Resources for Christian Investors
What is a Faith Driven Investor? (Video)
VideoEvery Investment has an Impact, what's yours? Faith Driven Investor is a movement of fund managers, investors and...
What is the Faith Driven Investor? With Henry Kaestner and Aimee Minnich (Podcast)
PodcastThe Faith Driven Investor podcast features episodes tailored for fund managers, investors, business owners, and pastors...
The Impact of Biblically Responsible Investing - Rachel McDonough (Podcast Episode 18)
Making It Work PodcastWhat should you do with your money? Should you save? Invest? Give it away? These questions have big implications for...
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The Parable of the Talents (Matthew 25:14-30)
Bible CommentaryOne of Jesus’ most significant parables regarding work is set in the context of investments (Matt. 25:14-30). A rich...
Employing Assets for the Common Good (Deuteronomy 23:1-24:13)
Bible CommentaryDeuteronomy requires owners of productive assets to employ them to benefit the community, and it does so in a...
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Ezekiel 18:7b - The Righteous Man Does Not Steal, but Instead Feeds the Hungry and Clothes the Naked
Bible CommentaryThis may seem like an odd pairing. Who could argue with the prohibition against robbery? But how is robbery connected...
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The Shrewd Manager and the Prodigal Son (Luke 16:1-13; 15:11-32)
Bible CommentaryThe Parable of the Shrewd Manager (Luke 16:1-13)The key to security about the things we need is not anxious earning...
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Risk: The Parable of the Ten Minas (Luke 19:11-27)
Bible CommentaryThe parable of the ten minas (“pounds” in the NRSV translation) is set in the workplace of high finance. A rich —...
God’s Law Calls People of Means to Provide Economic Opportunities for the Poor (Ruth 2:17-23)
Bible CommentaryThe action of the Book of Ruth centers around gleaning, which was one of the most important elements of the Law for the...
There is No Way to Know What Comes Afterwards (Eccl 9:1-11:6)
Bible CommentaryPerhaps it would be possible to work out what is best to do in life if it were possible to know what comes afterwards....
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The Need for Social Capital (Haggai 1:1-2:19)
Bible CommentaryOne of the challenges we face in work is the temptation to put self and family ahead of society. The prophet Haggai...
Finance Helps Us Fulfill the Creation Mandate to Be Good Stewards
ArticleStewardship is the fulfillment of God’s mandate to fill the earth, subdue (or govern) it, work it, and care for it...
Aiding the Poor Through Investing
ArticleWhile giving is a fundamental way of using wealth to aid those caught in poverty, wise investment of wealth can also be...
From an Attitude of Ownership to Trusteeship
ArticleThe first humans were directed by God to take care of the Garden and all creatures and plants within it. This is often...
Savers and Lenders
ArticleThose who provide resources—lenders and savers—have a responsibility to invest their resources for the common, and...
Can We Really Love Someone Through Intermediaries?
ArticleFaith & Co.: Banking on HopeHow does the gospel change a bank’s view of people and how they should be...
Chapter 13: Investing Our Resources: Christian Stewardship
BookBy the grace of God I am who I am. How then can I, as the unique person God has made me, be stretched in the service of...
The Right Amount of Debt
ArticleCan biblical principles help us determine how much to borrow or when to borrow? Several of the biblical foundations...
Managing Money Based on Biblical Principles
Blog“Good planning and hard work lead to prosperity.” Proverbs 21:5a (NLT)Two summers ago, I helped our 12-year-old...
What is the Faith Driven Investor? With Henry Kaestner and Aimee Minnich (Podcast)
PodcastThe Faith Driven Investor podcast features episodes tailored for fund managers, investors, business owners, and pastors...
How Investing Shapes the World with Finny Kuruvilla of Eventide (Podcast)
PodcastOn today’s episode of Faith Driven Investor, we’re talking to an expert on capital, influence, and how investments...
The Investor as a Servant Leader with Frank Chen of Andreessen Horowitz (Podcast)
PodcastOur friend Frank Chen stopped by the Faith Driven Investor podcast to talk about how he’s helping entrepreneurs change...
What Happens When Christian Investors Speak Up with Robert Netzly of Inspire Investing (Podcast)
PodcastToday we are talking to Robert Netzly, President & CEO of Inspire Investing. If you’ve been following the Faith...
