But the worries of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful. Mark 4:19
Archives for 2008
Devotional: I Brought My Suitcase, Lord
For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. – 1 Timothy 6:7 The ancient Egyptians believed that in the afterlife they would continue the occupations they had on earth. So everything they needed for their occupations was placed in their tombs with their dead bodies. Their tombs also […]
Announcement: Sunday Devotionals with Jason Mitchener
Over the past few weeks I’ve been feeling a bit like I’ve been letting an important part of this blog suffer. I haven’t really been posting very much about the Bible part of “Bible Money Matters”. It’s easy to get caught up in material things, and worry about the things of this world. Finances are […]
125 More People Personal Finance Junkies Should Follow On Twitter
Earlier this week in response to a post online I posted a list of “10 People All Personal Finance Junkies Should Follow On Twitter“. The idea was to let people know about some must follow twitter users in the personal finance blogosphere who consistently make useful twitters, both about personal finance and other topics. The […]
Charity Spotlight: Second Harvest Heartland
Growing up my father always exhibited a sense of service to us kids. He instilled in us a sense of how we need to help others when we’re doing well, and even when we’re not doing so well. The money that we’re given is God’s anyway, so we might as well be generous with it! […]
Ten People All Personal Finance Junkies Should Follow on Twitter
I‘ve been using twitter.com a lot lately to network with other bloggers, come up with ideas for blog posts, push people towards my site, and promote my side-businesses. Twitter has become one of my top 10 sources of traffic since I started using it. Because of that I’ve been a big proponent of using twitter […]
November Site Numbers And Recap
November 2008 was a banner month! November 2008 was by far the best month that this site has ever had. We had our most visits and page views ever, as well as going over 300,000 page views for the life of the site. Who could have imagined that we would see this much traffic on […]
When Canceling A Credit Card, Be Ready For The Emotional Appeals To Stay
I recently called to cancel an old American Express card. The moment I got on the phone, the appeals to stay started.
10 Fun And Free Things To Do
I‘m so bored These can be some of the most expensive words to come out of someone’s mouth because in most cases the phrase is a call to action. Let’s go somewhere, let’s do something, let’s buy some stuff…anything to keep from being bored. photo credit: Bored What you need is an arsenal of activities […]
What Are You Grateful For This Thanksgiving?
What are you thankful for this thanksgiving? Since I’m asking the question, I’ll start us off. This year I’m thankful for my beautiful wife, that she has survived a serious blood clot, a 3 week hospital stay and is now on the road to recovery. It was touch and go for quite a while, and […]
Obama Considers $500 Billion Stimulus Package For Early 2009
credit: Tony the Misfit Sounds like a stimulus plan is in the works, to be signed by President elect Obama once he is sworn in. From the Wall Street Journal: Aides to President-elect Barack Obama and President George W. Bush are rushing to craft measures to shore up financial markets and prevent a policy vacuum […]
Christmas Budgeting Tips: Avoid Overspending At This Expensive Time Of Year
The holidays are almost here, and if you haven’t already, it’s time to start thinking about buying Christmas gifts for family friends and neighbors! Will you be heading out to wait in line at one of the Black Friday sales? Christmas is one of those times of year that we normally throw caution to the […]
5 Keys To Overcoming The Urge To Splurge
Christmas Is For Debt? Christmas will soon be upon us with all of the good cheer, family get-togethers and presents! All of the big department stores are already in full-on Christmas mode, with aisles upon aisles of decorations in the front of the store and Christmas music pumping over the PA systems. It’s hard not […]
Unintended Consequences Of Doing A Budget
Doing a budget has decreased our spending Within the past few months my wife and I have started doing a zero based budget where every dollar is allocated before it comes in. When the paychecks are deposited each and every dollar is assigned a job, whether it be paying bills, groceries, personal spending money or […]
