Religion

Five radical ways to get a leg-up in your fight against debt. The house you buy now can dictate your family’s decisions in the future. What does it take to become an extraordinary giver? The good life that you enjoy now may be holding you back from living a great financial life later.

It’s never easy to kick a habit. But if you ever want to be free from something that is holding you down, the only way to really succeed is to cut the problem out at the root. We’ve talked about how debt can be addictive, and how credit cards are the most common debt-creating instruments […]

No matter how difficult your circumstances may seem, your life is full of financial blessings. You just have to learn how to seem them. It’s easy to get stressed out about money, especially if you’re going through tight times. But when you consider how many luxuries we take for granted today, it’s easy to see […]

By now, we hope you’ve realized that emergency savings is a crucial part of your personal financial plan. Emergency funds can keep you out of debt, cover unforeseen life circumstances and give you a lot of financial peace. Unfortunately, it’s a lot easier to talk about emergency savings than it is to actually make it […]

Five signs that selfishness controls your wallet and your heart. The way you treat poor people says a lot about the condition of your own heart. No matter how grand or how menial your tasks are, you’re working for a purpose higher than just a job. The only way to escape the spiritual slavery of […]

Your parents love you and want the best for you. They would never sell you into slavery. Right? Perhaps not. But if the expectations that your parents (or anyone else) have put on you are forcing you to do things that you don’t want to do, they may be making a slave out of you […]

If you’ve been living with money problems for a long time, financial stress may be ruining your life without you even realizing it. If you’re longing for financial freedom but live a busy life, I have great news for you: My new online program, 30 Days to Financial Freedom, was made for you. Five signs […]

If you’ve become a slave to money, it’s not because someone has slipped iron chains around your ankles. It’s because wrong attitudes have infiltrated your heart. Every great failure of the human race can be traced back to the deceitfulness of men’s hearts. The Bible tells us, after all, that “the heart is deceitful, above […]

Who is your provider? Who do you count on to make sure that you have clothes on your back and food on the table? If the world around you disintegrates, who will you trust to get you through it? If your answer is anything other than “God,” you may have fallen into a false faith […]

Anything you do on a repeated basis will gradually make you into a different person. That’s’ why God wants you to be generous — because He understands how giving changes you. Giving is an incredibly important part of the Christian faith. It’s a mandate from Christ and it demonstrates the authenticity of our faith. It […]

Is it ever okay for your business to borrow money? Perhaps, but only under specific circumstances. In this series, we’re examining the ways that God’s Master Plan for your money also applies to your business finances. Our last entry took a pretty hard stance on business debt: In general, debt is a bad strategy for […]

Success with money requires value judgments and strategic planning. Small indulgences can add up to big financial problems. Ignoring your little financial indiscretions now will make your life much more expensive later. Expensive insurance could cause economic pain.

Whenever you hear someone advertising “low monthly payments,” you can bet that the offer is a rip-off. There’s a new series of TV commercials making the rounds for a website called Fingerhut.com that offers the opportunity to buy thousands of consumer goods with “low monthly payments.” The commercials are creatively produced — featuring characters such […]

Who do you trust to meet your needs? It’s easy to say that you trust in God, but if you habitually borrow money, your actions indicate that the truth may lie elsewhere. The easiest way to tell who you trust is to examine what you do when you’re in need. God owns everything in the […]