From the monthly archives:

May 2008

Save Money On Your Hospital Bills Just By Asking

May 31, 2008

Medical Bills Are Sooooo Expensive

My wife and I just went through an extremely expensive medical emergency in the past month where we ended up having to pay quite a bit of money to two different hospitals. Luckily we had health insurance (see yesterday’s post), and our liability was capped at $1800. Our [...]

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Personal Finance Bible Verse Of The Day: Get Rich Quick?

May 30, 2008

Dishonest money dwindles away, but he who gathers money little by little makes it grow. Proverbs 13:11
These days get rich quick schemes are a dime a dozen. You are told that you can buy and sell foreclosed houses and get rich quick! Try the newest currency trading exchange and get rich quick! [...]

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How To Find Cheap Gas Where You Live

May 30, 2008

Gas prices are going up
At the end of last week I posted about gas prices, how they’re steadily rising, and ways you can cut back on your gas consumption. I’ve been starting to use some of those tips myself, and I have to admit - it isn’t as easy as I was hoping. [...]

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Why Is It Important To Have Health Coverage, Even If You’re Healthy?

May 29, 2008

Are The Health Insurance Premiums Worth It?

A question that I’ve struggled with over the past few years is whether the money my wife and I pay every month for health insurance premiums are really worth it. We’re paying thousands of dollars every year for coverage, and we could never really see much benefit. [...]

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Carnivals, Link and More!

May 28, 2008

Another week another bunch of blog carnival submissions!

Carnivals this week
Bible Money Matters was included in several carnivals this week.

The 14th Money Hacks Carnival - Weird Golf Facts Edition @ PTMoney.com: Prime Time Money hosts the Money Hacks Carnival (one of may faves), and includes my post Drive Free Cars and Retire Rich!
Christian Carnival CCXXVI: [...]

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Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University: Week 2 - Relating with money

May 28, 2008

In review - last week
Last week I talked about our first week in class for the Dave Ramsey’s “Financial Peace University” seminar that we’re taking with some other couples from our church. In that post we talked about how if you want to get out of debt and become financially solvent, you need to [...]

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May 28, 2008

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Announcement: The Money Life Network of Blogs is now live!

May 27, 2008

Over the past couple of weeks several other bloggers and I have been putting together a new network of personal finance blogs. I was invited into the fold after some initial discussions and after much preparation we are now ready to launch!
We have a great lineup of bloggers that we think will add a [...]

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Another Non-Frugal Expense: Landscaping Today

May 27, 2008

Today we’re about to embark on another non-frugal spending spree. This is something that I agreed to over a year ago, but we kept putting it off. Well the time has finally come. We’re finally going to be doing some landscaping in the front yard.
We’re going to be adding two Hydrangea bushes, and [...]

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