How to Hear God When Making Decisions, with Scott Maderer

About this episode

Scott Maderer discusses how to hear God when making decisions and shares his journey of overcoming financial struggles and reshaping his understanding of stewardship.

Faith Ventures welcomes Scott Maderer, founder of Inspired Stewardship, business coach, lay church leader, and host of the Inspired Stewardship Podcast — now over 1,800 episodes strong. Scott works with Christians in every walk of life to help them think more intentionally about how they steward their time, talent, and treasure, and how those three areas shape everything else: their relationships, their work, their finances, and their walk with God. Scott shares his journey from science degrees at Texas A&M to sixteen years in the classroom to a senior executive role in the corporate world — and the financial crisis in the middle of it all that brought him to the edge of suicide and back. He opens up about the $78,000 in debt that nearly destroyed his marriage, the Dave Ramsey broadcast that broke through at exactly the right moment, and the radical lifestyle change that paid off nearly $79,000 to the penny. He reflects on how that season reshaped everything he understands about stewardship — not as a financial concept, but as a whole-life framework for living in alignment with how God built you. The conversation then moves into Scott's coaching philosophy: the difference…

People in this episode

Host: Libertarian Christian Institute

Guest: Scott Maderer

Topics covered

• decision making
• stewardship
• Christian coaching
• financial crisis
• personal growth

Keywords

• decision making
• stewardship
• financial crisis
• Christian coaching
• personal growth
• debt management
• life alignment

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Inspired Stewardship, Dave Ramsey

Places: Texas A&M

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