Are You Going to Give Up Your Spouse and Children?

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There's this kind of pervasive sense that a lot of people have that they need to sort of not be publicly Christian until they reach a certain point of security, especially if they're in a more secular environment. I don't think I can necessarily think of any examples of closeted Christians that suddenly became very, very public once they made partner with the law for whatever you say. And then as this gets back to this notion that oh like once I'm rich I will start giving, and that's possible but it's actually it's a surprisingly hard to starting giving at a certain point because it just never feels like it's enough.

Are Christians called to navigate their finances differently from everyone else? Are the oft-repeated directives to save aggressively and avoid all debt either scriptural or wise? Is it possible that spiritual wisdom and practical wisdom are sometimes one and the same? Join David and Curtis in this excellent discussion with James Choi, Professor of Finance at Yale. As a Christian and a behavioral economist, James brings both spiritual and practical wisdom to the area of personal finance and exposes where some of our most popular financial gurus might be giving us poor advice.

Show Notes:

-Derek Thompson (The Atlantic) - All the Personal-Finance Books Are Wrong

-Greg Rosalsky (Planet Money) - An economist studied popular finance tips. Some might be leading you astray

-Why I am a Christian (James Choi)

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Produced by Kris Carter