Stewardship
66 conversations where the hosts get into stewardship.
66 conversations
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Dear LFTP: the inheritance and the controlling husband
- Should a mother leave an inheritance to a daughter whose controlling husband will control it?
The second letter comes from a mother whose daughter married a controlling, rude husband; she wonders whether to leave a sizable inheritance knowing he will control it.
From No. 584 · When Vanek Was Here | Cambodia Testimony, Church Mission, Josiah Queen
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Twelve stumbling blocks, part one: money
- Do the twelve stumbling blocks line up with what we are seeing in the church?
A host introduces an op-ed listing twelve stumbling blocks to the gospel for millennials (born 1981–1996 — 'that's Mike and I') and the hosts begin working through them.
From No. 444 · Fake Persecution and Tripping Millennials
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Survey top ten: success, sex, sin, and wealth
- How should success be defined?
The hosts run through the survey's top ten spiritually inclusive beliefs. They debate how to define success (happy? comfortable? good? fulfilled potential?) and why comfort-driven measures cannot motivate communal or sacrificial action.
From No. 442 · Christians Don’t Understand Christianity
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Dear LFTP: first communion on a tight budget
- Dear LFTP: With no budget for a first-communion party, how do I tell extended family they are welcome at the church but there will be no party?
A mother writes that her son's first communion is coming, the family cannot afford even an inexpensive party, and she wants to limit the celebration to parents and grandparents — but feels guilty about the godparents and extended family.
From No. 339 · Kenny Got A Plane
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Dear LFTP: the mandatory community-service day
- What should I do to make sure my boss's intentions are understood while not being off-putting or appearing holier than thou?
A Dear LFTP letter: a listener's boss wants staff to do a day of community service with coworkers on their own time, some coworkers oppose it, and the listener asks how to make the boss's intentions understood without seeming holier-than-thou.
From No. 310 · Niceness vs. Kindness
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Dear LFTP: spendthrift retired parents and the Secular's answer
- Should my siblings and I keep giving money to our retired parents, who live beyond their means and pay for a storage locker full of junk, or put our collective feet down?
- Is it more generous to keep giving money to financially irresponsible parents, or to confront them and teach them to manage their money?
A host introduces a Dear LFTP listener letter: the writer and four siblings support their retired, fixed-income parents, who keep asking for money while taking short trips,…
From No. 309 · Forgiveness vs. Fitness
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Dear LFTP: the windfall and the typed letter
- How should I tell my financial adviser that I spent 75% of a windfall from a relative's accident?
Dear LFTP: a listener came into a large sum from a relative's accident a year ago, spent 75% on family purchases and debt, and dreads telling her financial adviser — she's considering a typed letter.
From No. 252 · What the Church Can Learn from Geeks
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When beggars are choosers: charity stewardship and discernment
- How should people doing charity handle recipients who are ungrateful or keep taking advantage?
Mike describes people close to him who collect donations and deliver them directly to the needy, and asks what to do when recipients keep re-requesting the same items or reject what is given as not good enough.
From No. 164 · When Beggars Are Choosers
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Dear LFTP: parents, law-school debt, and letting go
- Should 50-year-old parents who already funded college bail out their daughter's $100,000-plus law-school debt at the cost of their own retirement?
Dear LFTP letter: 50-year-old parents who funded both daughters' college educations regret promising to pay daughter Lena's $100,000-plus law-school debt, since she and her medical-student husband spend frivolously; they need to rebuild retirement.
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Dear LFTP letter 2: the vacation home, plus Roloff's 'The Ruby'
- How do you graciously use a rich friend's vacation home without abusing the privilege?
The second letter: friends with a vacation home in a very nice part of the country have offered its use, and the writer worries about taking advantage.
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The gambling question
- Is gambling okay in moderation, or is it entirely frowned upon?
A host asks whether gambling is okay in moderation or entirely frowned upon, and Dan, addressed as Daniel, answers: it is fine as an entertainment-budget expense once the tithe is…
From No. 1 · Might As Well Get Started
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Pope-style: money stewardship testimony
- When money troubles hit, do you ask God to solve them only within what you are willing to give?
speaker-2 (addressed as Boova/Booba in the audio) delivers his 'Pope light': hours earlier he learned he owed a large sum of money and his first reflex was to ask God to cover it…
From No. 272 · How Not to Teach Your Kids the Bible
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Blessings as money: stewardship, megachurch spending, and evangelism
The hosts argue blessing does not equal financial blessing: some money is taken rather than received from God, and God will not bless someone with what would become their god.
From No. 120 · October 29 2012
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Serious turn: giving under compulsion vs. cheerful generosity
The hosts critique the telethon's manipulative tactics — guilt, compulsion, "the Holy Spirit is leading you in this direction (and if not, you're not paying attention)".
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Are we using God's money well? A tour of the studio
Challenged by the wealth discussion, the hosts ask whether their own show is a good use of God's money, then tour their bargain studio: a window taken from garbage, a bathroom…
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The Uncommon: monthly pillars and life-shaping experiences
- Who is the Uncommon program for, and who is it not for?
- Have you ever considered doing a polar plunge?
Philip explains The Uncommon — intentional experiences, community, and accountability beyond financial advice.
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Tithe debate: is giving the offering back propaganda?
The hosts argue the stunt misrepresents tithing: a tithe is firstfruits given to God for the church's spiritual leadership to direct, not a charitable donation recycled back to the givers, and one host calls it propaganda for Jesus.
From No. 70 · September 27 2011
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How to Actually Support the Work
- How can Christians in the States support and pray for what God is doing in places like Zimbabwe?
Asked how folks in the States can help, Dan points to Hippo Valley's Living Proof program: $20 a month sponsors an impoverished child's uniform, schooling, and scripture club — one sponsored girl came forward at the all-night revival.
From No. 470 · Two Claps and a Ric Flair
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Paintings of Jesus, superstitions, and 'nothing sacred'
The hosts mock glowing-Jesus art and ask whether believers worship a relationship with the living God or protect religious images and objects.
From No. 21 · Jehosaphat Wasn't Really a Jumper
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Sean on release strategy and identity in music
- Should Sean release singles or a full album next?
Sean says he is finishing another song, 'You See Me,' for a spring release and is weighing singles versus a full album, noting the industry's 'horizontal or lateral release' trickle.
From No. 417 · Interview with Sean Covington
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Redefining retirement: stop plotting a way out
- Should retirement mean plotting a way out of work at 65?
Philip argues the conventional retirement script (school, work, bail out at 65) breeds complacency, quoting Vince Lombardi that you are either going up or going down.
From No. 393 · Interview: Phillip Ramsey with Uncommon Wealth Partners
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How to help: giving without infrastructure
- How can listeners help support Vanek's ministry?
Vanek says he has no donor agency — only friends, a Singapore cell group that supports him after visiting, and personal supporters.
From No. 584 · When Vanek Was Here | Cambodia Testimony, Church Mission, Josiah Queen
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Intentionality with money as income rises
- How do you stay intentional with your money as income rises?
A host shares a conversation with his wife about raise and bonus season: without a plan you get used to more money and lifestyle creeps up instead of giving.
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How to help: pray and give — restoration is expensive
- What are some ways people can help Wings of Refuge?
Asked how people can help, Joy's first answer is prayer and intercession, which birthed Wings of Refuge.
From No. 337 · Wings of Refuge