by Hobart Lee | Nov 28, 2023 | 2023, Blog, Christian Living, Discernment, Money
Can Christians gamble? That is, is it permissible for followers of Christ to place a financial stake in games of chance for financial gain? The question is a moral one, and we ought to distinguish it, subtly but crucially, from issues of policy. Policy includes a...
by Hobart Lee | Jan 15, 2021 | 2021, Articles, Christian Living, Money
Go to the ant … consider its ways and be wise! It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest — Proverbs 6:6–8 We live in an age of consumerism, where transience is valued over permanence; where...
by Pak Wah Lai | Jun 26, 2020 | 2020, Articles, Church, Leadership, Life Issues, Money
Don Flow, founder of Flow Automotive, once spoke about the role of money for business in this way: Money is like blood to a human being. Just as a human being cannot live without sufficient blood, so also a company cannot flourish without money. Yet, just as no human...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Oct 31, 2013 | 2013, Articles, Life Issues, Money, Work & Vocation
I wasn’t shocked yet it still disturbed me. I was having lunch with a doctor friend recently and he told me how some large medical groups enticed doctors that they wanted, to leave their existing hospitals to work for them. They would wine and dine these doctors,...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Oct 10, 2008 | 2008, Articles, Life Issues, Money
“Psssst. Give an altar call now and half the church will come forward.” I was speaking at a church camp recently when the pastor of the church whispered the above suggestion. No, I am not that anointed a speaker. As part of my talk, I was personalising the...
by Soo-Inn Tan | May 3, 2007 | 2007, Articles, Life Issues, Media, Money, Movies & Television
Went to see Wild Hogs (2007). Not sure what the movie is about? Here is a summary by Rich Cline: “A slick businessman (Travolta), family-guy dentist (Allen), computer nerd (Macy) and hen-pecked writer wannabe (Lawrence) escape from their mundane lives every...
