Elevated Far Too High

Although the purpose of this blog is to write about personal finances, it is also to do so from a Christian perspective. So there will be posts that drift away from finances and towards other Christian topics, like theology and doctrine. This is the first of those posts. For those financial nerds out there, this may not be what you were looking for, but I would encourage you to keep reading anyway, as I find these topics to be orders of magnitude more important than maximizing our investment returns.

Ephesians 1:11-14 (ESV)

11 In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will, 12 so that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be to the praise of his glory. 13 In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, 14 who is the guarantee[a] of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it,[b] to the praise of his glory.

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