on Earth spoke one language. They settled on a plain in the land of Shinar where they decided to build a city and a tower that reached the heavens. Why? The Bible says it was to “make a name for ourselves.” In [...]

The first reference we found to Economics, or rather the working world was, appropriately, In the beginning, in Genesis 2:2-3. As we embark on our search for meaning – hidden and explicit messages from God about the economy – the first lesson we learn In the beginning, has not so much to do with work [...]