FIRST-PERSON: Should you feed the bear?
GAINESVILLE, Ga. (BP)--Investing isn't for the squeamish these days, and bear stock markets never are easy to endure. In a bear market, stock prices are falling or are expected to fall even though they may be interrupted by some short intervals of higher prices. On the other hand, a bull market is a period of optimism in the stock market, when prices are rising or are expected to rise.
FIRST-PERSON: Teach the next generation
ATLANTA (BP)--Many people have financial problems these days. Will our children's generation be better money managers? There is hope for the future if parents will take the first steps toward achieving the goal of influencing their children.
FIRST-PERSON: Making good financial decisions
ATLANTA (BP)--Christians make the best financial decisions according to God's plan for their lives when they understand his biblical financial principles.
FIRST-PERSON: Let them know you care
GAINESVILLE, Ga. (BP)--Every church that seeks to serve the Lord should have caring programs established to help people in their own congregation as well as the needy in their community and those in the world.
FIRST-PERSON: Little savings can add up
GAINESVILLE, Ga. (BP)--With apologies to Charles Dickens for misusing the opening line from his "A Tale of Two Cities," these are "the best of times" to be alive as Christians, but for many these may be "the worst of times" economically. Due to large numbers of job cutbacks, families who had been doing fairly well financially now find themselves struggling to keep up with the bills.
FIRST-PERSON: Should Christians sue?
Part 2
GAINESVILLE, Ga. (BP)--Although it is not an example of Christlike character for a Christian to sue another believer or other individuals, the same standard is not advised in dealing with a business, corporation or insurance company.
FIRST-PERSON: Should Christians sue?
GAINESVILLE, Ga. (BP)--The purpose of a lawsuit is to provide someone who has suffered a loss at the hands of another party with the legal means to recover property or other damages from the offender.
FIRST-PERSON: Excellence in a mediocre world
GAINESVILLE, Ga. (BP)--We live in a society that has lowered its sights so radically that it considers average as exceptional and slothful as normal.
Principle Under Scrutiny
Today, there are more than 500,000 pastors serving in Christian churches throughout the U.S., according to the Barna Research Group (BRG). But considering what many pastors have to endure, that figure could be a lot less. "Our studies show that church-goers expect their pastor to juggle an average of sixteen major tasks," BRG President George […]
FIRST-PERSON: Self-indulgence & wheelchairs
GAINESVILLE, Ga. (BP)--The United States is a nation of pleasure-seekers without equal in the world. We build billion-dollar industries to produce items so indulgent and trivial that you have to wonder if we're not a little bit nuts.
