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Extra Money Update, Links And 7 Things You Didn’t Know About Me

March 24, 2009

Make Extra Money! Cash Crate Update A while back I posted a couple of times about a site that I was using to make some extra money using a site called Cash Crate. I actually did a full cash crate tutorial explaining how you can set up an account and get started on filling our [...]

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Thoughts On Prosperity From Abe Lincoln

March 24, 2009

Quote from Abraham Lincoln: Property is the fruit of labor; property is desirable; is a positive good in the world. That some should be rich shows that others may become rich, and hence, is just encouragement to industry and enterprise. Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another; but let him [...]

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Don’t Let Unexpected Stress Be An Excuse For Spending

March 23, 2009

photo credit: Lisa Brewster Everybody Has Stress The last year has been extremely stressful one for my wife and I. My wife had a blood clot in her entire leg last March, and ended up being in the hospital for about 3 weeks. Then this winter my wife’s job was in jeopardy because the church [...]

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Vote For Me In The Free Money Finance March Madness Sweet Sixteen

March 20, 2009

March Madness – Help Me Win! A week or so back I posted on this blog to beg for everyone to vote for me in round 2 the Free Money Finance March Madness competition. It seems to have worked as I eked out a win to move on to the sweet sixteen! Round 3, or [...]

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New Economic Stimulus And Transportation Accounts

March 10, 2009

This is a guest post from our good friends over at http://www.freefrombroke.com. Free From Broke is a great site with tons of great content about saving money and keeping you free from broke! Check out the site and subscribe to the RSS feed! Does your employer offer a Transportation Spending Account? photo credit: *Solar ikon* [...]

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Where Dave Ramsey and I Part Ways

March 6, 2009

We’ve all been following Pete’s series on Dave Ramsey’s baby steps program with the utmost interest. As someone that has never struggled with debt, the need for the program has never presented itself to me. However I discovered his radio show in college, and really like the call-ins from listeners with financial problems. The show [...]

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It’s Been An Amazing Year For Bible Money Matters! Post Roundup

March 4, 2009

The past year has been an amazing ride for me here at Bible Money Matters. I started this blog with the intent of just sharing some of my thoughts about our financial journey, and then as a journal as my wife and I attended Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University. I thought it might even be [...]

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Stop Worrying About The Things You Can’t Affect, And Work On Those You Can

February 27, 2009

photo credit: spaceodissey When you watch the news these days, there really isn’t much to get excited about. The markets are down, our deficit is going up, and the spending seems to be out of control. There’s enough bad news for everyone to get upset and worried 24 hours a day if they want to. [...]

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This Frugal Blogger is Spending a Ton Of Money On Valentine’s Day

February 14, 2009

This Valentine’s Day you won’t be seeing any of those “10 Ways To Be Frugal On Valentine’s Day” posts on this blog. The reason? We’re not going to be frugal this year. We’re just going to go all out, and have a good time regarless of the cost. We’re going to spend whatever it takes [...]

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Monday Morning Roundup – 500k Page Views!

February 9, 2009

The past week or so has been an eventful one. We had the stimulus packages being discussed in Congress (let’s hope it doesn’t pass) and I was featured in my first matchup in March Madness over at FreeMoneyFinance.com. Thanks to everyone who voted for me, and helped me to move on to the second round! [...]

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Congressional Budget Office Says 2009 Stimulus Package Could Be Harmful To Economy

February 6, 2009

photo credit: kevindooley The Congressional Budget Office released a statement this week stating that they believed the current versions of the 2009 stimulus package would actually be harmful to our nation’s economy in the long run. President Obama’s economic recovery package will actually hurt the economy more in the long run than if he were [...]

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Small Decisions Equal Big Results

February 2, 2009

photo credit: elusive. One thing that I’ve learned over the past year is that the smallest of decisions can affect your financial life in a big way. In the short term making the choices to initiate small changes in your saving and spending habits may not seem like it will make much of a difference, [...]

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Rates Are Low. Is It Time To Refinance? Our Refinance Story

January 21, 2009

My wife and I have been shopping around lately trying to find a good deal on a lower rate for our home mortgage. We’re currently sitting at around 6.5% with our 30 year fixed rate mortgage. We bought our house right before the real estate bubble burst, so the market was at its highest. Our [...]

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The Best Decision Doesn’t Always Make The Most Financial Sense

January 20, 2009

One thing that I’ve come to realize over the years is that getting your finances together and winning financially doesn’t always make sense. In fact, sometimes, it defies financial logic. There are a lot of reasons why this is the case, but for me the most convincing one is that we as humans aren’t perfect [...]

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