Posts by Tom Lipp
Biblical Financial Literacy: Saving Money
Financial freedom is magnificent, but it’s also rare. Why? It doesn’t come naturally; we must continually fight for it. Imagine an intense battle raging on four sides of your financial territory.
Read MoreBiblical Financial Literacy: Sharing Money
So far, we looked at the two most important battle zones in our fight for financial freedom: personal productivity (November) and personal consumption (February). Now it’s time to consider how we share our own money—voluntarily or involuntarily. Involuntary Sharing? Involuntary sharing? You guessed it! Taxes. March and April are taxing times in Canada. If you…
Read MoreBiblical Financial Literacy: Controlling Consumption
In November we looked at the least discussed key to financial success—our personal productivity. Now its time to look at the most common reason for financial failure—excess personal consumption. What to buy? In many ways unbridled consumption is the hallmark of our age. We are being fed the lie that more stuff brings more happiness.…
Read MoreBiblical Financial Literacy: Productivity
November is financial literacy month in Canada. I suspect we will hear much about the stock market, inflation, taxes, interest rates, and retirement woes but little, if any, about productivity. Personal productivity is the neglected essential to financial success. It’s a human trait to look outside for solutions while often the answer is in our…
Read MoreBiblical Financial Literacy: An Introduction
In just three years, the greatest teacher of all time impacted the world more than anyone else. How was that possible? Jesus Christ was both human and divine. What did He say about financial literacy? A lot! He taught about money matters more than heaven and hell combined. Many of His parables were filled with financial overtones.…
Read MorePost Pandemic Financial Crisis
We are in big trouble. The Covid19 pandemic and the governmental response has set up a world-wide financial mess. As with all messes, it’s much easier to make them than to clean up. Frankly, I am convinced we need divine intervention. In the beginning, God turned chaos into a magnificent, finely tuned created order. This…
Read MoreDodging the Great Reset
Over the past 50 years Western governments have run large budget deficits, creating massive, accumulated debt. Now, in the past two years during Covid, governments ratcheted up their spending to prop up markets and “replace” the money lost through the reckless shuttering of so many small businesses. Recently you might have heard the term “global…
Read MoreThe Great Reset Robbery: Part Four
Warm Greetings from Calgary! I hope you are keeping well and looking forward to the summer. I’m still expecting the North American money markets to go down to pay for our expensive and erratic responses to Covid. It would be very different if our governments had billions stored in reserve—like the vast amounts of resources…
Read MoreInvesting During the Great Reset Robbery
How do you invest during a robbery? Robbery? What robbery? Would governments ever take away our wealth? How trustworthy are they with taxpayer’s money? Is this just conspiracy theory or fiction? Look at https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/11/how-life-could-change-2030/ I believe the massive financial stimuli by central governments in Canada and the US are creating a huge bubble in the…
Read MoreSpend Slower; Buy Better
Reset or no reset, I believe we will have serious repercussions from the widespread lockdowns. Is there anything we can do about it? How can we prepare? There is good news. Over the next three months, I’ll be sharing stories of individuals and families who have taken practical steps to weather the coming financial storm.…
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