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Finish Rich Dictionary Review/Giveaway

02.27.2009

It is not as thorough as the Dictionary of Finance and Investment Terms (Barron’s Finance and Investment Handbook) , but as I mentioned before, I don’t think it is designed to be. … And it is nice that the definitions are easy for most people to understand, I just wish it would have been a hard-cover – because I would like to keep it for a few decades. The giveaway So, if you are interested in winning a copy, head over to the ChristianPF Forums and leave a comment before 3-5-09 11:59 CST to be entered in the giveaway.

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Becoming a Millionaire God’s way – Book Review

12.09.2008

This is my review of Thomas Anderson’s “Becoming a Millionaire God’s Way”. I just finished reading Thomas Anderson’s “Becoming a Millionaire God’s Way”. I don’t actually remember how or where I heard about it, but somehow it found it’s way into my hands. Anyway, if you have been around ChristianPF much you know that I don’t subscribe to the theory that poor Christian’s are holier than wealthy ones.

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Stock Investing for Dummies giveaway/review

11.14.2008

Stock Investing for Dummies review… I just finished listening to Stock Investing for Dummies by Paul Mladjenovic. All in all, it isn’t a bad book for beginners who want to start learning about stock investing. The author covers the basics and touches on quite a few other topics as well. Interestingly, he forecasted and talked quite a bit about the impending recession that we are currently going through. The book was released back in 2005.

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Stress-free productivity: GTD review

06.25.2008

t is basically about improving your time management skills and as the title implies, getting things done more efficiently to live a less stressful life. I have read a couple similar books, Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, Zen to Done and a few other generic time-management type books.

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Does your bag have holes? Giveaway

04.24.2008

“Does your bag have holes?” review: Cameron C. Taylor sent me a copy of his book “Does your bag have holes?” for the readers of ChristianPF.com. I haven’t had a chance to read much of the book yet, however I did listen to the audiobook CD that is included with it.

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Making Money Work giveaway

04.10.2008

Bill Page from MakingMoneyWork.us has donated a copy of his book Making Money Work to the ChristianPF readers. The book is a very thorough Christian guide to personal finance. It is indeed huge with almost 500 pages and is actually used as a personal finance textbook in universities.

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Debating the 4 hour work week

04.09.2008

I think my personal opinion on the whole thing fall somewhere in between Tim Ferris and the author of the article. Lets look at each of the 5 points…
1. I agree that leisure is not worth much unless it follows hard work. Ecclesiastes 5:12 even states that, “the sleep of a working man is pleasant.” However

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Total Money Makeover giveaway

03.20.2008

Dave Ramsey’s “Total Money Makeover” giveaway: I love that Dave loves to help people get out of debt. He has been criticized for some of his methods, but I like his vision. I also subscribe to his Debt Snowball method for getting out of debt. For those who have decided that they want to get out of debt, but don’t know where to start the Total Money Makeover would be a good first step.

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The Power of Nice | Giveaway

02.28.2008

The Power of Nice advocates the Biblical principal of sowing and reaping and suggests that we should give before trying to receive. It does not appear to be a “Christian” book, but there are clearly Biblical principles spread all throughout the book.

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Magic Formula Giveaway

02.21.2008

In Joel Greenblatt’s book The Little Book that Beats the Market he explains his “magic formula” for beating the market. “The Little Book…” is fairly basic guide to investing in stocks. If you know anything about stock-market investing, you know that if you “beat the market” by earning more than the stock market averages, then you are doing very good.

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Free Suze Orman eBook

02.13.2008

You need to move quick on this one, but Oprah and Suze Orman are giving away a copy of her (Suze’s) eBook “Women and Money.” You only have until 8pm EST on February 14th to get your copy. Here is the link to get Suze’s eBook (on Oprah’s website.)

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Randy Alcorn book giveaway

02.07.2008

Money, Possessions, and Eternity is written by Randy Alcorn and from what I hear he provides a good ETERNAL perspective on the whole issue (as the title states).

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Giveaway | 48 Days to the work you love

01.31.2008

I am giving away a copy of 48 Days to the Work You Love. It is written by Dan Miller and Dave Ramsey. I don’t know much about Dan Miller, but I do recommend Dave Ramsey’s financial advice

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Larry Burkett book giveaway

01.24.2008

The World’s Easiest Guide to Finances is actually written by Larry Burkett and Randy Southern. But I had never heard of Randy Southern before, so I think we can get away calling it a Larry Burkett giveaway

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