Going Back In Time: This Month Last Year on Bible Money Matters

June 30, 2009
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I‘ve been blogging for well over a year now, and in that time I’ve built up a considerable archive of articles. In fact, I’ve now published over 660 articles on this site. We’ve come a long way in the past year, going from a small blog that no one was reading, to the point where [...]

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Spending Less Than You Earn. Sound Advice At Any Income

June 29, 2009
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The past week was a sad one as we saw the passing of several well known celebrities. The week started off with the passing of affable Johnny Carson sidekick and veteran of two wars, Ed McMahon. He was always able to light up the stage with his easy going demeanor, and he seemed to be [...]

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Personal Finance Bible Verse Of The Day: God Loves A Cheerful Giver

June 26, 2009
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Let each one do just as he has resolved in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. 2 Corinthians 9:7 This verse in 2 Corinthians tells us that God loves a cheerful giver. God wants us to give to our church, and to others freely so that we might [...]

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Should There Be Mandatory Personal Finance Classes In High Schools?

June 25, 2009
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photo credit: DownTown Pictures Basic Personal Finance Know How Is Lacking In the time I’ve been writing this blog I’ve come to realize something through the comments on the posts, the questions I receive via email and the searches that people use to reach this blog.  A lot of people just don’t have a basic [...]

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Cash For Clunkers Rebate Program Might Save You Money On Your Next New Car Purchase. But Is It A Good Idea?

June 24, 2009
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Rebates, Tax Credits And Stimulating The Economy The Obama administration has been giving us all sorts of stimulus packages this year that aim to stimulate spending in troubled sectors of our economy, and jumpstart consumer spending.  First we had the tax incentives for new car purchases, and then the $8000 tax credit for first time [...]

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Ways To Watch TV Without Paying An Arm And A Leg For Cable Or Satellite

June 23, 2009
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Television Can Be Expensive (It Doesn’t Have To Be) One way that my wife and I have saved money over the years is that while most of our friends have cable or satellite TV, we’ve never paid subscription costs to receive TV programming.  That means that we are saving ourselves a good chunk of money [...]

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Happy Father’s Day: Links And Post Roundup

June 22, 2009
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Yesterday was Father’s Day, and we had fun celebrating it with my wife’s father by going out to dinner and playing board games (my father-in-law’s favorite!).   We had a good time, and I think it’s good to take a moment to honor those in our lives who have made a difference, our fathers, our mothers [...]

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Examples of Questionable Business And Marketing Practices And How Not to Fall for Them

June 22, 2009

This is a guest post by Mr Credit Card from askmrcreditcard.com.  Mr Credit Card reviews credit cards , lots of them!  Today, he would like to share his thoughts on questionable business and marketing practices and how we fall for their hype. You can subscribe to his RSS feed here. First, I would like to [...]

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Devotional: Father

June 21, 2009
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photo credit: KellyB. For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship. And by him we cry, “Abba, Father.” – Romans 8:15 Before I became a Christian, I didn’t have a clear view of God. I knew He had created the universe, [...]

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Don’t Buy A House Just Because People Say It’s A Good Time To Buy

June 19, 2009
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It’s A Good Time To Buy A House Over the course of the last few months we’ve been talking quite a bit about incentives that the government is giving first time homebuyers in order to prod them into buying a home. First there was a $7500 loan that homebuyers could pay back over time. That [...]

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Personal Finance Bible Verse Of The Day: Not Paying Your Debts

June 18, 2009
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It is better that you should not vow than that you should vow and not pay – Ecclesiastes 5:5 In this day and age it seems to have become more and more common for people to live above their means, and to use credit and debt to increase their lifestyle. Instead of saving up for [...]

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Will The First Time Homebuyer Tax Credit of $8,000 Be Expanded To Everyone And Increased To $15,000?

June 17, 2009
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For a while now we’ve been talking about the $8,000 first time homebuyer tax credit that the Obama administration passed as a part of the 2009 Economic Stimulus package.  Last week the program was expanded to allow homebuyers to use the tax credit as a down payment on FHA loans. Now there is buzz in [...]

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Tempted To Spend? Remove The Source Of The Temptation

June 16, 2009
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It is so hard these days to not spend money. We’re constantly bombarded with offers to spend. Remove the temptations to spend and saving will become that much easier

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Uh Oh. We’ve Got Wasps: Links And Post Roundup

June 15, 2009
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This weekend was an extremely beautiful one here in the Twin Cities area.  We had temps in the 80s, blue skies and a slight breeze. Perfect weather in my opinion! I was able to get out and take some photos with my new Canon EOS Rebel T1i down at one of the popular lakes in [...]

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