money and debt

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2017 ends with surplus (CMF news - summer 2018)

The 2017 financial result was a surplus of £7k with income being £90k over budget and expenditure £2k below budget. This is the first surplus since 2011 and we are grateful to all members who have contributed towards achieving this result. Thanks to this increased income we started our new...

Destitution - a state of utter poverty (triple helix - spring 2012)

Becky Macfarlane on the flight of failed asylum seekers 'I was a stranger and you invited me in; whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.' (1) These words of Jesus Christ which closed a previous article on 'Caring for Refugees' in...

Managing resources - kingdom resources in an uncertain world (triple helix - Christmas 2011)

Billy Graham once said: 'A chequebook is a theology document – it shows us what we worship.' As doctors many of us are privileged to be financially secure but wealth comes with responsibility. Money holds extreme power; so what does the Bible have to say about how we should handle...

God or money? (triple helix - Christmas 2009)

No-one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money. (1) Most of us are familiar with Jesus' well known words. But how seriously do we really...

managing money - back to biblical basics (triple helix - Christmas 2009)

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that you through his poverty might become rich. (2 Corinthians 8:9) Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed...

student finance (nucleus - summer 2009)

A look back into the archives of Nucleus soon reveals that money has been a concern for students since the inception of the journal in the 1970s. The first article published predates the birth of the present author, and there have been numerous items printed since. A significant amount of...

Medical Student Debt (nucleus - spring 1998)

The scale of the problem Dr Sandy Macara, chairman of the British Medical Association (BMA) Council, has reported that the average graduating medical student leaves with a total debt of £6,758 - nearly twice that of the average student.[1] This figure has been increasing steadily for the last few years and...