Biblical Stewardship — God's Money

Practical guides on managing time, talent and treasure for God's glory. Browse all 55 Stewardship articles. Featured topics include: Bible Study on Money for Small Groups: Free 6 Weeks; Can Christians Be Landlords? What the Bible Says; Bible on Buying Land and Real Estate: What It Says; Why IUL Is a Bad Investment: 10 Reasons + the Biblical Stewardship Case; The Biblical Work Ethic: What the Bible Says About Working Hard, Diligence, and Honest Labor; Biblically Responsible Investing (BRI): The Complete Christian Guide; Protecting Your Family from Scams: A Christian's Biblical Guide (2026); Elder Financial Abuse: A Christian Family's Guide to Spotting, Stopping & Reporting It (2026).

All 55 Stewardship articles

• Bible Study on Money for Small Groups: Free 6 Weeks — Six weeks, one passage each, four discussion questions and a practice to try between meetings. Free, with companion PDFs and no signup.
• Can Christians Be Landlords? What the Bible Says — Scripture does not forbid renting out property. It sets rules for how a landlord treats tenants, and this guide turns them into a checklist.
• Bible on Buying Land and Real Estate: What It Says — Abraham, Jeremiah and the Proverbs 31 woman all bought land. Here is what Scripture says about buying property, and a rent-vs-buy table with guardrails.
• Why IUL Is a Bad Investment: 10 Reasons + the Biblical Stewardship Case — Indexed Universal Life (IUL) is sold as a magical retirement product. The math says otherwise. Here are 10 reasons IUL is almost always a bad investment, plus the biblical stewardship case for keeping insurance and investing separate.
• The Biblical Work Ethic: What the Bible Says About Working Hard, Diligence, and Honest Labor — Genesis to Revelation, Scripture treats work as worship. A 20-verse walkthrough of the biblical work ethic — diligence, honest labor, the curse and dignity of work, the warning against laziness, and what 'work heartily as for the Lord' actually means.
• Biblically Responsible Investing (BRI): The Complete Christian Guide — Should a Christian own the stock of a company whose products contradict Scripture? Biblically Responsible Investing says no. Here is the framework, the screens, the leading fund families, and how to start.
• Protecting Your Family from Scams: A Christian's Biblical Guide (2026) — Scammers stole $12.5 billion from Americans in 2024 — and they target faith communities deliberately. Here is how to spot the 9 most common scams, protect your elderly parents, report fraud the right way, and what Scripture says about the prudent (Prov 14:15) versus the simple.
• Elder Financial Abuse: A Christian Family's Guide to Spotting, Stopping & Reporting It (2026) — One in ten Americans over 60 is financially exploited every year — and 60% of the time the perpetrator is a family member. Here are the 12 warning signs, the legal tools (FINRA Rule 4512, Adult Protective Services, durable POA), and what Scripture says about honoring and protecting our parents.
• Should Christians Invest? A Biblical Theology of Stewardship, Risk and the Long Game — From the Parable of the Talents to compound interest — what Scripture teaches about putting money to work, and how to invest as a faithful steward without falling into greed or fear.
• Christian Financial Freedom: A 7-Step Plan Rooted in Scripture — Financial freedom isn't a prosperity-gospel promise — it's the practical fruit of biblical stewardship. Here are the seven steps, in order, with the verses and the math.
• Biblical Stewardship for Beginners: A Plain-English Guide for New Christians — Stewardship isn't a buzzword — it's the foundational biblical posture toward time, money and possessions. A complete beginner's guide with the key verses, the four pillars and a 30-day starter plan.
• Biblical Reasons for Being Broke: 7 Causes Scripture Names Honestly — Sometimes brokenness is a season. Sometimes it's a pattern. Seven biblical reasons Scripture honestly names for being broke — and the gospel-rooted path forward without shame.
• Is Gambling a Sin? What the Bible Says About Lottery, Casinos, and Risk — The Bible never uses the word 'gambling' — but it has plenty to say about the heart behind it. The biblical case against the lottery, casinos, sports betting, and the stewardship test every Christian should run.
• Is Buying a House Biblical? What Scripture Says About Homeownership and Mortgages — Scripture never commands homeownership — but it never forbids it either. What the Bible actually says about land, houses, mortgages, and the stewardship questions every Christian buyer should answer first.
