Christian Briggs brings decades of hard-asset and technology experience to a wide-ranging conversation about debt, inflation, gold, silver, and the changing financial system. He explains why he believes Christians should pay attention to programmable money and the decline of cash while remaining anchored in Scripture instead of fear. The conversation also tackles media narratives, personal freedom, and the difference between speculation and responsible stewardship. Walk away with practical questions to ask before making financial decisions and a renewed challenge to use your resources for family, ministry, and Kingdom impact. ✝️🌍 ABOUT THE GUEST Christian Briggs is an economist and the founder and CEO of Hard Asset Management, a firm specializing in rare coins, precious metals, and hard-asset strategy. He has worked in the hard-asset field since 1987, beginning with coin shops, pawn shops, and jewelry businesses before building a career that spans global markets, technology, and alternative assets. Christian is a lifetime member of the American Numismatic Association and Florida United Numismatists. He also hosts the Hard Asset Money Show and On the Record with Christian Briggs, where he discusses monetary policy, geopolitics, digital currency, and wealth preservation. REASONS TO LISTEN 1️⃣ Prepare Without Panic – Learn how to evaluate economic change through wisdom, prayer, and responsible action instead of fear. 2️⃣ Understand Digital Money – Explore what CBDCs, tokenization, disappearing cash, and programmable currency could mean for privacy and freedom. 3️⃣ Practice Biblical Stewardship – Gain practical encouragement to reduce debt, investigate claims carefully, and use resources for family, ministry, generosity, and Kingdom impact. BIG TAKEAWAYS 1️⃣ Preparation Should Produce Wisdom – Economic awareness is useful when it leads to thoughtful action, not anxiety or impulsive decisions. 2️⃣ Debt Reduction Strengthens Freedom – Lower obligations can create resilience, flexibility, and more room for generosity and mission. 3️⃣ Headlines Require Discernment – Compare sources, identify incentives, and resist making decisions from emotionally charged claims. 4️⃣ Convenience Can Carry a Cost – Digital payment systems may improve efficiency while raising serious questions about access, privacy, surveillance, and control. 5️⃣ Stewardship Is Bigger Than Protection – God entrusts resources to us not only to preserve them, but to bless families, communities, ministries, and the work of the Kingdom. MISSIONAL CHALLENGES 1️⃣ Review Your Debt and Stewardship – Identify one unnecessary obligation you can reduce over the next 30 days and decide where that margin could serve God’s purposes. 2️⃣ Verify Before You Share – Choose one economic claim from the episode and compare it with multiple primary or authoritative sources before repeating it. 3️⃣ Build a Wisdom-Based Resilience Plan – Review emergency savings, access to essential funds, important records, trusted counsel, and a generosity goal—then pray over the plan. CHAPTERS WITH TIMESTAMPS ⏳ 00:00 – Opening and Welcome ⏳ 01:03 – From Coin Shops to Hard Assets ⏳ 03:50 – Why Gold Endures and Warning Signs in Debt ⏳ 04:59 – Headlines, Programming, Propaganda and Discernment ⏳ 07:43 – Freedom of Speech, Movement and Money ⏳ 13:48 – A Christian Filter for Evaluating Media ⏳ 23:09 – The Disappearance of Cash and Rise of Digital Money ⏳ 27:47 – The End of the Gold Standard and Its Consequences ⏳ 33:26 – CBDCs, Tokenization and Programmable Currency ⏳ 37:51 – Digital Identity, Biblical Prophecy and Personal Freedom ⏳ 49:21 – National Debt and Historical Currency Devaluation ⏳ 55:42 – Preparing Wisely with Debt Reduction and Hard Assets ⏳ 61:44 – Civil Liberties, Rapid-Fire Questions and Closing Counsel GUEST WEBSITE & SOCIAL MEDIA Hard Asset Management Website Hard Asset Money Showt Christian Briggs on X (@BMC_HAM) Hard Asset Management on Facebook Christian Briggs on LinkedIn/ On the Record with Christian Briggs HASHTAGS #themissionallife #themissionallifepodcast #ChristianBriggs #BiblicalStewardship #FaithAndFinance #FinancialFreedom #CBDC #DigitalCurrency #GoldAndSilver #PreciousMetals #EconomicDiscernment #ChristianLeadership #KingdomBusiness #DebtFreedom #Jesus
