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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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iTunes Gift Card Giveaway

06.19.2008

iTunes gift card giveaway. This week is a “fun” giveaway as my wife would say. The giveaway is for a $15 iTunes giftcard. Not much else to say about it – enjoy!!

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Parable of the Talents

05.28.2008

Stewards are required to take risks: It is interesting to me how upset the master got with the steward who took no risks. The other two stewards did take risks and reaped the rewards. I often wonder why the parable didn’t contain a steward who lost some of the investment. But either way, I think we are led to believe that the primary frustration of the master was that the steward was lazy and didn’t even try.

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Maintain your stuff

04.28.2008

Proverbs 24:30-34 I passed by the field of the sluggard and by the vineyard of the man lacking sense, and behold, it was completely overgrown with thistles; its surface was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down.

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Budgeting for giving

04.27.2008

We have the opportunity to give into God’s kingdom. We have the privilege of being able to give to help people. It really is a privilege and an opportunity. God doesn’t need us. He has an endless supply of finances – He can get the money where it needs to be. But He allows us the chance to be used by Him in the process, knowing that WE will benefit from being used.

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"It’s ONLY money."

04.20.2008

This is a good thing to say when faced with a financial difficulty. It is very difficult to utter those words sometimes, but it is good for us to do so. This isn’t an excuse to be lackadaisical with our money, but it is an acknowledgement that there is SO MUCH MORE TO LIFE than money.

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No one really wants money

04.05.2008

No one really wants money, but rather, they want what they think it will provide. Some want to get out of debt, have a BMW, buy a yacht, feel a sense of financial security, and some want to have the prestige or power they think it will bring. But the pieces of cloth that we call cash is ultimately not what people are interested in.

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Money and God

03.26.2008

I just visited an old friend of mine this weekend and we talked quite a bit about money and God. It was eye-opening for me to talk to someone who had a completely different mindset on money than I did. He has been on the opposite extreme of the American way of living extravagantly off of credit cards.

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Christian Goal Setting

03.24.2008

Should a Christian Set Goals? There seems to be a struggle for Christians in figuring out the appropriate balance between trusting God and waiting on Him and actively doing our part. Trusting in our own abilities to accomplish God’s work is the one extreme while not taking action when we should is the other extreme.

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Christians and Debt

03.04.2008

Should a Christian be in Debt? The Bible makes it clear that being in debt is not God’s best for us. I haven’t found anything to indicate that it is a sin for a Christian to be in debt

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Are you free from the Love of Money?

02.03.2008

The bible says that Man looks at the outward appearance, but God looks at the heart. God knows our thoughts and motivations behind every action we take. People, on the other hand, do not, but they like to think that they do. It is easy to look at someone with a lot of money and judge them quoting the above verse. But we will NEVER know their heart.

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Financial lessons from Solomon

01.14.2008

The Bible says that Solomon was the richest man who ever lived and also the wisest ever to live (1 Kings 4:31). I think that makes him qualified to give some financial advice

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What does the Bible say about Money?

12.30.2007

I have been working on the Money in the Bible page here at ChristianPF. I found that many of the Bible topic books were concordance based. So, I have been compiling verses by topic over the last few months and while it is in no way an exhaustive list, it is a start. I will continue to update it and add to it as I stumble on verses or new topics.

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Would Jesus have an emergency fund

11.20.2007

I talk a lot about the importance of having an emergency fund and how it is a necessary ingredient to a sound financial plan. But, I thought we should step back and ask the necessary question, “Would Jesus have an emergency fund?”

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