If you’re a Christian, you can’t help but read the Bible and be overwhelmed by God’s concern for the poor, weak and marginalized in society. He tells us to be concerned for the widow and the orphan. Jesus himself said in Matthew 25 that, “As you did to one of the least of these, you did to me” meaning that if we gave food to the hungry, drink to the thirsty and clothes to the naked, it’s as if we did it to Jesus!
Saving Money
Planning a Wedding on a Budget: 4 Tips for Saving Money
The first way to save money on your wedding is the most important: you have to want to save money. I’ve noticed in the past few years that some things are worth paying for, and some things are not. But just because you don’t pay for something doesn’t mean you can’t get great results (and sometimes better results) by using your creativity. Here are some simple things to do to save money. They all involve creativity, so open your mind and get creative (or call you sister or friend or aunt in the room to help you out)…
How to Raise a Child on Less Than $266,698
How much does it cost to raise a child these days? According to Baby Center web site, the cost of raising a child from baby to adulthood is $266,698. Now that you have pulled yourself up off the floor, I want to assure you that it is OK to bring babies into the world even […]
Saving on your home energy bill – 22 ways
I am getting ready to embark on an all out battle against our energy bills and I know the next couple months are going to be tough. It’s been a cold December, but January and February are always a bit more intense. But after doing some homework, I found a bunch of simple things that we can do to lower our bills this winter. Even though I should have done this 2 months ago, I am going to basically treat this as my checklist of things to do to over the next couple weeks…
How much money does a Christian need?
This is a tough question to answer because it is different for every person, but I like to think that the answer for most of us should be “a lot”…
Money Mistake #1 – Paying too much for a car
It is obvious that overpaying for something isn’t a good idea, but with cars it is especially a bad idea. The reason is that cars are depreciating assets, so if you take a loan out for your purchase, you immediately enter into a race to pay the car loan down faster than the value drops. In my case with the convertible, I did a lot of things that ensured I was going to lose this race…
Free and Legal TV and Movies online
I was going to name it something like “where to find free TV and Movies online,” but changed it to make sure I added “legal” in there. It turns out that a whole lot of what I was finding wasn’t legal. I saw a link on one site to “Marley and Me” and I thought to myself, “isn’t that still in the theaters?” Sure enough I was right, as the video started, I noticed that I could actually see the theater seats in the recording. I guess someone recorded it directly from the theater – I am going to assume that isn’t legal. 🙂
Tithing: Money back guarantee?
In it you find that this unconventional church puts their money where their mouth is — or more appropriately — God’s mouth 😉 . They challenge the congregation to tithe for three months and if at the end of the 3 months the participants are not convinced of God’s faithfulness, they can get a full refund of every dollar they have given, no questions asked.
