If God Owns It All, Why Do We Invest Like Everyone Else?

If we believe God owns it all, does that change the way we invest?

In this episode of Kingdom Keys for Business, Life & Work, Gea Gort and Bill Job welcome Don Simmons, an investment professional with nearly 40 years of experience and author of The Steward Investor.

Don shares how his understanding of stewardship changed—from helping people grow their wealth and give generously to seeing how investments themselves can accomplish God’s purposes. What if our money could help build businesses that address poverty, create opportunities, share the gospel and help communities flourish?

Together, we explore:

• What “God owns it all” means for our investments.
• Why profits can serve employees, customers and communities.
• The personal story behind The Steward Investor.
• Bill’s “400-year rule” for making decisions with eternity in mind.
• Finding joy in obedience, even through business difficulties.
• A vision of prosperity that blesses an entire neighborhood.
• An honest and challenging conversation for investors, entrepreneurs and anyone seeking to steward what God has entrusted to them. See more on Don's website https://www.thestewardinvestor.com/

Explore Don’s book The Steward Investor, and his Wealth and Wisdom videos for more on faith, finances and stewardship 

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CHAPTERS

• 00:00 Introduction and welcome
• 01:30 Meet Don Simmons: rethinking wealth and stewardship
• 03:49 Discovering the missional potential of investing
• 06:00 God owns it all—what does that change?
• 06:59 Bill and Don’s connection
• 08:16 The story behind The Steward Investor
• 12:16 Rethinking the foundations of investing
• 13:53 Walking with God as the Owner
• 16:12 Using profits to build people
• 17:46 A growing movement of redemptive investment
• 19:25 Investing to address poverty and exploitation
• 21:31 An eternal perspective and the “400-year rule”
• 24:46 Practical resources: Wealth and Wisdom
• 25:44 Joy and obedience through business difficulties
• 28:03 What does “well done, good and faithful servant” mean?
• 28:41 Investing in flourishing neighborhoods
• 29:44 When the righteous prosper, the city rejoices
• 30:44 Closing prayer
• 31:58 Farewell
• 32:16 Kingdom Mindsets for Business

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