Leave us a five-star review on your favorite podcast platform. I get it. It's annoying. Everybody

asks, but I'm going to tell you why. When you give us a positive review, what that does is it

triggers the algorithm so that our podcast shows up on more people's news feeds. You and I both know

that this ministry is willing to talk about things that most ministries aren't. We need

this content for the glory of God to reach more people's ears. About once a month, we try to give a

macroeconomic update, a market update, how are stocks,

precious metals, all these different things. Looking at the economy as a whole, it matters because

people matter. We want to see Christians, especially Christian men, be successful in laying up

treasure here on earth so that they might be able to pass that down

to future generations. At the end of the day, the Bible is clear that the love of money is the

root of all kinds of evil. But money itself is not inherently good or bad. Money is a tool.

The wealth of the wicked should be laid up for the righteous. We want to

see those who trust in Jesus, love Jesus, want to push forward the crown rights of King Jesus

to grow in success, to grow in power, to grow in wealth, and to utilize all these things

as tools, not ends in themselves,

but as tools means towards pushing forward the glory of God and the good of his people.

And kind of in a nutshell, not to give the whole episode away,

but one of the things that we'll be focusing on today is that in general, if you are older,

if you're of the boomer generation and you have the luxury of being able to have extra capital,

extra finances invested in the stock market, then 2025 has probably been, in general, a pretty good year for you.

But if you are a young adult and maybe recently married or just had your first or second kid,

this year has not been great for you. Prices are more expensive than ever. Real estate,

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