Used Car Insights with Ian Bishop

Goday, we’re going to talk about one specific part of your calling, which is: expressing the heart of the Father. You might already know this, but you’re God’s ambassador. That means, if I may just quote the Bible instead of paraphrasing, that God is making His appeal through you. He intends to use you–your gifts, your personality, your relationships, your career, your money–to explain to the world what He’s like, and make His Name glorious in all the platforms you occupy. One of those platforms, as I’ve said exhaustively in this series, is your money. Money is influence and power and possibility–and the Master wants all of yours, thank you very much.

3 Juni 202021min

You wanna run your home and dough like a Biblical boss? Well you need some brothers around you to do that well. And anyone who has been around churchworld for long knows that the standard programming (let’s have coffee and talk about our feelings) feels not so nourishing to the male soul. In this episode, Steven lays out his step-by-step guide for how to create a men’s group that will challenge and grow you along with 3-6 of your best buddies.

27 Maj 20201h

From this point on, I’m going to act like living out the administration of the Kingdom is YOUR problem, and that you’ll answer straight to God on what His Kingdom looks like in your locale.  (As if, you know, God was making His appeal straight through you…) So please do not interrupt today’s diatribe with “but my church/religious organization…”  I’m not talking about them; I’m talking about YOU.  Flex your muscles, boys.  I’ll remind you that a Big Packet of Money will go through your hands this year, and what happens with it is ENTIRELY UP TO YOU. That’s power. I’m going to assume from this point that you understand, based on your thorough digestion of Part 2 of this series, that giving to your community of faith is Quite Important and that we can proceed from there.  So let’s do it.

20 Maj 202018min

Giving is one of the great blessings God bestows upon His sons. According to Hebrews 2:10, God is in the process of “bringing many sons to glory”… that wonderful process (which concludes with our being entrusted with the Father’s business, a la the Psalm 2-based affirmation of Jesus when He was baptized) trains us in awesome Kingdom skills. But WHERE are we to put that giving dough? To what should we be giving? Here we go….

13 Maj 202016min

As America begins to reopen after the COVID shutdown, we’re asking the question, “just how much of the many changes we’ve put in place over the recent weeks should we undo now that we’re seeing the beginnings of a return to ‘normal’ life?” In this episode Steven and Mark discuss fear, how to maintain healthy rhythms that you’ve discovered during the quarantine, and the notion that we steward those just like we would steward financial gains.

6 Maj 202039min

Giving isn’t some random, meaningless “good deed” that you do casually and it just goes into God’s Great Big Penny Jar In The Sky which we hope He remembers 100 years from now. It really matters. And it matters NOW. In this BlogPod episode, Steven brings you an ice cold six pack of points to back that strong assertion up!

29 Apr 202012min

It’s not every day that you wake up to an extra grand or two in your bank account (thanks Uncle Sam!). In this pod we give you our thoughts on how to make the most of it. For those who haven’t read or listened to our Slush Budgeting thoughts, you can click here to read about the framework we discuss in this episode: https://abrahamswallet.com/2018/04/11/a-framework-for-your-slush-budgeting-202/ For those who want to create a financial plan during the quarantine, book a call right here: https://www.outpostadvisors.net/schedule-a-call

22 Apr 202047min

Heard of The Tiger King? Of course you have. You’re probably like me and have that steady IV drip of Hollywood coming straight into your family room. To be real clear – we don’t think you should watch this garbage – it’s just that I’m sure you’re well aware of its prevalence right now in the zeitgeist. In need of some triviality recently, I listened to a podcast with one of these Tiger King fellers on it. You’ll never believe this, but I actually heard something kind of pithy come out of this guy’s mouth, about the human capacity for managing problems.  It got me thinking, and I’ve concluded there’s (at least) one big lesson that can be learned from the outrageous dumdums over at The Tiger King…

15 Apr 202014min