• What Does the Bible Say About Retirement? Scripture, Stewardship, and the Long View — The word 'retirement' barely appears in Scripture — but the principles are everywhere. What the Bible actually says about saving for the future, working in old age, and a Christian framework for the second half of life.
• Is Dave Ramsey Biblical? Where He Agrees With Scripture — Dave Ramsey is the most-followed Christian money voice in America. An honest, Scripture-rooted review — where his Baby Steps align with the Bible, where they go beyond it, and how to use his system without idolizing it.
• The Prosperity Gospel Debunked: 7 Reasons It's Not the Bible's Message — 'God wants you rich' — the message that built mega-ministries and emptied wallets. Seven biblical reasons the prosperity gospel distorts Scripture, what the Bible actually says about suffering and wealth, and how to spot it in worship songs and sermons.
• What Does the Bible Say About Cosigning? Proverbs' Strong Warnings — Few financial topics get a stronger warning in Scripture than cosigning. Four Proverbs, one consistent message — and what it means for cosigning a car, lease, or student loan today.
• Biblical Money Mindset: 8 Scripture-Rooted Beliefs That Change Everything — Money problems are usually mindset problems first. Eight Scripture-rooted beliefs — about ownership, work, generosity, contentment, and time — that quietly rewire how a Christian handles every dollar.
• Biblical Investing Principles: 7 Scripture-Rooted Rules for Christian Investors — Should Christians invest? If so, how? Seven Scripture-rooted principles for Christian investors — from Ecclesiastes' diversification to Paul's warning against the love of money — and a simple framework that honors God.
• Dave Ramsey Baby Steps: Bible Verse for Each of the 7 — Dave Ramsey's 7 Baby Steps are: save $1,000, pay off all debt except the house with the snowball, save 3-6 months of expenses, invest 15% of gross income, fund college, pay off the home early, then build wealth and give. Steps 1-3 run in strict sequence; 4-6 run together. This guide covers each step's dollar target and timeline, where the math needs adjusting (7-8% returns, not 12%), and the one biblical correction that matters most: giving belongs at the front of the plan, not only at Step 7.
• Is Playing the Lottery a Sin? An Honest Biblical Answer — Scripture never names the lottery, but it speaks directly to every motive behind it. An honest biblical answer on chance, greed, stewardship, the poor, and whether a single ticket can be neutral or whether the practice is always foolish.
• 10 Biblical Money Management Principles Every Christian Should Live By — Ten Scripture-rooted principles that govern Christian money — ownership, stewardship, firstfruits, contentment, work, saving, debt, planning, generosity and eternity. The complete biblical money operating system in one article.
• How to Find a Christian Financial Advisor: 7 Questions to Ask Before You Hire — Not every advisor who calls themselves 'Christian' is fiduciary, fee-only, or theologically careful. The seven questions every Christian should ask before hiring a financial advisor — plus the three credentials that actually matter.
• 40 Scriptures Concerning Finances: A Bible Guide to Money Management — Forty scriptures concerning finances, organized by money decision: earning, budgeting, saving, debt, giving, investing and contentment. The complete Bible reference for managing money biblically.
• Financial Peace University Alternatives for Christians — Financial Peace University costs $129.99 and runs nine weeks. Here's a free, Scripture-first alternative built around the same milestones — emergency fund, debt snowball, budgeting and giving — with every calculator included.
• Acts 20:35 Meaning: 'It Is More Blessed to Give Than to Receive' — Greek, Context & Application — 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.' The only saying of Jesus quoted in Acts but not in the gospels — its Greek vocabulary, the Miletus farewell context, and what 'blessed' actually means.
• 1 Timothy 6:17-19 Meaning: A Charge to the Rich — 'Do Not Set Their Hope on the Uncertainty of Riches' — Paul's direct charge to wealthy believers — 'do not be haughty, do not set hope on uncertain riches, be rich in good works, ready to share.' The Greek vocabulary, the Ephesian context, and a working framework for Christians with money.
• Matthew 25:14-30 Meaning: The Parable of the Talents — A Verse-by-Verse Study — Three servants, three sums, one returning master. A verse-by-verse exegesis of the parable of the talents — Greek vocabulary, the Olivet Discourse setting, what counts as faithful stewardship, and what the third servant got dramatically wrong.
