When Homeownership Becomes an Idol
Wanting a home is a good and ordinary desire. If you cannot imagine a faithful Christian life without owning one, something else has taken hold.
Biblical Teaching
Biblical Teaching
What does Scripture actually say about money, debt, contentment, and generosity? These are the foundational articles. Start here if you want the theology before the tactics.
What Does the Bible Say About Money?
What does the Bible say about money? A thorough look at what Scripture teaches about wealth, debt, giving, and stewardship for Canadian Christian men.
Is It Wrong to Be a Wealthy Christian?
The Bible is full of wealthy people God loved. Here is what Scripture actually says about wealth, money as idol, and what open-handed stewardship looks like.
You Are Not What You Earn
Two lies about work damage men's finances more than bad budgets do. What the Bible says about work and identity, and why it changes how you handle money.
What I Haven't Figured Out About Money
I run a personal finance site. Here is a confessional list of everything I have not yet resolved about money, and what I pray when the questions outnumber the answers.
Should Christians Invest in Stocks?
A pastor's honest answer to the question Christian men keep asking under their breath: is investing godly, or gambling with extra steps?
The Parable of the Talents on Money
The closest thing in the New Testament to a direct endorsement of investing. What Matthew 25 says to a man who is afraid to put his money to work.
The Money Shame Men Carry Alone
Most men will say almost anything before admitting to financial struggle. Here's what financial shame actually costs, and how to start naming it.
Generosity Beyond the Tithe: The Other 90%
The tithe is the floor of Christian giving. The real stewardship question is what a man does with the remaining 90%.
Can You Tithe When You Don't Have Much?
The honest answer to the question most Christian men are afraid to ask: what does faithful giving look like when every dollar is already spoken for?
Money 101: Carrying Debt? Start Here
The real weight of debt is rarely the number. A short, honest first word for the man who has been carrying it alone.
Money and Anxiety: What the Bible Says
Financial fear is one of the most common things men carry and one of the least talked about. Scripture has more to say about it than most men have heard.
Rebuilding Trust After Financial Infidelity
After a significant financial failure, the damage runs deeper than the budget. What rebuilding trust actually asks of a man, and how long it really takes.
Tithing in Canada: The Complete Guide
The complete tithing guide for Canadian Christians, including the biblical case, gross vs. net income, CRA charitable donation tax credits, and a practical system to start giving faithfully this week.
The Money Model I Never Inherited
Nobody taught me about money growing up. The framework I built from scratch, and why a man with no money model is standing at a starting line.
6 Signs You're Saving From Fear, Not Faith
Scripture praises the saver and warns him in the same breath. Six honest questions to tell prudent preparation from anxious hoarding.
The Financial Cost of Not Going to Church
Skipping church looks free on the spreadsheet. Here is the honest math on what it costs a man anyway.
Money 101: How Money Actually Grows
Investing is simpler than you have been led to fear. The whole thing fits on a napkin, and time does most of the work.
Proverbs on Money: 15 Key Verses Every Canadian Christian Should Know
Proverbs is the money education most men never got. Fifteen verses on work, debt, saving, and generosity, and what each one asks of you.
Canadian Thanksgiving and Money: A Christian Reflection on Gratitude and Enough
Canada named Almighty God in its Thanksgiving proclamation. What the table in October says about your money and what counts as enough.
Is It a Sin to Be in Debt?
Is it a sin to be in debt? What Scripture actually says about borrowing, and the heart question sitting underneath most debt, for Canadian Christian men.
How Much Should Christians Give?
The amount question is real. But beneath it sits a harder one. A complete biblical answer on tithing, cheerful giving, and what generosity actually does to a man.
Is Retirement a Biblical Concept?
The word appears once in Scripture, and it describes a man at fifty who keeps serving. A pastor looks hard at the retirement dream.
Money 101: Heart Issue Before Math
The reason moving all the right numbers still doesn't quiet the worry, and where a Christian man actually starts.
What the Bible Says About Compound Interest
I sat with my finger over the confirm button for twenty minutes, on a fifty dollar contribution. Then I spent the next stretch of my life making the opposite mistake.
Is Sports Betting a Sin? An Honest Answer for Canadian Men
Single-event betting has been legal in Canada since 2021 and nobody at church has mentioned it. Here is the honest answer, without the shame.
Should You Tithe While Paying Off Debt?
Should you keep giving while you pay down debt? Almost always yes. Here is the honest reason why, the one narrow exception, and how to make it work.
What My Mutual Funds Licence Never Taught Me About Index Funds
I carried a mutual funds licence and index funds barely came up in training. What the fees actually cost, and what I would tell a man starting this week.
Is It Spiritual to Not Care About Money?
The man who says money doesn't matter to him is usually either lying or abdicating. What Scripture actually asks of the money in your hands.
Money 101: The Freedom of Giving
Most of us give from the leftovers, and leftovers rarely exist. Scripture flips the order, and it changes more than your budget.
Should You Tithe on Gross or Net Income?
Should you tithe on gross or net income? A biblical and practically Canadian answer with real numbers, CPP nuance, and 3 principles that guide the decision.
Optimization Is Stealing Your Joy
You booked the flight and you are still checking the fare. What Scripture says to the man who keeps re-running the numbers, and how to close the file.
What Does the Bible Say About Debt?
What does the Bible say about debt? A biblical and pastoral look at what borrowing does to the soul and the family, with a practical plan to start getting free tonight.
Is Ambition a Sin? What the Bible Says About Wanting More
Scripture praises the servants who put their talents to work. Ambition goes wrong when your hope and your worth start resting on the result.
The Tithe Is Not a Law
The 10% rule is not the New Testament command most Canadian Christians think it is. What Scripture asks of givers goes further than a percentage.
The Prosperity Gospel Is a Lie: Three Verses It Reads Wrong
The prosperity gospel promises that faith earns financial blessing. Three verses carry most of the weight, and none of them say what it needs them to say.
What Matthew 6:24 Means: You Cannot Serve Two Masters
Most men have heard Matthew 6:24 so many times it has stopped landing. Here is what Jesus was actually saying about allegiance, idolatry, and your heart.
Frugal Is Not the Same as Miserable
Frugality is a virtue, until it isn't. Here's the line between careful stewardship and something darker, and how to know which side you're on.
What Proverbs 22:7 Means About Debt
Proverbs 22:7 says the borrower is slave to the lender. Is it a command or an observation? A Canadian pastor's honest look at what this verse means for debt decisions.
Theology of Enough: Learning to Mean It
Paul said he had to learn contentment, and he wrote it from prison. What that learning looks like for a Christian man managing money in Canada.
Your Wife Earns More: What That Requires
A pastor's honest account of navigating a higher-earning wife: the interior friction, what the Bible actually says, and the practical implications for your household.