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Choosing a God-Honoring Lifestyle

Debt is one of the most popular topics in financial courses primarily because it’s the pain that so many people are currently dealing with. However, focusing on debt is like a sick person focusing on their symptoms and ignoring the illness. We would consider it foolish to give a person an aspirin to treat the…

Credit Card Survival Guide

I’ve heard it said there are two types of people who use credit cards, those who benefit from the service without paying for it and those who carry high interest balances and foolishly provide all the corporate profits. Regular use of credit cards could be compared to swimming in shark infested water. If you know…

Death to the Car Payment

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The car payment is often treated like a member of the family. You acquire it early in your adult life and plan to feed it, grow it and ultimately fade into retirement with it. I don’t know where the idea of a car payment being something that you would always have originated, but I can…

Tackling Your Debt

You’ve conquered your fears, overcome the procrastination that’s been holding you back and now you’re finally ready to draw a line in the sand and leave your reckless spending habits behind you. Unfortunately, making that big decision doesn’t erase all the baggage from your previous behavior. Many of you will need to deal with the…

3 Questions to Ask Before Taking on Debt

In a society that hands out debt like candy at a parade, it’s easy to fall into the trap of snatching up everything we want and then going in search of more. Let’s face it, we all have wants and are constantly bombarded by messages telling us to “treat yo self”, which may even remind…

The Intangible Costs of Debt

Typically, when we consider the possible downsides of having debt, our minds focus on the lurking financial consequences, like the amount of interest we’re going to be paying over the length of the loan or how the monthly payment is going to affect our quality of life. Most people rarely ponder the equally as real,…

Does God Forbid Debt?

As Americans, we have to admit that we’re in a mess when it comes to debt. Individuals have over $3.4 trillion in personal consumer debt and that number doesn’t even include mortgages. For those carrying credit card debt, the average outstanding balance at the end of 2015 was $15,609 per person…

Should a Christian’s Financial Life Look Different?

Unfortunately, some Christians have been led astray by all the glitter and false promises of the world. The prosperity gospel has crept in and blurred the lines of Christianity by promising Christ along with maximum enjoyment in this life so you can fit in with the popular culture. According to this false doctrine, you can follow Christ without denying yourself and taking up your cross. I’m pretty sure that’s not what Jesus said and the lives of the apostles certainly didn’t validate that either.