Bible Money Matters

Christian personal finance

5 Money Mistakes College Students Make

For many college students, the freedoms associated with living away from Mom and Dad can be pretty exciting.  However, for students who have never to deal with money without adult supervision, college can end up being a series of mistakes on the path the financial freedom and maturity.  Here are five of the most common […]

Win A $50 Amex Gift Card From GoBankingRates.com!

One of my favorite financial websites – GoBankingRates.com – is giving away a $50 Amex gift card! I’m excited to host this contest here on Bible Money Matters and also tell you a bit more about this great website. GoBankingRates is a great resource for customers looking for the best interest rates on savings accounts, […]

401k Contribution Limits And Rules For 2012

In the past when looking at the 401(k) account type and the rules associated with it, one thing I’ve talked about is how I’ve avoided contributing to my 401k because my company has never really done matching contributions. (If your company does match contributions, by the way, I’d highly recommend taking part as it can […]

The Kindle Fire: A Frugal Ipad And Tablet Alternative?

A while back I wrote about how I was considering buying an Amazon Kindle because of my love of reading, and the good things I had heard about it. I ended up buying the device, and doing a Kindle review for this site. The verdict that I came to? The Kindle, while it isn’t a […]

Why I Have Life Insurance And Why You Probably Should Too

We’ve all probably heard the stories trotted out there by life insurance salesmen, the ones where the otherwise healthy 30-year-old father of 3 gets hit by a bus on his way to work, only to leave his family in the lurch because they had no life insurance. Or the older man who has no insurance […]

Do You Really NEED it? Or Just Want It?

Do We Really Need That? A while back my wife and I were talking about how we needed to get a new TV in our bedroom. It was 2009, and with the digital switchover happening that year, we had two options to consider. First we could buy a digital to analog converter box for about […]

Blog Conference Expenses Are Tax Deductible. Don’t Forget To Claim Them.

As this year’s Financial Blogger Conference quickly rolls around we’ve seen a variety of posts talking about how to save on blog conference costs, including the one on this site.  One of the points I briefly touched on in that post was that as a blogger you can deduct certain expenses for these conferences on […]