Giving, Generosity And Idolatry: How I’ve Been Challenged

October 29, 2010
Generosity and Idolatry

These past couple of weeks have been eye opening for me, and I have been challenged to think about greed,  generosity and idolatry in whole new ways. It all started a few weeks back with a new building campaign fund that was being started at our church. Our congregation bought a new building 2 years [...]

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Taking The Small Things For Granted: Weekend Link Roundup

October 29, 2010
Link Roundup

It’s been a busy and stressful week at our house. We’ve got a 4 month old now, and my wife, who is a stay at home mom, has been sick the entire week. She caught something last weekend at a family gathering (several other people who were there are now sick as well), and ever [...]

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Are Americans More Financially Secure This Year Than Last? Or Just Being Optimistic?

October 28, 2010
Is The Economy Improving?

The past few years have been tough ones for our economy, with the market dropping, unemployment skyrocketing, and other general economic indicators not being too favorable. A lot of people have lost a lot of their net worth during that time, and many of them were on the point of despondency because they didn’t know [...]

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How To Save Money On Getting Your Car Serviced Or Repaired

October 27, 2010
Save On Car Repair

Automotive tasks I can do: change a tire clean and replace an air filter change oil replace wiper blades jumpstart, test and replace a battery replace a taillight Automotive tasks I can’t do (partial list): isolate a pinhole leak in the fuel filler neck and hose assembly maintain and/or replace an evaporator canister recognize the [...]

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God’s Provident Plan: Contentment In Christ

October 26, 2010
Contentment In Christ

Last week, I laid the foundation for how I studied personal finance in the Bible. I gave you a light introduction to what I call God’s Provident Plan and promised we’d look at each aspect in more depth. This is the first part of a series in which I’ll share what I’ve discovered about personal [...]

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Is Cheap Term Life Insurance Worth It?

October 25, 2010
Cheap Term Life Insurance

I’m sure you’ve seen those commercials. “Buy $500,000 of term insurance for $10 per month! Guaranteed. We won’t even ask you health questions!” Okay, so maybe they don’t say exactly that, but it’s pretty close. They promise a ridiculous amount of insurance for very little cost. How can the do that? Just a quick search [...]

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Dumping Debt & Building Wealth Giveaway: Win A Dave Ramsey Starter Kit Or Other Prizes!

October 22, 2010
Win Free Stuff!

One thing that I have aimed to do over the past couple of years is to make this site a place where people could come to get solid financial advice in order to help them get back on track, pay off debt and start building wealth.   I’ve done that by writing about budgets,  plans for [...]

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What Is The Best Place To Open A Roth IRA?

October 21, 2010
Best Place To Open A Roth IRA?

As my wife and I go through the Dave Ramsey’s 7 Baby Steps, we’re finally completing step 3, building 3-6 months of expenses (although we decided to save closer to a year of expenses), and we’re now entering step 4 where you are to invest 15% into Roth IRAs and other pre-tax retirement accounts. While [...]

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When Is Enough… Enough?

October 20, 2010
What Is Enough?

First off I want to thank Peter for having me on his blog as a guest writer. I wanted to try and tackle a tough question for everyone and I am glad he gave me the opportunity. After reading Peter’s article on Dave Ramsey’s New House I started to dive into the comments, post a [...]

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What Is God’s Plan For A Christian’s Personal Finances?

October 19, 2010
God's Plan For A Christian's Personal Finances?

How many of you have heard that there are over 2,000 Bible verses about money? I’ve heard it, too. In 2007, I wondered if there really were that many Bible verses about money and finances. You see this was of special interest to me as I had just started my career in financial planning. Being [...]

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Redefining Riches: The Basics Of Biblical Generosity

October 18, 2010
Basics Of Biblical Generosity

Ok, if you are reading this then there is a pretty good chance you are a Christian that is interested in Biblical Finance (if you aren’t a Christian…please keep reading to get a simple, easy to understand explanation of why Christians are called to be generous). Anyway, if you are one of those Christian Finance [...]

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Dave Ramsey’s New House: Did He Follow His Own Advice And Pay Cash?

October 15, 2010
Did Dave Ramsey Pay Cash For His House?

If you’ve followed this site for a while, you’ll know that I’m a big fan of Dave Ramsey, his 7 Baby Steps To Getting Out Of Debt, as well has his 13 week class, Financial Peace University (which we helped to facilitate at hour church).   Dave has several best selling books, does huge live events [...]

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Lending Club Update: Still Making Good Returns, But They Could Be Better

October 13, 2010
Lending Club Investing

I‘ve been investing in Lending Club for quite some time now, and so far I’ve been extremely happy with the experience. I’m getting a good return on my money, while at the same time helping others to get loans at lower rates than they might have otherwise been able to obtain. I really do think [...]

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We Have 11 Winners In Our Coffee And Cash Giveaway Sponsored By Perkstreet!

October 12, 2010
Perkstreet Contest Winners

A week or two ago we announced a contest that we were running in conjunction with Perkstreet Financial where we would be giving away 10 $10 Starbucks gift cards in addition to one $25 cash grand prize chosen at random.  Today I’ll be announcing the winners that we have chosen out of the 50+ entries [...]

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