Welcome to the Blog page! I will use this page to share brief messages, which I hope will be informative, inspirational, and challenging. I will post several messages a month on this page. I also will share some experiences in my ministry opportunities. I would invite any responses to the things posted here. That response could be sent by e-mail at johned@johnedmathison.org. For more information about John Ed Mathison Leadership Ministries, visit our website at www.johnedmathison.org.
The world’s economy always requires people to have financial statements. A financial statement requires you to list all of your assets and your liabilities and come to some kind of definitive number about your financial viability.
In 2008, financial statements have diminished tremendously. The value of assets has gone down in dollars that are now measured [...]
In the world’s economy, yields fluctuate. Sometimes you get a better yield out of the stock market, and sometimes out of the bond market, and sometimes out of the real estate market. Yields fluctuate.
In the last half of 2008 the fluctuation has primarily been south. Yields are extremely relative. Back in 2007, folks were looking [...]
The world has experienced the greatest revolution in economics during the past two months than it has ever experienced in our history. No one would ever have believed that the stock market could fluctuate 800 points in a day! Who could believe that the great companies like AIG, Lehman Brothers, Merrill-Lynch, and Wachovia would ever [...]
One of the important ingredients in economics is an understanding of collateral. The world has one view—God’s economics has quite a different perspective.
The world’s economics have gotten into trouble because collateral has been taken lightly. We are seeing what happens when money is loaned to people who do not have proper collateral. The subprime loans, [...]
The world has experienced the greatest revolution in economics during the past two months than it has ever experienced in our history. No one would ever have believed that the stock market could fluctuate 800 points in a day! Who could believe that the great companies like AIG, Lehman Brothers, Merrill-Lynch, and Wachovia would ever [...]