• What Does the Bible Say About Business Partnerships? Unequally Yoked, Joint Liability and the 50/50 Question — 2 Corinthians 6:14 gets quoted as though Paul wrote a governance memo. He did not. What Scripture actually says about going into business with another person — the disciples' fishing partnership, Solomon's argument for partnering, Amos 3:3's one-line test, the surety passages Scripture treats most urgently, and Abram's model for ending one well.
• Multiple Streams of Income in the Bible: What Ecclesiastes 11:2 Actually Teaches — "Seven streams of income" is a Hebrew idiom for "many," not a count. What Ecclesiastes 11 really argues about diversification, why Solomon grounds it in ignorance rather than ambition, Joseph's counter-cyclical granary, the Proverbs 31 household's several ventures, and the haste warning the popular version leaves out.
• Bible Verses About Business: 20+ Passages on Work, Profit, Wages and Christian Commerce — Twenty-plus Scripture passages for the Christian in business — owner, founder, manager, employee. The Hebrew vocabulary of work, the seven anchor verses, the integrity-in-pricing passages, the wages passages, and a Baxter-tested framework for commerce as worship.
• Ephesians 2:10 Meaning: Workmanship, Work and Money — 'We are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works.' Greek poiema, the grace-faith-works sequence in Ephesians 2, and how 'works prepared beforehand' reframes vocation, calling and Christian stewardship.
• 2 Corinthians 8:9 Meaning: 'Though He Was Rich, Yet for Your Sake He Became Poor' — Greek, Context & Application — 'Though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you by his poverty might become rich.' The Greek behind 'became poor,' the Macedonian-collection setting in 2 Corinthians 8–9, and what Christ's downward mobility demands of the Christian wallet.
• Bible Verses About Leadership: 20+ Passages on Servant Leadership and the Shepherd Model — Twenty-plus Scripture passages on leadership — the shepherd metaphor, Christ's leadership inversion ('whoever would be great must be servant'), the elder qualifications of 1 Tim 3 and Titus 1, the integrity test of money, and a working framework for the Christian leader at home, in business, and in the church.
• Good Steward Meaning in the Bible: 25+ Verses on the Greek Oikonomos and the Faithful Servant — What it means to be a 'good steward' in the Bible — the Greek oikonomos (the trusted house-manager who owns nothing and answers for everything), the Matthew 25 parable of the talents, 1 Corinthians 4:1-2, 1 Peter 4:10, Luke 16's dishonest manager, and a working framework for biblical stewardship of money, time, body and gifts.
• Colossians 3:23 Meaning: 'Whatever You Do, Work Heartily' — Greek Ek Psychēs, Slave Context, and the Theology of Vocation — A careful exegesis of Colossians 3:22-25 — the slave context the inspirational quotes always omit, the Greek ek psychēs ('from the soul'), the coined ophthalmodoulia ('eye-service'), klēronomia (the inheritance slaves could not legally receive), the parallel Ephesians 6:5-9, and a working theology of vocation for the modern Christian worker.
• Biblical Financial Planning: A Complete Christian Guide to Stewardship, Generosity, and the Long View — Most 'Christian financial planning' is secular advice with a Bible verse on top. A complete framework — eight stewardship priorities in biblical order, the math behind each, and the Scripture that anchors them — for the Christian who wants a plan, not a pep talk.
• Christian Estate Planning: Wills, Trusts, Beneficiaries, and the Biblical Theology of Inheritance — A Christian guide to estate planning — the biblical theology of inheritance (nachalah and klēronomia), the difference between wills and trusts, beneficiary designations that override your will, charitable bequests, guardians for minor children, and why Proverbs 13:22 turns the estate plan into an act of worship.
• Land Trust vs Living Trust: What's the Difference, Which One You Need, and Whether a Trust Overrides a Will — A clear walkthrough of land trusts (real-estate privacy vehicles, available in ~6 states) vs revocable living trusts (full estate-planning vehicles in all 50 states). What each one actually does, when a land trust is the right tool, whether a trust overrides a will (yes, for funded assets), and how the two fit inside a Christian estate plan anchored in Proverbs 13:22.
