Archive for the ‘Biblical Finance’ Category

Revisit your emergency fund periodically

Monday, April 14th, 2008

Our church has an emergency fund to get itself through lean times. Our elders call this emergency fund the "Elijah Barrel." The reference to this is in 1 Kings 17:13-16: 13 And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go and do as thou hast said: but make me thereof ...

A tax tip from my pastor

Monday, March 3rd, 2008

(The Money Blog Network is doing a group writing project on tax advice. This post is part of that project.) The tax tip from my pastor wasn't Matthew 22:21 -- "Render unto Caesar the things which are Caesar’s, and unto God the things that are God’s" -- though there's no ...

Would you get a joint savings account with your significant other?

Thursday, June 28th, 2007

This MoneyCentral post took me aback a little:Cohabitating?  How to avoid money trapsThe article provides financial advice for unmarried couples living together.  I would think that financial advice would be a lot less important than other kinds of advice, like "Why on earth are you living together when you're not ...

Yard sales with a purpose

Sunday, July 30th, 2006

Today we went to a neighboring town to help friends with their part in a community yard sale.  We "donated" a bunch of things to their sale because they're in the process of adopting a girl from China through the Philip Hayden Foundation, and these kinds of adoptions are very ...