Christian Common Cents » Emergency Fund http://www.christiancommoncents.com Your Biblical Guide to Personal Finance Thu, 18 Aug 2011 19:43:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Should Baby Step 1 be More Than 1000 Dollars?http://www.christiancommoncents.com/2011/04/24/should-baby-step-1-be-more-than-1000-dollars/ http://www.christiancommoncents.com/2011/04/24/should-baby-step-1-be-more-than-1000-dollars/#comments Mon, 25 Apr 2011 02:15:47 +0000 Derek Clark http://www.christiancommoncents.com/?p=720 If you’ve followed this blog at all you know I’m a big fan of Dave Ramsey and his baby steps. Step one is to save up $1000 in an emergency fund. I had a conversation the other with a couple that thought it should be more than one thousand so I thought I’d go over [...]

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]]> http://www.christiancommoncents.com/2011/04/24/should-baby-step-1-be-more-than-1000-dollars/feed/ 1 Give Your Home Owner’s Insurance a Checkuphttp://www.christiancommoncents.com/2010/09/30/give-your-home-owners-insurance-a-checkup/ http://www.christiancommoncents.com/2010/09/30/give-your-home-owners-insurance-a-checkup/#comments Fri, 01 Oct 2010 02:10:18 +0000 Derek Clark http://www.christiancommoncents.com/?p=592 This past weekend I had my car broken into. We lost a GPS, phone car charger, and my bowling bag with 2 balls, shoes, and braces. Seriously, who steals bowling balls? It was a pretty unfortunate weekend. After filing a police report, I went to check on my insurance to see what it would be [...]

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]]> http://www.christiancommoncents.com/2010/09/30/give-your-home-owners-insurance-a-checkup/feed/ 1 Where Should I Keep My Emergency Fund?http://www.christiancommoncents.com/2010/03/31/where-should-i-keep-my-emergency-fund/ http://www.christiancommoncents.com/2010/03/31/where-should-i-keep-my-emergency-fund/#comments Wed, 31 Mar 2010 12:00:20 +0000 Derek Clark http://www.christiancommoncents.com/?p=238 There is some debate as to where an emergency fund should be kept. Checking account? Savings account? Sock drawer? Penny stocks? Should I just use my credit card for emergencies? Well if you know me at all you know I’m not going to say use the credit card. What about the others? Well let’s think [...]

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]]> http://www.christiancommoncents.com/2010/03/31/where-should-i-keep-my-emergency-fund/feed/ 3 How My Emergency Fund Saved My Honeymoon From Total Disasterhttp://www.christiancommoncents.com/2010/03/18/how-my-emergency-fund-saved-my-honeymoon-from-total-disaster/ http://www.christiancommoncents.com/2010/03/18/how-my-emergency-fund-saved-my-honeymoon-from-total-disaster/#comments Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:00:06 +0000 Derek Clark http://www.christiancommoncents.com/?p=175 The day after my wedding last July was one of the longest, hardest days of my life. That isn’t really how it was supposed to happen, but it did. Thankfully, my emergency fund saved our vacation. Part 1 – Charleston, WV – Flight Changed We went to AAA to set up a cruise for our [...]

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]]> http://www.christiancommoncents.com/2010/03/18/how-my-emergency-fund-saved-my-honeymoon-from-total-disaster/feed/ 9 Dave Ramsey’s Baby Steps: Step 3 – Three to Six Months Emergency Fundhttp://www.christiancommoncents.com/2010/03/10/three-to-six-months-emergency-fund/ http://www.christiancommoncents.com/2010/03/10/three-to-six-months-emergency-fund/#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:18:44 +0000 Derek Clark http://www.christiancommoncents.com/?p=69 photo credit: pathwithpaws Great news, if you’ve made it to this step you are debt free. Next you have to save up for emergencies. Life happens and you need to have a safety net. The third baby step is a 3 to 6 month emergency fund. This step builds on the $1000 emergency fund from [...]

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]]> http://www.christiancommoncents.com/2010/03/10/three-to-six-months-emergency-fund/feed/ 14 Dave Ramsey’s Baby Steps: Step 1 – $1000 Emergency Fundhttp://www.christiancommoncents.com/2010/03/08/dave-ramseys-baby-steps/ http://www.christiancommoncents.com/2010/03/08/dave-ramseys-baby-steps/#comments Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:09:19 +0000 Derek Clark http://www.christiancommoncents.com/?p=26 I am a big fan of Dave Ramsey and his advice on money and life. He has changed the way I think about my finances and it has been all for the better. This is going to be the start of a 7 part series covering Dave Ramsey's Baby Steps to financial freedom.

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