What are the origins of money?
Why does this matter?
Are some kinds of money better than others?
Why do the dollar bills I carry have any value?
CAN YOUR CHILDREN REFUTE THE WORLD’S LIES ABOUT MONEY?
Biblical Money is not primarily about budgeting and personal finances—a related and important topic that is ably covered elsewhere. Rather, it aims to tackle crucial questions that our sons and daughters must answer if they are to navigate adult life in the 2020s and beyond.
THESE QUESTIONS INCLUDE:
- What exactly is inflation, what are its causes, and how does it impact me?
- What does the Bible say about interest and usury, and how does it apply to me?
- Is the Federal Reserve a biblical institution, or is it a cause of America’s financial problems?
- How should a follower of Jesus Christ think about these issues, and how should we respond to lies that contradict God’s word?
Target audience:
This course is intended for high school students (ages 14-18) and families who desire to understand what the Bible says about money, inflation, and banking. There is nothing in the content that would make it inappropriate for younger children.
Duration:
The course consists of ten video lessons of approximately 30 minutes each, plus a 120-page Student Workbook that contains exercises, review and discussion questions, a final test, over 100 Scripture passages, and key reference documents.
Course Lessons
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INTRODUCTION: HOW TO RECOGNIZE AND REFUTE LIES
- God’s word as the foundation of all truth
- How and why Christians must refute Satan’s lies
- Taking a long-term approach to solving problems
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BIBLICAL MONEY: WHAT DOES GOD SAY?
- Benefits and limitations of bartering
- Five qualifications for honest money
- God’s esteem for gold and silver from the beginning
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MONEY AND THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION
- Biblical laws about just weights and measures
- America’s founders learn money lessons the hard way
- Why the Constitution banned paper money
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PAPER MONEY AND INFLATION
- No such thing as paper money
- Why more money can mean less spending power
- Monetary inflation as the cause of price inflation
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FIAT MONEY
- Creating money by government edict
- Legal tender laws and disproving Gresham’s Law
- The four ways our federal government gets money
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BANKING AND INTEREST
- How biblical banking would work
- What the Bible says about interest and usury
- Fractional-reserve banking and runs on the bank
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THE CREATION OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE
- The central bank debate: Jefferson versus Hamilton
- Andrew Jackson’s heroic veto of the Bank Bill
- Meeting at Jekyll Island: Why the secrecy?
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THE FED’S BAD FRUIT
- The major villain in the Great Depression
- FDR’s unbiblical theft of Americans’ gold
- Funding immoral causes with fiat money
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HOW CHRISTIANS SHOULD RESPOND
- Applying Scripture to all areas of life, including money
- Taking biblical action instead of fixing the blame
- Moving away from the debt mentality
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RESTORING HONEST MONEY
- What would a truly biblical economy look like?
- Tithing, honest money, and eliminating property taxes
- Scriptural hope for conquering the giants
BONUS CONTENT
Videos of all six author interviews in their entirety—over 41⁄2 hours of informationIncludes content from…
Peter Allison
is the author of Dollar Noncents: The Respected Fraud and Beneficial Devastation of the Federal Reserve Corporation and is the pastor of Crown & Covenant Church in Conroe, Texas.
Scott Mooney
is the author of two books, Money: Symbol and Substance and Usury: Destroyer of Nations
Jerry Robinson
is the author of Bankruptcy of Our Nation and is an entrepreneur, economist, investor, and host of the well-known weekly show, Follow the Money.
Shawn Ritenour
is the author of The Economics of Prosperity, and is a Professor of Economics at Grove City College in Pennsylvania, as well as a ruling elder in the Orthodox Presbyterian Church.
Kevin Swanson
is the author of How the World Runs as well as the founder of Generations (publisher of a Bible-based homeschool curriculum), host of the daily Generations radio program, and the Pastor of Reformation Church in Elizabeth, Colorado.