This week’s Twitter Tuesday Profile is young, but full of valuable information. She goes by Money Maus both on her blog and on Twitter. She lives in San Diego, California with two roommates and works at an investment firm. If you’re looking for an open and honest look at finances, (including an updated dollar-by-dollar list of her savings accounts) you’ll find Money Maus fascinating. [...] Continue Reading…

Valentine’s Day is Sunday, but I’m going to start showing you some love right now! Here’s a list of sweet freebies that I know you’ll love.

Free BareMinerals Makeup: Take in this printed coupon to the Sephora counter at your local JC Penney store and receive a free 10-day supply of BareMinerals Foundation. This offer is good while supplies last.

Free Photo Collage: This [...] Continue Reading…

Suze Orman has talked about tracking spending, looking at your credit, shopping for insurance deals, finding a credit union and challenging our property-tax assessment in her article in O, The Oprah Magazine this month. Now, her final topic is saving and being prepared for the future.

Build Security

1. Boost your emergency fund to cover eight months of living expenses. Hopefully you are saving a bit [...] Continue Reading…

People tell me all the time that they think it’s great that I use coupons but that they have no time to do it. They think it’s not worth the hassle it takes to save a buck or two here and there. Of course, I always have my arguments about how my cupboards are stocked with stuff I paid pennies for, how I am [...] Continue Reading…

Suze Orman continues to give money advice in O, The Oprah Magazine this month. Her list “guaranteed to be ridiculously easy to implement” has several bits of advice. The first was track your spending, calculate your net worth and check your credit.

Find Hidden Savings

1. Shop for insurance deals. We’re always shopping around looking for great bargains, right? So, do the same for auto and [...] Continue Reading…

Valentine’s Day is coming up quick. Need some ideas for giving your Valentine some love without spending much money? Here are some great Valentine’s Day freebies and deals:

Free Family Christian Greeting Card: Head to Family Christian with this printable coupon and you’ll get a free Dayspring greeting card up to $2.50. There are also some other great deals during their $5 sale.

Free [...] Continue Reading…

For this week’s Twitter Tuesday Profile we head to Southern California for a look inside the life of Christine, also known as @MoneyFunk. She’s a clinical research associate for a large cancer hospital, a wife and a mother of two. She’s also a personal finance blogger at MoneyFunk.net.

OODC: How did you get started blogging and tweeting?

@MoneyFunk: In 2007, I actually started [...] Continue Reading…

Less than 25 percent of women feel they are “very well prepared” to handle their finances. World-renowned financial author Suze Orman gave her advice to women in a recent issue of O, The Oprah Magazine.

Get A Grip

1. Start tracking your spending. We usually pay close attention to the big-ticket items, but we often ignore the little things that begin to add up before you [...] Continue Reading…

Super Bowl weekend has arrived! Whether you love watching the big game or just the commercials, hopefully you have plans to enjoy a fun time with friends or family. Just in case the Super Bowl isn’t enough to get you excited for the weekend, here are some freebies that might do the job!

Free Kind Snack: Head to Starbucks today for a free sample of [...] Continue Reading…

Turns out the answer is yes! As I was writing about paying taxes I was curious about what the Bible says about the topic. I wanted to share an article written by Mary Fairchild who writes a Christianity Blog.

In Matthew 17:24-27 it shows that Jesus did pay taxes. “From whom do the Kings of the earth collect duty and taxes – from their own [...] Continue Reading…

The awesome people over at C28.com offered to give our readers a chance to win one of two Christian t-shirts. We plugged the numbers into Random.org and winner was chosen. Congratulations to #13:

Erika Says:
January 27th, 2010 at 12:55 am

This is actually the first time I have seen your blog.I would love the woman’s shirt for one of my daughters who is going [...] Continue Reading…

It’s that time of year again… tax season. April will be here soon and there are so many deductions and things you need to be aware of, so you don’t pay more than you have to. Wallet Pop has put together a list of the top ten most overlooked deductions.

1. Mileage Deductions

My husband and I were just discussing this the other night. As a [...] Continue Reading…

Nicole is a newlywed, a writer, and frugal to the core. She started blogging at RainyDaySaver.net nearly two years ago. She blogs and tweets (@RainyDaySaver) about her adventures in saving money, paying off debt and being a new homeowner. After getting married in April of 2009, she and her new hubby bought their first home in June which just happens to be right across [...] Continue Reading…

I just wrapped up what I called the Two-Week No Spending Challenge. For two weeks my husband and I committed to not spending a penny. Other than the $10.12 we spent on some medicine to treat my nasty bug, we succeeded. We ate the food that was already in our fridge and pantry. We entertained ourselves with freebies. And we learned some valuable lessons [...] Continue Reading…

When you start requesting free stuff mail time gets exciting. It’s no longer forgotten. I often peek out the window, looking for the mailman. Here are some more freebies to have sent your way so that your bills won’t be such a bore.