• 30 Bible Verses About Stewardship: The Complete Scripture Guide to Managing Time, Talent, Treasure, and Creation — The definitive 30-verse Scripture guide to biblical stewardship — Hebrew radah and avad (dominion and service), Greek oikonomos (household manager), the four spheres (time, talent, treasure, creation), and verse-by-verse commentary on every major stewardship passage from Genesis 1 to 1 Peter 4. The single page you can send anyone who asks 'what does the Bible say about stewardship?'
• 7 Biblical Principles of Money Management: The Complete Scripture-Rooted Framework — Seven principles that organise the entire Bible's teaching on money — ownership, stewardship, work, generosity, contentment, saving, and debt-discipline. Hebrew and Greek vocabulary for each, the anchor passages, the most common misreadings, and one concrete application per principle that you can put to work this week.
• Bible Quotes About Responsibility: 20+ Passages on Stewardship, Accountability, and the Weight of What You've Been Given — Twenty-plus passages on responsibility — Luke 12:48 ('from everyone who has been given much, much will be required'), Ezekiel 18 (each soul accountable for its own sin), Galatians 6:2 vs 6:5 (the burdens-vs-load distinction), the parable of the talents, Romans 14:12, James 4:17 (sins of omission), and a Baxter-tested framework for the Christian carrying real weight at work, at home, and before God.
• Profit in the Bible: The Hebrew Yithron, the Greek Kerdos, and What Scripture Actually Says About Gain — What Scripture actually says about profit. The Hebrew yithron — Qoheleth's relentless question 'what advantage remains under the sun?' — versus betsa, the unjust gain condemned in the prophets. The Greek kerdos in Philippians 3:7 ('whatever was gain to me I count as loss'). Proverbs 11:18 (deceptive wages) versus 14:23 ('in all toil there is profit'). The Pauline tent-maker model. A working framework that lets a Christian pursue profit without serving mammon.
• Bible on Corrupting Wealth: James 5, 1 Timothy 6, Luke 12, and the Five Diagnostic Marks of Wealth That Corrodes the Soul — Scripture's most violent denunciations of wealth — James 5's rotted riches and corroded gold, 1 Tim 6's desire that pierces, Luke 12's rich fool, Luke 16's rich man and Lazarus, the prophets' woes on Amos 6, Isaiah 5, Micah 2, Jeremiah 22 — and five diagnostic marks of corrupting wealth (haughtiness, false hope, wage-theft, gate-blindness, stasis) plus five disinfectants the Christian with wealth must run quarterly.
• Scriptures on Wealth: 30+ Bible Verses on Wealth and a Seven-Rule Christian Framework for Stewardship — Thirty-plus central scriptures on wealth — Old Testament covenant promises, prophetic warnings, Wisdom literature, Jesus' teaching, and the apostolic epistles — organised under six headings (foundation, source, wisdom in acquisition, warnings, stewardship, eschatology) plus a seven-rule Christian framework that treats wealth as stewardship asset rather than soul-anchor.
• Give to the Poor: 25+ Bible Verses on Almsgiving, Proverbs 19:17 ('Lends to the LORD'), and Jesus' Matthew 25 Identification — Twenty-five-plus Scripture passages on giving to the poor — Proverbs 19:17's lending-to-the-LORD economics, Proverbs 14:31's Maker-oppression equation, Deut 15's open-hand command, Isaiah 58's true fast, Jesus' Matt 25 sheep-and-goats identification, Acts 2-4 koinonia, Galatians 2:10 ('remember the poor'), James 2 faith-without-works-is-dead, and a seven-rule framework that separates token-charity from sustained almsgiving.
• Benefits of Giving in the Bible: 12 Specific Returns Scripture Promises the Generous — From Proverbs 11:25 to 2 Corinthians 9:6-11 — Twelve specific benefits the Bible attributes to generosity — material refreshment (Prov 11:25), divine blessing (Prov 22:9), reciprocal measure (Luke 6:38), eschatological credit (Phil 4:17), heavenly treasure (Matt 6:19-21), present joy (2 Cor 9:7), interior expansion (Acts 20:35), divine remembrance (Heb 6:10), the LORD's repayment (Prov 19:17), righteousness-harvest (2 Cor 9:10), Father's open reward (Matt 6:4), kingdom friendship-making (Luke 16:9). Plus the four-part fence between this and prosperity gospel.
