Bob Louder

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  • Your Credit Matters

    Larry Burkett used to say that no single principle from God’s Word has been more commonly violated that that of credit. Few Christians understand the balance that the Bible requires in borrowing, lending, charging, and interest. Remember,

  • Financial Freedom

    Financial Freedom (“Debt Free Living God’s Way”) is God’s plan for your life! So, it’s time we talk about what financial freedom is. Next time we’ll talk about how to get it. What is financial freedom?

  • All About Your Credit Score

    Credit scores affect whether you can get credit and what you pay for credit cards, auto loans, mortgages and other kinds of credit. For most kinds of credit scores, higher scores mean you are more likely to be approved and pay a lower interest rate on new credit. Want to rent an apartment? Without good scores, your apartment application may be turned

  • Financial Bondage

    “Debt Free Living God’s Way” is a choice. So is financial bondage. According to God’s Word, if you choose to use money in ways pleasing to God, you begin to experience “Debt Free Living God’s Way.” Likewise, if you choose to use money in ways displeasing to God, you will find yourself in or headed into financial bondage.

  • Your Social Security Number: A Prime Target For ID Theft

    Identity theft is one of the fastest growing crimes in America. When a dishonest person has your Social Security number, the thief can use it to get other personal information about you. Most of the time identity thieves use your number and your good credit to apply for more credit in your name. Then, they use the credit

  • How God Does Not Use Wealth (Including Money)

    You know that God has a will, a plan, and a purpose for your life. Sometimes God uses money to help bring about this will, plan or purpose. But did you know that according to the Bible, there are ways God will not use money in your life? For example, if you see any of the following situations working in your life, you need to know that these situations are not from God.

  • How to Build a Better Credit Rating

    My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, if you have struck hands in a pledge for another, if you have been trapped by what you said, ensnarled by the words of your mouth, then do this, my son, to free yourself, since you have fallen into your neighbor’s hands: go and humble yourself, press your plea with your neighbor! Proverbs 6:1-3. There is no other biblical financial principle violated more often than that of credit. Do you understand the balance God call for when you c

  • How God Uses Wealth (Including Money)

    According to the Bible, there are more than 70 different names for God and more than 150 different descriptions of God. The one you probably know best is the one Jesus gives you in the “Lord’s Prayer.” Here you find that you can call God your “Father.” This should help you understand that God is not some genie in a bottle, or

  • Religious Folklore Can Hurt

    Religious folklore consists of the “sayings” that sound like they come right from God’s Word but actually come from man. They sound great, but when you try to live by them you get into trouble. Here are some of the most common examples of “financial” religious folklore.

  • All About ID Theft II

    If you are a member of the military and away from your usual duty station, you may place an active duty alert on your credit reports by contacting any one of the three major consumer reporting companies. Active duty alerts can help minimize the risk of identity theft while you are deployed.