About David Kullberg

David Kullberg (DavidKullberg.com), with his wife, Kelly, co-founded Christians for a Sustainable Economy (CASE4America.org) and Finding God In (FindingGodIn.com). David is the author of the novel, Breaking Babel, and the nonfiction book, Winning the World: An Invitation to the Church Courageous.

Commentary: Housing – Will the Unsustainable be Sustained

Commentary:  Housing - Will the Unsustainable be Sustained September 9, 2021 Housing prices have increased 19% over past year. Some housing experts anticipate an imminent crash in housing prices.Fox Business states that “the euphoria in the U.S. housing market may be flashing a danger signal, and lofty home values could be at risk of a sharp drop.”[1] National Association of Home Builders CEO Jerry Howard says new home construction data is showing similarities to the 2008 housing market crash.[2] According to David Rosenberg of Rosenberg Research, the collapse of U.S. home prices is inevitable when considering “all the fundamental factors [...]

By |2021-09-17T18:42:25+00:00September 9th, 2021|Categories: Commentary & News|

Commentary: Soaring Home and Rent Prices

Commentary: Soaring Home and Rent Prices September 6, 2021 A recent headline on CNBC read: “Soaring home prices shattered another record in June.”[1] Fox Business reported, “U.S. home prices accelerated at a record pace for the third consecutive month in June. Homebuyers bid up prices 18.6% year over year, the fastest on record, according to the national Case-Shiller index. Prices are now 41.3% above their 2006 peak.”[2] The Case-Shiller Core-Logic 20-City composite recorded a 19.1% increase over the past year. Phoenix gained the most with a price increase of 29.3%, San Diego followed at 27.1% and then Seattle at 25%. [...]

By |2021-09-18T00:52:33+00:00September 6th, 2021|Categories: Commentary & News|

Part 5: The Journey to Jekyll Island

Part 5: The Journey to Jekyll Island August 6, 2021 The fascinating account of the clandestine gathering of financiers at Jekyll Island as presented in The Creature from Jekyll Island by G. Edward Griffin is quoted directly… “The New Jersey railway station was bitterly cold that night. Flurries of the year’s first snow swirled around streetlights. November winds rattled roof panels and gave a long, mournful sound among the rafters. “It was approaching ten p.m., and in their hurry to board the train and escape the chill of the wind, few passengers noticed the activity at the far end of the [...]

By |2021-09-16T23:22:38+00:00August 6th, 2021|Categories: The Fed, Money & Debt|

Chapter 7:  The Illusion of Possession and Control

Chapter 7:  The Illusion of Possession and Control August 5, 2021 “Christians all profess but find it difficult to bring home to their feelings – the doctrine that they did not create themselves, and that their talents were given to them.”[1]  C.S. Lewis The Christian doctrine that humans are created beings, designed by God to flourish within the parameters of His created world, is foundational to a biblical view of economics. Although Christians readily affirm the doctrine of creation, believers tend to become self-referential and diminish the significance of the Creator/creature relationship. In his novel, The Screwtape Letters, C.S. Lewis [...]

By |2021-09-17T01:11:26+00:00August 5th, 2021|Categories: God and Mammon|

Part 4: Secretive as any Conspirator

Part 4:   Secretive as any Conspirator July 31, 2021 Entering the 1910s, the baron industrialists and their sons had reinvented themselves as financiers. Making money would no longer occur in tandem with production, but would be an end unto itself.1 Due to the Panic of 1907, Wall Street and Washington were looking for a more “permanent solution to financial emergencies.”2 But despite any mutual concerns, the major New York banking houses “wanted such a mechanism to be established on their terms.”3 In typical fashion, Congress responded to the public outrage directed at the bankers by setting up a “bipartisan National Monetary Commission to [...]

By |2021-09-15T14:06:23+00:00July 31st, 2021|Categories: The Fed, Money & Debt|

Chapter 6: Tower of Babel – Unity as the Concentration of Power

Chapter 6: Tower of Babel - Unity as the Concentration of Power July 28, 2021 In his novel, The Brothers Karamazov, Fyodor Dostoyevsky creates a fascinating conversation between a Catholic Cardinal and Jesus who secretly returns to 15th Century Spain during the Inquisitions.1 The Cardinal questions Jesus’ judgment for rejecting the Devil’s offer of the kingdoms of this world during his testing in the wilderness (Matthew 4:8,9). The Cardinal said, “But You might even then have taken the sword of Caesar. Why did You reject that last gift? Had You accepted that last offer of the mighty spirit [the Devil], You [...]

By |2021-11-02T13:26:29+00:00July 29th, 2021|Categories: God and Mammon|

Chapter 5: The Spirit of the World – To Dominate and Possess

Chapter 5: The Spirit of the World - To Dominate and Possess May 28, 2021 Humanity’s fall in the Garden of Eden provided an opening through which dark spiritual powers became firmly entrenched in the earth. Embracing the serpent’s lies and delusion, men and women created identifiable patterns of political, cultural and economic thought and action that strive for independence from God. The Apostle Paul referred to this “world system” as the pattern of this world (Rom. 12:2). Into the world system, Satan poured his power, his throne and great authority (Rev. 13:2) in order to establish spiritual strongholds to [...]

By |2021-11-02T12:56:53+00:00May 28th, 2021|Categories: God and Mammon|

Chapter 4: Consuming All – Satan’s Anti-reality

Chapter 4: Consuming All - Satan’s Anti-reality April 28, 2021 An effective means of exposing deception is to follow the line of reasoning through a particular course of action to its logical conclusion. In other words, connect the dots. No one does this more resourcefully than C.S. Lewis in his brilliant satirical novel, The Screwtape Letters. Lewis masterfully constructs a twisted yet ingenious account of hell’s methodology to influence humans and use them in hell’s war against their Enemy (God). With clever wit, Lewis approaches the subject in a light yet serious manner. Lewis states in the Preface: "I (Lewis) [...]

By |2021-11-02T12:42:50+00:00April 28th, 2021|Categories: God and Mammon|

Chapter 3: All in All – God’s Desired End

Chapter 3: All in All - God’s Desired End April 16, 2021 God’s Word provides a detailed description of the true reality of his creation. Yet pretentious men and women, under the influence of the spirit of the world, have repeatedly attempted to create anti-realities for their own purposes. The world’s economic systems support this observation. But before evaluating economic systems, it is helpful to consider God’s ultimate goal for his people who have entered his kingdom. We first approach this question by jumping ahead to the end of this age. By means of the Apostle Paul’s first letter to [...]

By |2021-11-02T03:24:49+00:00April 16th, 2021|Categories: God and Mammon|

Part 3: How We Got Here – the Panic of 1907

Part 3: How We Got Here – the Panic of 1907 April 14, 2021 In 1907, a small group of wealthy speculators attempted to corner the U.S. copper market, but their plan backfired. The price of United Copper stock crashed and their loans were called. They didn’t have the cash, so they were forced to sell additional securities. This caused a drop in the overall market spooking other investors who joined the selling. To compound the problem, one of these men was president of a bank and two of the other copper speculators were directors. (These men were involved in [...]

By |2021-09-15T13:50:59+00:00April 14th, 2021|Categories: The Fed, Money & Debt|
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