Book Review: The Money Answer Book

I just finished reading Dave Ramsey’s newest book entitled The Money Answer Book. It is a great book to answer quick questions on how to handle your finances, get out of debt and live free from monetary burdens. The book is broken down to several sections that are easy to flip through for your questions.


I appreciate this book and will be utilizing many of its principles. It uses a Biblical understanding of money to help teach about changing your habits. We should not be in debt. We need to be good stewards of what God has given us. How are we going to do that if we are living from paycheck to paycheck? Are you going to be able to live life out like the early church if you are living beyond your means? How will you be able to help other people from your church if you have made poor financial decisions? The book helps delve into common problems like how to eliminate debt, how to make a budget, how to plan on saving for retirement. It is worth the read. He peppers the pages with wise quotes from the Bible and from notable people. The bottom line is that it is worth putting some of the plans into action.

Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from Thomas Nelson Publishers as part of their BookSneeze.com book review bloggers program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255 : “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”

Book Review: Plan B

I just finished reading Pete Wilson’s newest book entitled Plan B – What do you do when God doesn’t show up the way you thought he would? It is a good read. The book goes into how we have misconceived notions of how God will show up in various situations. What do we do and how do we react when things don’t go as we expect? Do we give up on trusting Him? May it never be. God can use anything for His glory.

Pete uses several examples out of the Old Testament to illustrate his points. Often we begin to trust our feelings and not rely on what God has said. We feel like He has left us in a messed up situation. Often times it is our decisions that have caused us to walk down the wrong road, or make a poor decision. We don’t feel like God is there for us anymore. What do we do in this Plan B? I appreciate that Pete stays with the same version of the Bible for most of his Biblical references. He uses long passages to illustrate his points, rather than taking a verse and mis-interpreting its context. He uses some of my favorite people in the Bible to illustrate how God can move. A good read.

Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from Thomas Nelson Publishers as part of their BookSneeze.com book review bloggers program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255 : “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”