Question: I keep the home financial records because I have more time than my husband. But I recently heard a Christian financial teacher say that the financial records are the husband’s responsibility. What do you think? Response: It’s been rightfully said that God usually puts opposites together. If a wife has the ability to manage home finances, there is nothing unscriptural about her doing just that. Both husband and wife should develop their financial plans together, however, so that she is not required to make all the decisions. If there are financial problems, especially delinquent bills, the husband should take charge and work out arrangements with creditors. As the authority in the home, he should bear the emotional pressures of creditor harassment. “Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her” (Eph. 5:25). In the final analysis, if you’re the better bookkeeper, keep the books.