I MET THE LATE DR. LARRY BURKETT, PRESIDENT AND FOUNDER OF CROWN FINANCIAL MINISTRIES IN 1979 BEFORE HE BECAME SO POPULAR. HIS TEACHING ON FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT TRANSFORMED MY PHILOSOPHY OF STEWARDSHIP, EVEN THOUGH AT FIRST, I THOUGHT HE WAS HAD LOST HIS MIND!! IN HIS BOOK: YOUR POTENTIAL FINANCIAL POWER DR. BURKETT WROTE, “IT HAS BEEN SAID THAT THE AVERAGE AMERICAN SPENDS HALF HIS WAKING HOURS THINKING ABOUT MONEY, FINANCES –– MONEY ––AND CASH –– THAT SO-CALLED “GREEN STUFF” HAS TORN APART MANY RELATIONSHIPS IN OUR CULTURE TODAY. THERE HAS BEEN MISUNDERSTANDINGS OF FINANCIAL RESOURCES AND MISAPPROPRIATION OF FINANCIAL RESOURCES. THIS PREOCCUPATION WITH MONEY HAS CREATED SOME STARTLING RESULTS IN OUR WORLD TODAY. NEARLY 80 PERCENT OF ALL DIVORCED COUPLES BETWEEN THE AGES OF 20, AND 30 LIST FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES AS THE PRIMARY CAUSE OF THEIR SEPARATION."
From Gene Edwards’ Sermon: Faith, Finances, and Fleecing
