The book in “three” sentences: This book consists of 31 letters from one demon (Screwtape) to his charge and nephew (Wormwood). Screwtape directs Wormwood in how to tempt “the patient” (a man) away from faith in God and into an eternity in hell. Screwtape’s strategy is to first keep the patient from placing his faith […]
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The book in “three” sentences: The devil’s target is your mind and his weapon is his lies. His goal is to keep you in bondage, believing his lies, because we live our lives based on what we believe to be true. We fight back in four primary ways: First by replacing these lies with truth
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My tax strategy used to be pretty simple, hope for the biggest refund possible! It felt like Christmas in April when I plugged in the numbers and saw…… woohoo refund! Then I read the article, “Never Pay Taxes Again”, on gocurrycraker.com and it completely flipped my strategy upside down. They stated that they “had taxable
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This site, like most personal finance sites, has lots of articles about all the different aspects of personal finance: savings, FI plans, allocation percentages, tax strategy, etc. And sometimes, it’s easy to lose the forest for the trees. So, I really wanted to try and bring all of those subjects together into one brief, but
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The book in three sentences: As followers of Jesus, we are at war with the world, the flesh and the devil. The three enemies’ stratagem is as follows: We are bombarded with deceptive ideas (from the Devil) that play to our disordered desires (aka the Flesh), which are normalized in a sinful society (aka the
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The book in three sentences: Busyness, distraction and restlessness are the major blocks within our spiritual life. The secret isn’t more time, but to adopt a “slower, simpler” lifestyle modeled by Jesus. The hallmarks of this lifestyle are practicing silence and solitude, sabbath, simplicity and slowing. Big Ideas: Technological and economic progress does not
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In early 2020, I sold my house, moved overseas and decided to rent instead of buy. As a result, I found myself holding a large amount of cash. I intended to invest that cash, in the stock market, but with the all-consuming, crazy process of moving internationally, I just didn’t get around to it. About
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The dumpster fire that was 2020 changed how I will invest forever. I learned two incredibly valuable lessons that pushed me to create my plan for how to invest in a stock market crash. A little bit of background before we jump into the my plan for how to invest during a stock market crash.
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I will be financially independent in under 10 years, how about you? Last year, I decided to leave my comfy corporate job to do to missions work overseas. Because this move came with a massive pay cut, I knew I needed to get my arms around our financial situation. In the process, I stumbled across
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What would you do if money were no object? That’s the existential questions that excites some people and terrifies others. It’s also the question at the core of the concept of FI (financial independence). So, what is FI? Being financially independent means having enough money invested to meet all of your living expenses, so that
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