World of Finances

When I heard that Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University was being taught at my church this year, I was intrigued. I’ve read Dave Ramsey’s books and heard his show on Fox Business channel, but I’ve always found myself wondering exactly what about him and his advice makes people shell out $100 for the thirteen week class? His advice has always sounded simplistic to me and the type of thing that’s easily learned for free. It’s always seemed to me that someone deeply in debt shouldn’t be shelling out $100 for anything, much less something that can be learned for free. I’ve never been able to figure out exactly why he has such a devoted following and what, exactly, people get out of his course that can’t be learned for free elsewhere. To satisfy my curiosity, I signed up.

I didn’t think that I needed to be there for my finances. We do very well and have our money management down to a science. We have all the recommended emergency funds, full insurance, and we’re debt free.

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