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Paul Williams is a financial planner in Lancaster County, PA. He's the founder of Provident Planning, Inc., a fee-only financial planning firm, and writes regularly on Provident Planning's website (subscribe here). Provident Planning is dedicated to exploring God’s Provident Plan for the personal finances of Christians. What is God’s Provident Plan? It’s God’s clear Biblical message that through contentment in Christ, hard work, and good stewardship Christians can prosper so we can give generously in the name of Christ. By following the Provident Plan, Christians can glorify God through their finances.

Paul has written 11 articles on Bible Money Matters! Read them in the archive below.

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Why I Don’t Teach Tithing

December 6, 2010

When it comes to talking about giving in the Bible, the first thing most Christians think of is tithing. In fact, we often use tithing as a synonym for giving. But as I’ve studied Scripture and people’s ideas about tithing, I’ve come to the conclusion that God’s desire for Christian giving is a bit different. [...]

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Review Of Mint.com’s New Goals Feature

December 1, 2010

A while back, Peter did a review of Mint.com, a free online solution for tracking your finances, and then just this year, he updated that Mint review. Mint lets you see all your accounts in one place, captures all of your transactions, and puts the data into a ton of great looking charts and graphs [...]

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God’s Provident Plan: Giving

November 15, 2010

A while back I examined how I view what the Bible says about personal finance. There was a brief introduction to something I like to call God’s Provident Plan, and I planned on looking at several aspects of God’s Provident Plan in a 4 part series. This is the last post in that series [...]

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God’s Provident Plan: Prosperity

November 8, 2010

Earlier, I laid the foundation for how I studied personal finance in the Bible. I gave you a light introduction to what I call God’s Provident Plan and promised we’d look at each aspect in more depth. This is the third part of a series in which I’ll share what I’ve discovered about personal finance [...]

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God’s Provident Plan: Diligent Work And Good Stewardship

November 3, 2010

Earlier, I laid the foundation for how I studied personal finance in the Bible. I gave you a light introduction to what I call God’s Provident Plan and promised we’d look at each aspect in more depth. This is the second part of a series in which I’ll share what I’ve discovered about personal finance [...]

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God’s Provident Plan: Contentment In Christ

October 26, 2010

Last week, I laid the foundation for how I studied personal finance in the Bible. I gave you a light introduction to what I call God’s Provident Plan and promised we’d look at each aspect in more depth. This is the first part of a series in which I’ll share what I’ve discovered about personal [...]

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What Is God’s Plan For A Christian’s Personal Finances?

October 19, 2010

How many of you have heard that there are over 2,000 Bible verses about money? I’ve heard it, too. In 2007, I wondered if there really were that many Bible verses about money and finances. You see this was of special interest to me as I had just started my career in financial planning. Being [...]

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Don’t Let Tithing Rules Rob You of the Joy of Giving

October 11, 2010

I was reading through some of the articles on giving and tithing at Crown Financial Ministries the other day. I was struck by something that both saddened and angered me at the same time. Many of their articles ask and answer questions like “Should I tithe on my Social Security checks?”, “Should I tithe on [...]

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Balancing Biblical Financial Principles

October 4, 2010

As I’ve studied personal finance in the Bible, I’ve found four main financial principles that God emphasizes repeatedly. Those principles are contentment, hard work, stewardship, and generosity. But as I’ve written about these principles and discussed them with others I’ve discovered that balance is absolutely essential. When we overemphasize any of these four principles it [...]

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Generosity Is Proof Of Repentance

September 28, 2010

Does your bank statement show proof of the changed heart that the Holy Spirit is producing in you? The way we spend our money shows our top priorities. So could someone look at where your money goes and see that you are a Christian? Is there evidence that you are living differently because of God’s [...]

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Have You Counted The Cost?

September 22, 2010

I‘m going to warn you right now. You’re not going to feel comfortable reading this article. Jesus’ words here are very challenging, and what I’m about to share with you may dishearten you if you haven’t already considered the following passage in detail. In Luke 14:26-33 we read: 26 “If anyone comes to me and [...]

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