Gary Jenkins
Appears in 226 Episodes
Financial Illiteracy
Financial literacy involves knowing the core building blocks of personal finance on which we can increase our knowledge. But, is financial illieracy a problem? Can we ...
Tips On Buying A Car
Buying a car can have an emotional aspect to it. Sometimes we view the vehicle we drive as an extension of ourselves, and this can complicate matters when what we want...
Bountiful 101: Introducing Fiduciaries
Bountiful 101 is when we take a subject, like fiduciaries, and introduce some of its concepts. Our goal for episodes like this is to combine our Christian attitude wit...
How to Be a Better Saver
Even though the recommended savings goal is typically 10% of disposable income, research suggests that the average American saves less than half that amount. There are...
Unexpected Expenses! Now What?
Unexpected expenses are, ironically, something we expect to happen. This could be a home repair, medical bill, school expense, or an event in your life. In this episod...
How To Build a Budget
Budgets are for everybody. While a budget may look different from person to person, everyone can reap the benefits of having an outlined spending plan.In this episode,...
Putting Money In Its Place
When it comes to our material possessions, including money, we want to make sure to keep them where they belong. If our money is “rightly placed”, so to speak, then ou...
How to Misplace Money
We usually like to keep things in their “spot”. Car keys, wallets, and toothbrushes all have a place where they belong. If these get misplaced, we have trouble finding...
The Fruit of the Spirit and Stewardship
Financial matters matter because they can impact our soul. How do we handle the material blessings God provides to us? Do we handle them with love, joy, and peace? Do ...
Grumbling Stomachs and Thankful Hearts
The word “complain” comes from the Latin meaning “to lament with excessive force.” While a lot of things in life are great, not everything in life is problem-free. If ...
Self-Control With Our Finances
It is easy to teach about the importance of self control. It is challenging to live with self control, especially in all aspects of our lives. In this episode, we disc...
Gentleness & Money
Gentleness, while it’s one of the parts that make up the fruit of the Spirit in Galatians 5, is something that we sometimes dismiss. It can seem like a vague idea, com...
Is Money Something You Can Count On?
What is the faithfulness or reliability of money? We use money every day in exchange for our needs and some things we want. But is money in it for the long haul?In thi...
Living The Good Life
The good life may look different for you than for me, and how we define happiness or success has a huge impact on our perspective of what “the good life” means. In thi...
There’s Always Room for Kindness
Kindness is part of our stewardship. A man who is kind benefits himself, but a cruel man hurts himself (Proverbs 11:17). We can be kind just as effectively at no expen...
Being Patient With Ourselves
The Bible encourages us to be patient (Romans 12:12; Galatians 6:9). There are familiar quotes about patience, like “Rome wasn’t built in a day.” And even when it come...
Big Barns And Buried Treasure
Jesus talked about financial stewardship a lot. Two of his parables are the backbone for this episode and inspiration for its title. Do we use the strategy of the rich...
Overcoming Financial Stress
Even though some stress is good, trying to live through constant levels of high stress is very challenging. When it comes to our financial situation, if our money isn’...
Joy In All Financial Circumstances
The word “joy” in Galatians 5:22 means “calm delight; gladness”. Therefore, when we talk about joy from a spiritual perspective, it’s different than the joy the world ...
Should I Love Money Or Hate It?
Because we interact with money daily (using electricity, eating, driving, etc) we have some sort of relationship with it. Sometimes we’re tempted to love money – to ob...
Summer Savings
What are some ways we can save money during the summer? In this episode, we mention a few methods we could trim costs from our utilities and our entertainment.Episode ...
Things To Keep In Mind Before Getting a Pet
In many ways, owning a pet is an investment of time and money. While having a pet can be very enjoyable, we must consider their cost before bringing them to our family...
Buyer Beware
In this episode, we discuss common tactics used by retailers, online stores, and grocery stores to sell us things. Then, we note a few things we can do to make sure we...
Am I Stingy?
To be generous or to be stingy is a choice we all make, sometimes daily. Do we examine ourselves as we should (2 Corinthians 13:5) to make sure our actions reflect a h...
Can I Be Wealthy and Faithful?
Plenty of people were and are wealthy and faithful, but that does not mean everyone could be or should be. In this episode, we discuss how some are faithful with wealt...
Little By Little
Even though we know all about how we should be patient, it can be a struggle to practice patience when our savings are low, our debts are high, or when we can’t afford...
How to Make It a Great Week
Are great weeks born or made? In this episode, we talk about how our attitude can help determine the outcome of our lives, even down to the workweek or schoolweek.
Valuable Investments
An investment is something into which you put effort so that out of it you receive a benefit. To invest is to effectively use the benefits God blesses us with in order...
The Value of Communication
Communication takes practice. Talking about money probably takes even more practice. In this episode, we provide some tips on how to bring up the topic of money to tho...
What Is Your Value?
The world offers us several ways to determine our value, like our careers, appearance, talents, family, and wealth. But are these effective ways to appraise our self-w...