Bible Money Matters

Christian personal finance

Drive Free Cars And Retire Rich!

While taking part in Dave Ramsey’s “Financial Peace University”, we heard a great example of how you could turn traditional thinking around, and make your money work for you. Drive Free Cars For Life! They started the lesson out by talking about how the average new car payment for 1/3 of car buyers is $475 […]

Unboxing Dave Ramsey: Opening the Financial Peace University Membership Kit

I‘ve been blogging about personal finance now for some time. During that time one person I’ve heard about time and again is Dave Ramsey and his baby steps. I’ve gotten a basic understanding of his program through posts that other bloggers have had on their sites, but I always wanted to delve a little deeper. […]

7 Positive Ways To Use Your Economic Stimulus Rebate

Big money on the way So now that you’ve got your rebate on the way, you may find yourself with extra cash that you can use to buy that new TV, save for retirement, or use to pay down debt. If you’re not sure of when you’ll be getting your payment, check out our post […]

Personal Finance Bible Verse of the Day: Needs

my God will supply all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:19 This verse is encouraging for us to know that all our needs will be supplied, even as we’re going through hard times, and times where we know we’ll be having lots of bills to be paid. Because […]

Economic Stimulus Rebate: When Will You Get Your Rebate?

If you’re anything like me you’re probably wondering when you’ll be receiving your economic stimulus rebate check or direct deposit. After checking it out today I found that the IRS has setup a payment schedule based on people’s social security number. My wife and I opted for the direct deposit, which means we will likely […]

Money And Your Prayer Life: Do You Pray About Your Finances?

The past few weeks I’ve been reminded in a bunch of ways of just how woefully inadequate I’ve been when it comes to praying to God in all things. As Christians I feel we constantly need to be in relationship with Christ, seeking guidance, asking for things we need and praising him for all the […]

Personal Finance Bible Verse of the Day: Problems ahead

A sensible man watches for problems ahead and prepares to meet them. The simpleton never looks, and suffers the consequences. Proverbs 27:12 This verse really hits home for my wife and I this past couple of weeks as my wife has been in the hospital. Luckily we’ve saved up an emergency fund, and we had […]

Please Pray For My Wife

I just got off the phone with my wife a short while ago, and she is being admitted to St. Francis Hospital in Shakopee. she had been having some leg pain and back pain since the weekend that has gotten steadily worse. She went in today because she was just feeling awful, and couldn’t stand […]

My “Frugalist” And “Dumbest” Home Improvement Project Ever

The Project My “frugalist” and “dumbest” home improvement project took place last summer. We had just moved into our new house the previous fall, and it was late spring, early summer 2007. We decided that we’d like to spend a little more time outside, enjoying the weather while it lasted (here in Minnesota, you have […]

I Made A Stupid Money Mistake This Week

Well, if you thought us personal finance bloggers had it all together and never made silly money mistakes, this week I decided to prove you wrong.  BIG TIME. The Setup I had a busy week last week, and to top it all off, my wife was sick. When I wasn’t at work I was at […]