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Net Worth: How Should It Be Defined?

July 3, 2009

Craig is a Christian missionary, writer, and speaker. Ten years of ministry experience has provided valuable insight for helping Christians deal with their personal finances from a Biblical perspective. His blog www.moneyhelpforchristians.com provides daily personal finance advice from a Christian perspective. You can subscribe by RSS feed here.
It’s a term we have [...]

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Spending Less Than You Earn. Sound Advice At Any Income

June 29, 2009

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 [...]

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Should There Be Mandatory Personal Finance Classes In High Schools?

June 25, 2009

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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 understanding [...]

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

June 23, 2009

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 [...]

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Happy Father’s Day: Links And Post Roundup

June 22, 2009

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 thank [...]

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A Thank You For My Father

June 21, 2009

Father’s Day is here
Father’s day is here again, and for most dads it will probably come and go again with a card, a phone call, and maybe a bad tie. I admit that i do the same thing most years. This year I thought I’d do something a little different. I thought I’d [...]

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

June 19, 2009

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. [...]

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Tempted To Spend? Remove The Source Of The Temptation

June 16, 2009

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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