What Does The Bible Have To Do With Finances? The Bible is very clear about how we should handle our finances. God wants to abundantly bless those who obey His Word in this all-important area. Why do you think there are more than twenty-three hundred verses in the Bible about money? Is it a coincidence? […]
Hard Times Make Us Stronger: The Story Of The Butterfly
Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our lives. If God allowed us to go through our lives without any obstacles, it would cripple us. We would not be as strong as what we could have been.
In The Event Of An Emergency Series: Planning Ahead For Life’s Emergencies
The “In The Event Of An Emergency” series is devoted to the topic of planning ahead for life’s little (and big) emergencies that we all know will come our way. The series covered topics ranging from making sure you have insurance coverage and an emergency fund, to making sure your family is provided for in case the worst case scenario happens.
Setting Up A Good Financial Plan Can Help You To Weather Any Storm
The last few days we’ve been talking about how you can prepare yourself for emergencies, both big and small. We looked at what you should put in a safe deposit box. We discussed making “What If I Die” spreadsheet, putting all of your important information in one place in case you pass on, or become […]
An Emergency Fund Will Help Reduce Your Risk Of Financial Catastrophe
A couple of years ago if you had asked me what I would do if an emergency presented itself and I needed some money quickly, I would probably have told you, “That’s what credit cards are for!”. Just put it on the card and pay it off when you can! Emergencies aren’t really something you […]
What Types Of Insurance Should I Have?
This week is “In The Event Of An Emergency” week. We’re looking at things you can do to plan ahead for life’s emergencies, both big and small. The first post in the series looked at why you should have a safe deposit box or fire safe, and what you should be putting in it. The […]
What If I Die? Make Sure Your Family Has All Your Important Information In One Place
Today is day two in “In Event Of An Emergency” week here at Bible Money Matters. The posts this week are looking at ways you can plan ahead for unforeseen emergencies, tragedies or hard times. Yesterday we looked at how you can make sure that all your important documents are safe by having a fire […]
Days Like This Make You Realize What Is Important: It Isn’t Your Possessions
A Phone Call Yesterday I was at work when I got a call from my friend who lives next door. He said that he had just talked to his wife, and that our neighborhood was in danger of going up in flames. There was a fast moving grass fire that was quickly consuming much of […]
Are In Store Credit Card Offers Becoming More Aggressive?
Have you been noticing an uptick in pushy sales associates offering you store credit cards as well? Are the stores pushing credit cards more aggressively?
Vote For Me In The Free Money Finance March Madness Elite Eight
March Madness – Help Me Win! A week ago I asked for everyone to vote for me in round 3 the Free Money Finance March Madness competition. Thanks to your votes I made it through to the Elite Eight of Free Money Finance’s March Madness. That means if I win in this round starting today […]
Are You Participating In All The Doom And Gloom? Don’t! Have Hope.
Ever since last September our (or arguably before then) our economy has been in a downturn. Big companies, small lenders and consumers all engaged in irresponsible behaviors that resulted in the failure of businesses, and necessitated the bailouts of many others. People are being laid off left and right, and things are extremely tight! So […]
Extra Money Update, Links And 7 Things You Didn’t Know About Me
Make Extra Money! Cash Crate Update A while back I posted a couple of times about a site that I was using to make some extra money using a site called Cash Crate. I did a full cash crate tutorial explaining how you can set up an account and get started on filling out surveys […]
Thoughts On Prosperity From Abe Lincoln
These past couple of years we’ve been hearing a lot of talk about how the rich aren’t paying their fair share, they aren’t taxed enough, and that they ought to be spreading the wealth around. Personally I don’t think that us taxing the rich more, or trying to bring others down will end up leading […]
Don’t Let Unexpected Stress Be An Excuse For Spending
Everybody Has Stress The last year has been extremely stressful one for my wife and I. My wife had a blood clot in her entire leg last March, and ended up being in the hospital for about 3 weeks. Then this winter my wife’s job was in jeopardy because the church that she works at […]
