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Wendell Heatwole
This article looks at work from four different Biblical perspectives: Creation, the Fall, life outside Eden, and eternity.
Wendell Heatwole
Do you ever feel like you are simply on chore duty? Do you lack focus in business? Use God’s “business plan” to bring focus, fulfillment, and peace to your daily life and duties....
David Bohlander
Members of conservative Anabaptist churches have lost millions of dollars through fraudulent financial activities.
Nevin Beiler
Failing to plan is unloving to those left behind, and it fails the test of good stewardship.
Tim Thomas
Some Anabaptist mutual aid plans are starting to fail. This puts all our mutual aid plans in jeopardy.
Richie Lauer
Learn the lesson of true ownership from an old man and his hunting land.
Gary Miller
We desire that our churches demonstrate Jesus to our local communities through our businesses and use of material resources.
Nevin Beiler
Avoiding the common mistakes people make in estate planning can save a great deal of money and heartache. Mistake number one is failing to plan.
Lyle Musser
Christians in abundant times live in the quandary between joyfully receiving the good gifts of God and the temptation to overindulge in those same good gifts. Stewardship is a broad topic that...
Ivan Bender
Exactly what is prosperity, and why do many of us who are concerned about our heritage refer to it in a negative way? Is prosperity bad?
Ivan Bender
Will our communities survive prosperity? The answer to this question does not lie entirely with business owners.
Ivan Bender
Can our churches survive the gales of consumerism, materialism, and instant gratification that comes with prosperity?
Ivan Bender
So, can our families spiritually survive prosperity? When we study the Scriptures and all the promises therein, it is plain to see that it is possible. But it won’t be easy.
Aaron Lapp
When life becomes more and more complex, it’s usually an indication that something is amiss in our choices. Temperance is about balance, and balance must have selectivity.
AF Stewardship Principles Committee
In its big picture, the Bible paints a concluding scene of Heaven on earth, where sin and its consequences are all gone, and heaven and earth are made new.
Paul A Miller
Many Anabaptist businessmen find themselves in a quandary. Can they follow Jesus’ teachings that “it is more blessed to give than to receive” and still survive in a push-and-shove business world...
Lyle Musser
Our selfish human desires cause us to reach, grab, acquire, grasp, and hang onto things with a stingy frown and nasty scream that threatens anyone who dares to take the stuff that we call mine.
Timothy Stoltzfus
Accumulation of things cannot give contentment on its own merit. In fact, accumulation often engenders discontent.
Wendell Heatwole
With wealth being so beneficial yet so dangerous, how should we deal with it? Would it be better if we held no wealth beyond what is required for a bare subsistence?
Merle Herr
The ability to find meaning and joy in your work is directly related to the worthiness of the work and the height of the real purpose.
