10 Steps On The Road To Financial Stability

April 18, 2011
10 Steps To Financial Stability

When trying to get your financial life in control, there are some proactive steps you need to take along the way that will make the process that much easier.

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Best Of Money Carnival #96

March 28, 2011
Best Of Money Carnival

This week’s top 10 posts of the week as chosen by Bible Money Matters for the 96th Best Of Money Carnival.

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7 Reasons Your Budget Might Fail

March 15, 2011
Why Budgets Fail

One of the best ways to be successful with a budget is to know why you failed in the first place. Here are some reasons budgets fail.

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How To Start Your Budget From Scratch

March 3, 2011
How To Start Your Budget From Scratch

If your budget isn’t working the way that you intend it to work, then you may need to start from the ground up and build a budget beginning with the essentials.

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Are You Walking On Thin Ice… Financially?

February 16, 2011
Testing Your Financial Stability

You can fool yourself and others into thinking your financial situation is stronger than it really is – but in reality, your ice is ready to crack!

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Essential Rules For Beneficiary Retirement Accounts

January 24, 2011
Beneficiary Retirement Accounts Rules

When a persons dies, their retirement accounts are left to the primary beneficiaries established on the account. As a beneficiary of a retirement account, you have to follow the rules established by the IRS, and those rules can vary depending on your relationship to the original account holder. Knowing the rules will help you to [...]

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Should You Tithe On Lottery Winnings?

January 6, 2011
Should I Tithe On Lottery Winnings?

Believe it or not, there are Christians who play the lottery and some who have even won large jackpots, in the millions of dollars.  The question I have is this: should Christians tithe on lottery winnings?  Even more specifically, should churches accept tithe from lottery winnings? First…What Does The Bible Say About Gambling? While the [...]

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How To Get A Better Deal: Negotiate Or Be Ready To Walk Away

December 21, 2010
How To Get A Better Deal

A year or so ago we decided to sign up for a pay TV service because we wanted to have a few more entertainment options at our house. My wife wanted to be able to watch her favorite HGTV and TLC shows, while I wanted to be able to watch my favorite sports teams like [...]

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Thoughts On Escaping The Middle Class

December 8, 2010
Escape The Middle Class

I‘ve been thinking about financial survival a great deal lately. I’ve been asking questions such as how one party gains a financial advantage over another. How is it that the middle class has grown to be so large? It’s like a bell curve, with the middle class at the center with the most population while [...]

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3 Important Financial Lessons That Changed My Life

November 29, 2010
Important Financial Lessons

Principles. They’re what financial planners depend on in order to offer wise counsel. Sometimes principles are simple and straightforward. Other times, they’re a bit more complex. Some principles need to be modified, others are timeless. What are some timeless principles that we need to be reminded of every so often? This is a collection of [...]

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Financial Prioritization: How To Know What’s Important

November 22, 2010
Financial Prioirities

“Build your emergency fund.” “Invest in retirement.” “Pay off your debt.” The more I write about personal finance, the greater the complexities I discover when it comes to prioritization. For those just starting on the path to a healthier financial future, Dave Ramsey’s 7 Baby Steps might just be the ticket. But over the course [...]

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Overcoming Financial Stress

November 16, 2010
Overcome Financial Stress

If you’re like me, you’ve already started to feel the pressure of the increased expenses that come during the end of the year.  Things like higher utilities, holiday spending, and end of the year tax prep can really put the pressure on your finances. At the end of last month, I sat down with my [...]

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God’s Provident Plan: Diligent Work And Good Stewardship

November 3, 2010
God’s Provident Plan:  Diligent Work and Good Stewardship

Earlier, 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 second part of a series in which I’ll share what I’ve discovered about personal finance [...]

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4 Devastating Affects Of Keeping Up With The Joneses

November 1, 2010
Keeping Up With The Joneses

There’s a lot of talk about “keeping up with the Joneses” on personal finance blogs. The phrase, “keeping up with the Joneses” simply refers to looking at one’s neighbor as the standard and benchmark for success in regards to accumulation of material goods and socioeconomic superiority. To fail to keep up with the Joneses is [...]

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