Volume 4

The second Kingdom Principle to be discussed is the command to love the Lord your God and love your neighbor as yourself. 

Kingdom Principles are characteristics and values of the kingdom of God that the church shows forth in how it practices the principles of Jesus Christ as explained in the Gospels and the letters of the New Testament.  The Judeo-Christian Kingdom has its roots in the Old Testament and are fulfilled in the ministry of Jesus Christ as written in the New Testament. 

Faith in God is a fundamental tenet in the Christian life.  Jesus, when he talked of faith, said that faith can move mountains.  

Biblical Recap

In our last article we delved deeply into the principles of bartering and trading.  We looked at biblical examples and stories that illustrated how bartering resulted in one party on either side of the trade having either a benefit in the trade or the trade being a determent to the other person’s position within the transaction.

Biblical Recap

FACTS offers analysis and literature on a diversity of topics, but our specialty is financial literacy based on biblical principles.  More specifically, we have opened up dialogue previously on biblical principles of economics, and in this article and many others to come in the near future we will continue in this same spirit.  Originally, we talked about the source of biblical principles of economics, which is Jesus Christ, who is the Son of God!

September 11, 2001 is seared into the memory and consciousness of those old enough to remember and understand the significance, trauma, and importance to world geo-politics of the event.  When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt said that it was a day that would live in infamy.  For the generation of the early 21st century, these words echo for the significance of 9/11.

Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. Reggae has its roots in ska and rocksteady, which were Jamaica influenced. Reggae is based on a rhythmic style characterized by accents on the off-beat, known as the skank. Reggae usually accents the second and fourth beat in each bar.

The marketing of music has changed over the years in America, and now we are in the Digital Age where people are downloading to MP-3’s and ipods. But some of the older generation has fond memories of the CD’s and cassette tapes from the 1980s and 1990s.

Rocky Marciano is one of the most acclaimed boxers in the history of the sport.  Rocky Marciano was born Rocco Francis Marchegiano, on September 1, 1923, in Brockton, Massachusetts.  During his career, Marciano held the heavyweight boxing title for four years in the 1950s, and he is the only boxing champion to ever retire undefeated. 

Born in 1942, Muhammad Ali became a world-known boxer, philanthropist, and social activist.  Once one of the top American boxers, Muhammad Ali has shown that he is not afraid of any fight – inside or outside the ring. 

Biblical Recap

In our last introductory article on biblical principles on economics we opened up our discussion on the importance of God’s Holy Word and Jesus Christ himself as the foundation of our perspectives of money management based on biblical truths.  As a result, we will draw on Old and New Testament scripture to highlight historical, liturgical, and practical ways on how God wants us to manage His money.