Free Candy: Have you enjoyed a Reese’s, York, Almond Joy or Hershey’s Special Dark candy bar lately? If so, keep the [...] Continue Reading…

To demonstrate ways that we can all show Christ’s love through our daily lives, my church has organized a creative outreach event. On February 7 our congregation will do what most of us already do after church– we’ll go out to eat. But rather than focusing on the food and rushing the meal so we can get on with our days, we’ll be paying [...] Continue Reading…

I’m always looking for a good book. I’ve been fortunate because my church often hands out books to its members to help them with their Christian journey and that includes financial help. Here are some Christian-based books that might come in handy when you’re taking a look at your personal finances.

“I Was Broke, Now I’m Not” by Joe Sangl: This is a quick read [...] Continue Reading…

Today’s Twitter Tuesday Profile is single and a bit mysterious. She goes by (and Tweets by) SS4BC which stands for Small Steps For Big Change. That also happens to be the name of her blog. She lives in the Midwest with her dog Jack and two kitties, Chai and Tofu. By day she works as a Chemist and in her spare time she tweets [...] Continue Reading…

Ten days ago I set out on a challenge to not spend any money for two weeks. I was doing great up until this morning. A cold I was fighting off turned nasty and I sent my husband to the drug store for some meds. I thought we could do it without spending money since I had $10.50 in CVS Extra Care Bucks, but [...] Continue Reading…

Are you blogger with a love for books? Christian publishing house Thomas Nelson has a new way to get free books. Just head to BookSneeze.com and sign up to be a book reviewer. You must have a blog in order to be eligible so that you can post your review.

All you have to do to become a review blogger and get free Christian [...] Continue Reading…

Whether you’re looking to save money or you just like to see what you can score for free, this is your day. There are a bunch of great items on this week’s Free Stuff Friday list! If you take advantage of the freebies listed here than you probably get lots of great stuff showing up in your mailbox. Here’s a look at some of [...] Continue Reading…

As we all have Haiti and making donations on our minds, I came across some websites that help you give back to a variety of charities. And all you have to do is log onto the Internet or use your iPhone.

Good Search

First, enter a charity or school that you wish to help out. Then start surfing the web. The search engine is powered by [...] Continue Reading…

Back in the day the man was always the primary bread winner. Well now more women than ever are bringing how more bread then their spouses, according to an article in CNN Money based on a study released this week by the Pew Research Center. The study discovered that 22% of men– almost one in four– made lower incomes than their wives in 2007. [...] Continue Reading…

Despite what you see on The Real Housewives of Atlanta, residents in Georgia’s capital have coupons on their mind. A study done by Coupons.com found that Atlanta residents are nine times more likely to print coupons off the popular internet savings site compared to the average American city dweller. The site analyzed it’s 19.5 million unique monthly visitors to determine the savings index of [...] Continue Reading…

Real Simple’s last focus for “How to Save On…” is apparel. Many of us love to shop, but there are things we can do to keep us from going deep into debt when taking a fun trip to the mall for some clothes.

According to the article, purchasing clothes can cost $1,800 annually. Here are some tips:

Use your AAA membership card.

Not only can you get [...] Continue Reading…

I’m excited to announce a giveaway here at Out of Debt Christian. If you’re looking for a great Valentine’s gift or if you just want a new t-shirt for yourself, enter to win a t-shirt from C28.com. C28 Christian t-shirts are well-made, feature cool designs and help you display your Christian faith in a creative way. The company says it’s a ministry first and [...] Continue Reading…

We just adopted a new dog. His name is Milo and he’s a bit crazy. He sleeps in weird positions, likes to eat cabbage and loves his collection of toys. Our other dog, Bruno, is diabetic and requires special dog food that doesn’t go on sale. But with Milo, I’ve been searching for good dog food at a great price. I’ve found lots of [...] Continue Reading…

I wanted to continue to share information from Real Simple magazine on how to save on food, health care, entertainment, the home, transportation and apparel. Let’s look at some tips on saving on transportation.

According to the article, driving from place to place costs about $8,604 annually. Check out these ideas to help you save.

Be a Zen driver.

If you are an aggressive driver, you are [...] Continue Reading…

Ministry is everything to Julia Wessels. This wife and homeschooling mom of four loves to serve her church as the Children’s Pastor. But she also loves the idea of being debt free– something she and her husband are working towards right now. Julia tweets from @theFrugalFind and blogs about her money saving adventures at TheFrugalFind.com. Julia sees Twitter and her blog as another form [...] Continue Reading…

Last week I told you about my Two Week No Spending Challenge. Well, it kicked off on Saturday and so far it’s going great. We haven’t spent a dime, but we’ve still managed to have fun. On Saturday we worked on some projects around the house– small jobs that we already had all of the supplies for, but had just been putting off. We [...] Continue Reading…