Rooting for Rivals with Peter Greer, CEO of Hope International (Podcast)
Podcast“The goal is not to grow an organization—it’s to build the Kingdom of God.”Now, if you’ve followed along...
How ‘Love Thy Neighbor’ Turned from Command to Business with Pete Kelly of Apartment Life (Podcast)
PodcastWhen we first learned about Apartment Life it sounded too good to be true. The work they do in apartment complexes...
Multiple Bottom Line Investing with Pete Ochs (Podcast)
PodcastToday’s episode takes us to jail. Well...not exactly. But we are interviewing a man who owns and operates a business...
Why We Should Invest in Sinners with Tim Macready (Podcast)
PodcastToday’s episode finds us all the way down under—in Australia with our guest Tim Macready. Tim is Chief Investment...
How Faith Conversations Strengthen the Culture and Value of Companies with Christeen Rico (Faith Driven Investor Podcast)
PodcastFaith-Based Employee Resource Groups. This term may be new to you, or it may be something you’re already participating...
Uniting a City of Faith Driven Investors with Will Thomas and Dean Macfarlan (Podcast)
PodcastToday, we have not one special guest but two for you to hear from. We are talking with Will Thomas and Dean Macfarlan...
Why I Invest in Sinners by Tim Macready
ArticleWhat a blessing to be in this room. A room of Christ-followers who share a common faith in God as sovereign over...
Are Christians Allowed To Participate in a Pagan Economy?
Articleby Jerry BowyerI wrote several months ago about New Testament scholar (read here and here), Ben...
What is Gleaning?
Articleby Aimee MinnichBrittany Underwood built Akola from nothing — each item of jewelry handmade in Uganda and...
God in Economics
Articleby Jerry Bowyer“Before we can even ask how things might go wrong, we must first explain how they could ever go...
Would You Write a Check to Planned Parenthood?
Articleby Robert NetzlyIntel Corporation [ticker: INTC] is the largest semiconductor chip manufacturer in the United States...
“Permanent Capital” as a Strategy for Values-Aligned Investing
Articleby Tom BlaisdellMuch of the capital available to Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) around the world, especially in...
A Biblical Perspective on Investing and Economics
Articleby Tom NelsonCan we be faithful without being fruitful? It is a crucial question for each one of us to ponder. When...
Faith and Profit are Not Mutually Exclusive: An Interview with Henry Kaestner by Bill Peel
ArticleHenry Kaestner is Chairman of Sovereign Capital, an investment firm he co-founded in 2011 that focuses on early...
Film Producer Says, “If We’re Responsible with Our Funds, God Will Open Doors.” (Video)
VideoIn film, stewardship means responsibility for both money and stories.
The Impact of Biblically Responsible Investing - Rachel McDonough (Podcast Episode 18)
Making It Work PodcastWhat should you do with your money? Should you save? Invest? Give it away? These questions have big implications for...
What is a Faith Driven Investor? (Devotional)
DevotionalIs it possible for our faith to influence how we invest? And if so, what would that look like? There’s a movement of...
The Impact and Attitude of a Faith Driven Investor (Devotional)
DevotionalAll kinds of investors—from the rich young ruler to the widow and her mite—have the ability to affect change. How...
Practices of a Faith Driven Investor (Devotional)
DevotionalHow do we take the principles of a Faith Driven Investor and put them into practice? Well, there are three habits, three...
The Business of Loving Thy Neighbor (Devotional)
DevotionalPete Kelly and the team at Apartment Life have taken God’s command to love thy neighbor and turned it into an...
Praying for People Around You (Devotional)
DevotionalEverywhere we look, there are people in need. Few groups understand this dilemma better than Pete Kelly and the team at...
Spiritual Discernment and Property Management (Devotional)
DevotionalManaging and developing real estate comes with its own unique set of challenges. Thankfully, Pete Kelly and the team at...
Real, Basic Stewardship
Daily ReflectionYou gave them charge of everything you made, putting all things under their authority.Psalm 8:4At this time of year,...
God Gave Us Freedom to Squander or Invest His Gifts – May He Prosper the Work of Our Hands (Prayer)
PrayerGod has given us talents and skills to multiply good in the world. May the goodness of God be upon us:
Instill in Each of Us at Our Work New Attitudes to Your Economy (Prayer)
PrayerThat we may generate wealth, distribute it with justice and enhance the well-being and common good of communities and...