Savvy Stewardship
Simple financial solutions that inspire fearless generosity.
That's our goal.
Many financial talking heads "sprinkle" Jesus in the discussion but misrepresent Him and His word. Greed is often masked as the "blessing" of the Lord.
We are unapologetically Christ-centered in our approach.
My wife and I have experienced nearly every imaginable financial faux pas. When we began untangling our money mess our net worth was negative, our debt load was massive, our bank account was empty, stress levels were sky-high, our giving was paltry, and legitimate answers seemed elusive.
We’ve celebrated giftless birthdays and anniversaries. Many of our cars required prayer to get them started and additional prayers to get them to stop (only kind of kidding). Our children wore hand-me-down clothing out of necessity.
We’ve prayed the “fishes and loaves” prayers over our paychecks.
Life, for many years, was one large financial pain in the posterior.
Yet, God’s grace was sufficient during the struggle. He didn’t give up on us when we repeated the same money blunders. He was always gracious and patient.
We learned and applied Biblical financial wisdom. We pivoted when necessary and called audibles when it made sense.
God was with us every step of the way.
I want to share what we've learned over the past three decades.
Savvy Stewardship
Friends In High Places (The Parable of the Shrewd Manager)
In this episode, Tim Kiser discusses the parable of the shrewd manager found in Luke 16. This parable is often misinterpreted and mistaught, leading to a focus solely on earning money at the expense of other important aspects of stewardship.
Tim emphasizes the importance of practicing radical, revolutionary, and fearless generosity.
He outlines six steps to achieve financial stewardship:
- optimize income
- scrutinize spending
- supersize savings
- prioritize investing
- downsize debt
- and maximize giving
Tim encourages listeners to give generously and purposefully, according to what they feel is right in their hearts and in accordance with 2 Corinthians 9:7.
Takeaways
- The parable of the dishonest or shrewd manager is often misinterpreted and mistaught.
- Jesus invites us to practice radical, revolutionary, and fearless generosity.
- Financial stewardship involves optimizing income, scrutinizing spending, supersizing savings, prioritizing investing, downsizing debt, and maximizing giving.
- Giving should be done joyfully and purposefully.
- Money is not true riches; it is detestable to God when it infiltrates our hearts and becomes our focus.
- We should prioritize giving to causes that move our hearts and contribute to spreading the gospel.
Sound Bites
- "Practice radical, revolutionary, fearless generosity for one reason, to get people to heaven."
- "Use worldly wealth to gain friends for yourselves so that when it is gone, you will be welcomed into eternal dwellings."
- "Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with very much."
Chapters
00:00
The Misinterpretation of the Parable of the Shrewd Manager
12:11
Using Worldly Wealth to Gain Eternal Dwellings
22:04
Prioritizing Investing and Downsizing Debt
27:42
Maximizing Giving: The Key to Radical Generosity
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