In today’s episode of The BCC Podcast, Kevin Carson, Executive Director of the Biblical Counseling Coalition, is joined by pastor and biblical counselor Brad Hargis for the first of a two-part conversation on money and marriage. Together, they consider how financial struggles in marriage are often about far more than budgets, spending, or debt—they reveal what is happening in the heart.
In this conversation, Kevin and Brad discuss how Scripture helps us think about money as a matter of worship and stewardship. Drawing especially from 1 Timothy 6, they explore how money can become a source of security, comfort, reputation, power, or hope, and how our spending patterns can reveal what we value, pursue, trust, and love. While practical financial tools are important, Brad emphasizes that biblical counsel must go beyond managing numbers to addressing the desires and priorities of the heart.
Kevin and Brad also consider the practical implications of financial stewardship within marriage, including financial honesty, hidden debt, separate accounts, trust, and the importance of husbands and wives working together. They discuss how the one-flesh nature of marriage should shape the way couples think about money—not primarily as “mine” and “yours,” but as something God has entrusted to them to steward together.
Whether you are counseling a couple in financial conflict, working through money decisions in your own marriage, or simply seeking to grow in faithful stewardship, this conversation will encourage you to look beyond the question, “Where is our money going?” and consider what the way we use money reveals about our hearts and how we can steward it together in a way that honors Christ.
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