• Work as Unto the Lord: Colossians 3:23 Exegesis, the Greek Ergazesthe Ek Psychēs, and Why All Honest Work Is Worship — Full exegesis of Colossians 3:23 — 'Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men.' The Greek ergazesthe ek psychēs ('work from the soul'), the shocking original audience (Roman household slaves), how Paul's instruction reframes assigned labor as worship, the Eph 6:5-9 parallel and its master-counterpart, the Gen 2:15 creation mandate that establishes work as pre-fall good, Jesus the carpenter (Mark 6:3), and a six-rule discipline for treating Monday morning as a worship service.
• Surety in the Bible: What Proverbs 6, 11, 17, and 22 Actually Say About Co-Signing and Guaranteeing Another's Debt — Full study of every surety passage in Proverbs — 6:1-5 (the escape commands), 11:15 ('he who is surety for a stranger will suffer harm'), 17:18 ('one who lacks sense gives a pledge'), 20:16 and 27:13, 22:26-27 ('be not one of those who give pledges'). The Hebrew arav (to pledge, to give one's hand as guarantee) and tāqaʿ kāf ('strike the palm,' the ancient handshake that bound a co-signer). Why Solomon's counsel is unanimous and uncompromising — never recommend it, always warn against it. A six-rule biblical framework for the modern co-signing decision (parent-child loans, business partners, family bailouts).
• What Does the Bible Say About Suing? 1 Corinthians 6:1-8 Exegesis and the Christian Court-System Question — Careful exegesis of 1 Corinthians 6:1-8 — Paul's shock that Corinthian believers are suing each other in pagan courts, the Greek krima (judgment/lawsuit) and adikōn (the unrighteous), the rhetorical question 'will the saints judge the world?', the Matt 18:15-17 process Jesus already gave the church, the OT roots in Ex 18, and how to think biblically about three distinct categories — Christian-vs-Christian, Christian-vs-non-Christian, and defensive lawsuits. Six diagnostic questions before filing.
• What Does the Bible Say About Loaning Money? Exodus 22, Leviticus 25, Deuteronomy 15 and 23, and the Lending-Without-Interest Tradition — Every major biblical passage on lending — Exodus 22:25 (no interest from the poor), Leviticus 25:35-37 (no interest from a covenant brother in distress), Deuteronomy 15:1-11 (the seven-year shemittah release of all loans), Deuteronomy 23:19-20 (the stranger/brother distinction), Psalm 15:5 (the no-interest character of the LORD's tenant), Ezekiel 18, Nehemiah 5, and Jesus' radical Luke 6:34-35 ('lend, expecting nothing in return'). The Hebrew neshek ('bite,' the picture of interest) and tarbit ('increase'). A six-rule framework for the modern Christian deciding whether to lend money to family, friends, or church members.
• Christian Retirement Planning: A Biblical Framework for the Last Third of Working Life — Retirement planning, considered biblically. The Numbers 8:23-26 precedent (Levites stepped down from active temple duty at fifty but continued in supporting service — the only retirement passage in Scripture and it is NOT 'do nothing'). Solomon's saving commands (Prov 21:20, the wise man stores; Prov 6:6-8, the ant). The Parable of the Rich Fool (Luke 12:13-21) as the controlling warning against retirement-as-coasting. Generational responsibility (Prov 13:22, 'a good man leaves an inheritance for his children's children'). The seven biblical questions every Christian should ask before retiring, and a working framework that treats retirement as reassignment, not withdrawal.
• How to Give Anonymously, Biblically: Matthew 6:1-4 and 8 Modern Channels for Secret Generosity — Jesus' clearest command on giving — Matthew 6:1-4 — makes anonymous giving the default, not the extra. The full exegesis (Greek eleēmosynē, the trumpet hyperbole, the 'paid in full' reward language), eight practical 2026 channels for giving without recognition, when public giving is permitted (1 Chron 29, 2 Cor 8), and the heart-test that decides whether your gift was actually anonymous.
• 55+ Generosity Quotes from Christian Leaders (With Scripture for Each) — A working library of 55+ generosity quotes from the church's most credible voices — Sproul, Alcorn, Stott, Piper, Wesley, Spurgeon, Keller, Carmichael, Elliot, MacArthur. Arranged in seven categories: the motivation, the cost, the joy, generosity and wealth, generosity and the gospel, generosity and the family, and warnings against false generosity. Each quote paired with the Scripture it draws from.