Debt-Free Living: Eliminating Debt in a New Economy
Ebook
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction / 7
Part One: Three Couples Slide into Debt
1. A National Policy of Growth Through Debt / 13
2. Sliding Toward a Crisis / 17
3. It Didn't Begin Yesterday / 23
4. Things Come to a Head / 33
5. If I don't Talk About It, It'll Go Away / 41
6. If Only the Baby Had Been Well / 45
7. Three Personal Traits That Lead to Debt / 47
Part Two: Three Couples, and a Fourth, Climb Out of Debt
8. The Bible Speaks on Debt and Borrowing / 53
9. Learn to Face Reality / 61
10. Develop and Carry Out a Plan for Paying Off Debts / 75
11. Don't Use Borrowed Money for Speculative Ventures / 83
12. Commit to Faithfully Repay Creditors / 91
13. Two Common Errors That Lead to Debt / 95
14. Learn to Live Within a Financial Plan / 109
15. Accept Responsibility for Your Life / 117
16. Three Major Expenses That Lead to Debt / 137
Part Three: Overview of Credit, Debt, and Borrowing
17. Understanding Credit / 149
18. Bill Consolidation Loans / 159
19. Dealing with Creditors / 169
20. Living with Bankruptcy / 179
21. Where to Find Help / 185
(Dave Ramsey on the back cover for sure... and the others if there is room. All of them on the inside pages.)
When Larry Burkett’s Debt-Free Living was first published in 1989, I could have been one of the horror story case studies that opened the book. Coming out of my own bankruptcy at the time, I was on a mission to discover how money really works. Debt-Free Living was a light in my darkness, giving voice to a lifetime of common-sense financial principles that I had largely ignored. Now, twenty years later, I believe there has never been a better time for the time-honored, godly principles of this book to make a comeback.
Dave Ramsey is the best-selling author of The Total Money Makeover, a nationally syndicated radio talk show host, and host of The Dave Ramsey Show on the Fox Business Network.
It is a privilege for me to endorse the revised Debt Free Living by the person who impacted his world like no other. Larry's life message is sorely needed today. As he would say, "God's principles of finances are always right, always relevant, and will never change."
Ron Blue is a best-selling author and president of Kingdom Advisors
Sometimes it seemed as though Larry Burkett could see around corners. He certainly saw things long before the rest of us. That's why his warnings about the dangers of debt and the direction of our economy still ring true. Indeed, the turmoil of recent years has given even greater force to his insights. Of course, as Larry would say with genuine humility, "All I do is plagiarize Scripture." He saw his role as simply trying to convey that God's Word is true and that the Lord can be trusted. Indeed, that's what Debt-Free Living is all about.
Austin Pryor is Founder and President, SoundMindInvesting.com
Product Details
- Title : Debt-Free Living: Eliminating Debt in a New Economy
- Author: Burkett, Larry
- Publisher: Moody Publishers
- Publication Date: 2010
- ISBN: 9781575675701