Frederick Buechner wrote, “The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet.” For 42 years, I have lived in and around the financial world. Without formal training, I made and lost millions—twice—and now, in my so-called Golden Years, I am financially comfortable by worldly standards. For much of this millennium, I have felt called to connect what I have learned about money with my growing spiritual life:
Yet I sense I have only dipped my toes in, while Almighty God is calling me to dive in headfirst. Though I am better known for my views on gold, I feel an increasing pull to speak more often about God and money.
That shift has already begun. I stopped working with junior resource companies at the end of 2025, even after achieving triple-digit net gains each year from 2022 through 2025. Since then, I have largely stopped discussing them, except for one major holding. Now I feel the final missing piece is to explain why the manual for life—the Holy Bible—speaks so extensively about money, wealth, and possessions. It contains about 2,350 verses on the subject, roughly twice as many as those devoted to faith and prayer combined. Eleven of Jesus’ 39 parables directly address financial matters.
I will not pretend to be a theologian, but through trial and error, I believe I can offer basic principles for hearts burning like mine when it comes to God and money.
I believe there are four core biblical principles about money. Their overarching theme is not the technical accumulation of cash, but the spiritual posture of the human heart.
- Stewardship vs. Ownership: The Bible teaches that God owns everything and that people are managers, or stewards, of His resources.
- Money and the Heart: Jesus taught that money competes for a person’s affection, saying in Matthew 6:21, “Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”
- Debt Warning: Scripture strongly discourages debt and often portrays it as voluntary bondage. Proverbs 22:7 warns that “the borrower is slave to the lender.”
- Generosity: In the biblical view, true wealth is measured by a willingness to give to those in need, not by hoarding assets.
My deepest hope is to spend whatever time remains in my business career expanding on these principles. If people come for the gold but leave knowing more about God and money, so be it.
