Running the Full Race: Biblical Wisdom for Social Security & Retirement Decisions

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Van Richards explores the biblical model for retirement and how it can inform modern Social Security decisions.

Send us Fan Mail What if the Bible actually mentions retirement, but not the way modern society portrays it? In this episode of the Retirement Learning Lab, Van Richards explores the biblical model for life transitions found in Numbers 8:23-26 and reveals how ancient wisdom can guide modern Social Security decisions. Key Topics Covered: The Hebrew word "yashuv" and what it reveals about God's design for agingWhy biblical retirement means reassignment, not disengagementThe Levite model: ...

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Host: Van Richards

Topics covered

• biblical wisdom
• retirement decisions
• Social Security
• life transitions
• aging
• reassignment

Keywords

• retirement
• Social Security
• biblical model
• life transitions
• aging
• yashuv
• Levite model

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Numbers 8:23-26

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