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Money Hacks Carnival #2 is up at beingfrugal.net

March 5, 2008

Go check out the Money Hacks Carnival #2 – Gardening Edition over at beingfrugal.net. As always Lynnae does a great job of bringing some of the best personal finance articles in the blogosphere together in one place. This week my article on “5 Ways to Make Some Extra Money” was included in the carnival. Please [...]

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Dave Ramsey’s Baby Step Series At The M-Network

March 5, 2008

Since I’ve been blogging about personal finance, one thing I’ve read quite a bit about and been impressed with is Dave Ramsey’s Baby Steps for getting out of debt. The M-Network of bloggers is currently doing a series of posts on the subject. You can check them out at the links below! Posts in the [...]

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Personal Finance Bible Verse Of The Day: Fleeting Wealth

March 5, 2008

Cast but a glance at riches, and they are gone, for they will surely sprout wings and fly off to the sky like an eagle. Proverbs 23:5 When you don’t have money it can seem like the only thing that’s important. When you do have money, keeping it and getting more can seem just as [...]

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3 Weeks With Buxfer.com: A Review

March 4, 2008

Buxfer.com is a new personal finance site that allows you to bring all your personal finance information together in one place, along the lines of competitors Mint.com, Geezeo.com. I recently signed up for the service so that I could weigh its advantages against the one I’m using right now, Mint.com. We recently became more deeply [...]

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Time Magazine: Does God Want You To Be Rich?

March 4, 2008

I just discovered an article in Time Magazine from a couple of years ago discussing the topic of “Prosperity Theology”. It is an interesting article, and looks at the divide in the church between those who believe God wants us to be “prosperous” and those who say it is damaging to preach the “gospel of [...]

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Money, Bible Verses, And Context

March 4, 2008

In reading some other websites, I found this commentary on another blog that reminds me that I need to be careful when cherry picking bible verses to post. I need to be careful about context. From GoingBrokeWithJesus.com: What happens when people try to build a Christian doctrine of money? They usually start by quoting Bible [...]

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Personal Finance Bible Verse Of The Day: Taxes

March 4, 2008

Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God. Romans 13:1 What does this verse mean? Unfortunately it means that I have to pay my taxes, and live under the govenerment authorities God has established. I [...]

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20 Money Hacks: Tips And Tricks To Improve Your Finances

March 3, 2008

Over at ZenHabits.net they give 20 good tips on things you can do to improve your finances. Among my favorite hacks that they mention: Use Cash: We have started doing this more often at our house – paying cash for everything from furniture to new cars.  It’s amazing how much nicer paid off things are [...]

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Carnival Of Personal Finance Is Up!

March 3, 2008

Over at the Bag Lady, the Carnival of Personal Finance went live today! In keeping with her blog’s name, she takes on the theme of the homelessness this week. She includes myths and facts about homelessness, and it really is eye opening. My article, “5 Ways to Make Some Extra Money” was included in the [...]

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Post Roundup: Some of My Favorites This Week

March 3, 2008

It’s been another great week in the blogosphere, and there are a lot of good articles out there to catch up on. So here are a few of the best ones I read this week. Over at Good Life on a Budget, they talk about how they got into debt. Over at Fiscal Musings, they [...]

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Personal Finance Bible Verse Of The Day: Satisfaction

March 3, 2008

A mere lover of silver will not be satisfied with silver, neither any lover of wealth with income. This too is vanity. ~ Ecclesiastes 5:10 This verse tells us what many of us probably already know, or sensed at some point. When you have money – you want more. When you get a raise, you [...]

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Carnival of Debt Reduction Is Up!

March 3, 2008

Over at No Credit Needed, the Carnival of Debt Reduction is up this morning! As always it’s a great read! You can check it out by clicking here. In this week’s edition they included my article, 7 Ways to Improve your FICO Score and Establish Good Credit. Check out my article, and all the other [...]

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Personal Finance Bible Verse Of The Day: Count The Cost

March 2, 2008

For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost, whether he has enough to finish it. Luke 14:28 This verse serves as a reminder that we need to save up for the things we buy. If we don’t have enough – save!

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Personal Finance Bible Verse Of The Day: Storing Up

March 1, 2008

In the house of the wise are stores of choice food and oil, but a foolish man devours all he has. He who pursues righteousness and love finds life, prosperity and honor. Proverbs 21:20 This gives us an idea of how God wants us to save for a rainy day, to set something back for [...]

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