Mike Miller Talking Money Ronald Blue Trust Financial Planner Finish Line Podcast
Finish Line Podcast Episode 74

Mike Miller, Financial Advisor and Host of Talking Money, on Integrating Faith and Financial Planning

You may want to handle money faithfully without allowing financial security, success, or fear to become more important than they should.

But how do you recognize when good financial planning is serving your calling, and when it may be quietly competing with it?


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Meet your guide

Mike Miller is a seasoned financial advisor, partner with Ronald Blue Trust, and longtime host of the Talking Money radio show. His experience spans decades of helping families think carefully about financial planning while integrating biblical principles, and his own journey includes building Plan First before it became part of Ronald Blue Trust.

In this conversation, Mike explores what it looks like to treat money as a tool rather than a master. He reflects on the discipline of spending less than you make, the importance of serving people well, and the need to remain open when God leads in directions you did not expect. He also discusses the tension Christian financial advisors can feel between professional practice and visible faith, along with the role of trust when the path ahead is unclear.

By the end, you may come away with a clearer picture of financial stewardship as faithful decision-making rooted in contentment, generosity, and dependence on God.

What you’ll gain

  • How to integrate biblical principles into everyday financial decisions
  • Why contentment matters more than accumulating greater financial security
  • How to recognize when fear is driving your investing
  • Why faithful stewardship requires using money without serving it
  • How to balance professional excellence with an openly Christian faith
  • How to trust God when your financial path feels unclear

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Quotes to Remember

  • “Don’t let money use you, and use money properly.”
  • “Spend less than you make and do it for a long period of time.”’
  • “You’ve got to be open to the fact that God may be leading you in a direction that you may not have considered yourself.”
  • “Satisfy the needs of the people, the rest will take care of itself.”
  • “Keep your life free from the love of money and be content with what you have”

Links from the Show

Bible References from the Show

Jeremiah 33:3 | Call To Me

Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known.

Hebrews 13:6 | The Lord is my Helper

So we can confidently say, “The Lord is my helper;I will not fear; what can man do to me?”

Psalm 36:7-8 | Never Let Children Go Hungry

How precious is your steadfast love, O God! The children of mankind take refuge in the shadow of your wings. They feast on the abundance of your house, and you give them drink from the river of your delights.

Matthew 25:24-30 | Not Investing Because of Fear

He also who had received the one talent came forward, saying, ‘Master, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you scattered no seed, so I was afraid, and I went and hid your talent in the ground. Here, you have what is yours.’ But his master answered him, ‘You wicked and slothful servant! You knew that I reap where I have not sown and gather where I scattered no seed? Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received what was my own with interest.

2 Timothy 1:7 | No Fear

For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.

Philippians 4:6 | Do Not Be Anxious

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.

1 Timothy 6:10 | Love of Money

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.

1 Timothy 6:18-19 | Be Generous and Ready to Share

They are to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and ready to share,  thus storing up treasure for themselves as a good foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is truly life.

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