The Faith and Investing Podcast
This podcast features conversations with thought leaders in the space of faith and investing, and also functions as an audio digest of the articles featured in The Journal for Faith & Investing found at faithandinvesting.com. The Faith & Investing podcast is brought to you by the Eventide Center for Faith & Investing, an educational initiative of Eventide Asset Management, where our aim is to inspire an authentically Christian practice of modern investing. Statements made by Eventide should not be interpreted as a recommendation or advice pertaining to any security. Investing involves risk including the possible loss of principal.
Episodes
57 episodes
Reflections on the Andy Crouch Interview | with Jason Myhre and Amy Sherman
After our interview last week with Andy Crouch, ECFI’s Editor-at-Large Amy Sherman sat down with Executive Director Jason Myhre to reflect on Crouch’s insights. Listen in as they unpack his metaphor of a “bubble on top of a sinkhole,” challenge...
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A Conversation with Andy Crouch on Mammon, Generosity, and Redemptive Investing
Andy Crouch sits down with Editor-at-Large Amy Sherman to discuss the Biblical teaching on Mammon, combating greed with generosity, and how financial advisors can invest with redemptive aim.On this episode:
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Biblical Worldview and Investing | by Michael Goheen
There are many realities of twenty-first century life, like social media, Artificial Intelligence, or investing—that are not directly addressed in Scripture. For these modern cultural developments, we cannot point to a singular “chapter and ver...
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Gold and the Glory of God | by Jordan Ballor
Why did God make gold? If you were to survey a number of people on the street with this question, you’re sure to get some interesting answers. One may say he created it to give us a material to express beauty through art or fashion. Another mig...
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Screwtape's Guide to Investing
In 1941, Oxford professor C.S. Lewis revealed that he had, through some mysterious chain of events, come into the possession of a collection of letters from one of the devil’s senior agents named Screwtape. The letters, which were addressed to ...
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A Biblical Perspective on the FIRE Movement
In 1992 a book was released that offered transformation and happiness through discipline, accountability, and persistence. It attacked the idols of consumerism and workaholism and bemoaned their devastating consequences on our pursuit of joy an...
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The Soul of Work | by Jordan Ballor
Economic activity is the result of human labor. Though technology has increasingly depersonalized economic exchange, it is still a fundamental truth that work cannot be separated from the worker. The two exist in a symbiotic relationship.
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Shepherding Clients: Pastoral Wisdom for Financial Advisors—Part 2 | by Winn Collier
Today we are back with the second installment of Winn Collier’s two-part piece, “Shepherding Clients | Pastoral Wisdom for Financial Advisors.” In his first piece, Winn encouraged financial advisors to view their work as a ministry by keeping G...
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Shepherding Clients: Pastoral Wisdom for Financial Advisors—Part 1 | by Winn Collier
If you are a financial advisor, or a client of one, then you likely know that good advising requires a certain level of relationship with the client. To understand how to wisely steward a client’s resources, the advisor must understand the clie...
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A Bigger Vision of Stewardship | by Jason Myhre
In a previous episode, New Testament professor Jonathan Moo pointed out the connection between the words ecology, economics, and stewardship.Moo noted that "ecology" is derived f...
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Waking Up to Formational Financial Liturgies | by Amy Sherman
Today, we are pleased to present the final podcast in our series centered around James K.A. Smith’s thesis that our habits and practices shape our hearts. Last week, Amy Sherman and Jason Myhre dove deeper into the relevancy of th...
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Reflections on the James K.A. Smith Interview | A Conversation Between Jason Myhre and Amy Sherman
In this episode, ECFI's Jason Myhre and Amy Sherman reflect on our recent interview with James K.A. Smith. Listen for more on how Christian educational institutions can redirect their language and images from cultural idols of investing, what i...
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Episode 44
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How Our Investments Form Our Hearts | Conversation with James K.A. Smith
James K.A. Smith has written extensively on how our hearts are—often unintentionally—formed by our habits. In this interview, he shares investing habits we may be participating in that could be subtly shaping our view of money. On this ...
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Hate What is Evil; Cling to What is Good | by Matt Rusten
The book of Romans has been praised by theologians as a masterful explanation of the doctrine of salvation. Martin Luther in fact called the book “the clearest gospel of all.” The bulk of Romans, chapters 1-11, consists of Paul explaining how G...
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Episode 43
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The Role of Lament in Investing | by Amy Sherman
Over one third of the Psalms are laments: songs or prayers that cry out in an expression of sorrow, mourning, or regret. Many of these laments are outward expressions of inward suffering, like in Psalm 25 when King David cries out, ...
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Episode 42
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Is Compassion Enough? | by Tom Nelson
In Mark 12:31, Jesus says that the second greatest commandment is to love your neighbor as yourself. This call to neighborly love, along with the preceding primary command to love God with mind, body, and soul, is a beautifully succinct summati...
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Episode 41
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The Economy of All Things New | by Will Sorrell
God’s story for humanity begins in a garden but ends with a city. Have you ever stopped to contemplate the overarching trajectory of the biblical narrative from garden to city? In the garden, we see God’s good and beautiful natural creation, in...
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Episode 40
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The Economy of God's People | by Will Sorrell
One helpful way for developing a biblical worldview is by comparing and contrasting cultural idols with the biblical story. When it comes to the economic and financial domain, two dominant cultural idols are that of convenience and greed. In to...
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Capital and the Cultivation of Creation | by Dr. Jordan Ballor
When you hear God's command to cultivate creation, what do you think of? Many people may think of agriculture, innovation, or even art. But very few people probably think of wealth. In today's episode, Dr. Jordan Ballor explores how capital, an...
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Episode 39
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Ecology, Economics, and our Common Home | Conversation with Jonathan Moo
In this episode, Tim Weinhold sits down with Jonathan Moo to discuss his recent series for the ECFI journal. Dr. Moo discusses some of the root causes for why he believes much of the church has ignored or been wary of conversations around envir...
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Episode 38
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Ecology, Economics, and our Common Home, Part 2 | by Jonathan Moo
Old Testament laws given in the agrarian context of ancient Israel have much to teach us about how God intends us to care for creation. Learn how these laws apply to modern day investing in the second part of Jonathan Moo's series "Ecolog...
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Episode 38
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Ecology, Economics, and our Common Home, Part 1 | by Jonathan Moo
What does our place in the creation order tell us about how to care for the world, and what are the implications for our investing practices? In this two part series, Jonathan Moo explores these questions with the help of two recent books on en...
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Episode 37
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Discover God's Story for Investing | A Course for Christian Financial Advisors
We welcome you to join the summer semester of our six-lesson course for Christian financial advisors called "Discover God's Story for Investing."On this episode:Mat...
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Living God’s Story in Wealth Management | Conversation with Loran Graham
Early in his career, Loran Graham was following the world's story for investing. Now, he views wealth management as a form of worship. In this interview, Loran shares how God transformed his view of investing—and what that looks like in his adv...
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Episode 34
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A Stockbroker's Tale, Part 2: The Questions We Never Ask | by Winn Collier
Hear the second part of Winn Collier's two-part series "A Stockbroker's Tale." In this piece, "The Questions We Never Ask," Winn reflects on his experience working in finance on 9/11—and the quick financial rebound that followed. What can this ...
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Episode 33
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