Suggested Resources

Part Three—Profit Sharing

Money and Finances

Crown Financial Ministries

P.O. Box 100

Gainesville, GA 30503-0100

Phone: 1-800-722-1976

The following is a wealth of resources covering all aspects of money management, including personal budget coaching, financial advice, seminars, workbooks, online articles, and an e-newsletter.

Larry Burkett, The Complete Financial Guide for Young Couples: A Lifetime Approach to Spending, Saving, and Investing (Chariot Victor Publishing, 1993)

This book covers establishing a workable budget, knowing how much insurance to purchase, recognizing economic dangers in a marriage, exploring investments, and teaching children about finances.

Howard Dayton, Your Money Map: A Proven 7-Step Guide to True Financial Freedom (Moody Publishers, 2006)

By revealing key biblical principles of finance through the journey of a married couple, Matt and Jennifer, Your Money Map steers you toward the clear biblical basics of money management and through seven financial “destinations” that anyone can reach.

Howard Dayton, Your Money Counts: The Biblical Guide to Earning, Spending, Saving, Investing, Giving, and Getting Out of Debt (Tyndale House Publishers, 1997)

In Your Money Counts, you will learn that the Bible has a lot to say about money. Indeed, the Bible is a blueprint for managing your finances. You will also discover the profound impact handling money has on your relationship with God.

Creative Spending

Ellie Kay, Half-Price Living: Secrets to Living Well on One Income (Moody Publishers, 2007)

A recent online survey found that 86 percent of working moms said they would stay at home if they were financially able to do so. Popular author and speaker Ellie Kay used both her financial expertise and her experience as a mom to write this step-by-step plan on how to downsize from two incomes to one.

Margaret Feinberg, Jason Boyett, Katie Meier, and Josh Hatcher, Cheap Ways to . . . (Relevant Books, 2003)

The authors offer fun, innovative ideas designed to help you make your resources stretch a little further while avoiding or escaping the pitfalls of mass consumerism and credit-card debt.

Living within Your Means

Howard Dayton, Free and Clear: God’s Roadmap to Debt-Free Living (Moody Publishers, 2006)

Becoming debt free may seem an impossible dream, but it is actually an attainable goal. Howard Dayton, past president of Crown Financial Ministries, overcame his own struggle with debt by applying God’s principles to managing his finances, principles he lays out in this practical and encouraging book.

Saving and Investing

Austin Pryor, The Sound Mind Investing Handbook: A Step-by-Step Guide to Managing Your Money from a Biblical Perspective (Sound Mind Investing, 2004)

Investment advisor Austin Pryor has carefully created the “next step” guide that helps you put godly principles of finance into motion. Each user-friendly lesson is written in everyday English and filled with helpful visual aids. You’ll learn what investing is and why it’s actually quite simple, important steps to take to prepare yourself financially before you invest, what mutual funds are and why they make investing easier than ever before, and how to use your personal investing temperament and present season of life to make decisions and limit your risk.

Larry Burkett, Ron Blue, and Jeremy White, The Burkett & Blue Definitive Guide to Securing Wealth to Last: Money Essentials for the Second Half of Life (B&H Publishing Group, 2003)

In this book Ron Blue and the late Larry Burkett, primary trailblazers and leaders in Christian financial teaching, provide direction for building a financial portfolio that will provide for your family and help you to honor God.

Part Five—Making Love

Kevin Leman, Sheet Music: Uncovering the Secrets of Sexual Intimacy in Marriage (Tyndale House, 2003)

Get ready to make beautiful music together! Dr. Kevin Leman’s practical guide will help any couple stay “in tune” for an active, God-designed sex life. He addresses a wide spectrum of individuals—with positive, negative, or no experience—and his frank descriptions, line drawings, and warm and friendly tone will help couples find greater harmony through intimacy.

Clifford and Joyce Penner, The Gift of Sex: A Guide to Sexual Fulfillment (Thomas Nelson, 2003)

Internationally recognized sexual therapists Clifford and Joyce Penner draw from their vast clinical experience to help couples explore the deep, powerful, and mysterious aspects of their sexuality. Hopeful, encouraging, and highly practical, this newly revised and updated best seller is a valuable resource for any couple interested in enhancing their sexual relationship, whether newly wed or married for years.

Douglas E. Rosenau, A Celebration of Sex: A Guide to Enjoying God’s Gift of Sexual Fulfillment (Thomas Nelson, 2002)

Dr. Douglas Rosenau is a licensed psychologist and Christian sex therapist who has for the past seventeen years used his training in theology and counseling to help Christian couples enrich and reclaim God’s wonderful gift of sexuality within marriage. A Celebration of Sex answers specific, often unasked questions about sexual topics and presents married couples with detailed techniques and behavioral skills for deepening sexual pleasure and intimate companionship.

Ed and Gaye Wheat, Intended for Pleasure: Sex Technique and Sexual Fulfillment in Christian Marriage (Revell, 1997)

This is the classic manual on sex in Christian marriage, now updated and expanded. A skillful combination of biblical teaching on love and marriage, with the latest medical information on sex and sexuality. The material is presented in wholesome terms that would be of help to any married or soon-to-be-married couple.