Just like the rest of the world, we Christians have realized that we can run up a tab, and it's only when we look at our credit score that we realize that there isn't anything free under the sun.
And so, just like the rest of America, we're obsessed with how to fix that, so that we can ring up a bigger (and better) tab.
So we have self help gurus and books that help us learn how to not use credit cards. It was only inevitable that someone would figure out that if you stamp the name of Jesus on it, all the Christians will buy that self help guru/book rather than those heathen ones.
So now we have Dave Ramsey and the Financial Peace University. FPU costs around 100 dollars to attend...
So to get that straight... Spend 100 dollars to learn how to not spend money on dumb things.
Don't get me wrong. Ramsey's ideas have helped many people - but there is such a radical disconnect here, that it startles me when I see it.
If people were really in financial stress, do you think that Jesus would charge them to get out of it?
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