The Sound Mind Investing Handbook: A Step-By-Step Guide to Managing Your Money from a Biblical Perspective [Paperback]

Austin Pryor (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 25, 2004

A carefully created next step guide that helps you put Godly principles of finance in motion.

Product Details

• Paperback: 368 pages
• Publisher: Sound Mind Investing; 4 Rev Upd edition (May 25, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0970595611
• ISBN-13: 978-0970595614
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 7.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #939,712 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Can it be put more simply?, July 27, 2004

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gboone (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Sound Mind Investing Handbook: A Step-By-Step Guide to Managing Your Money from a Biblical Perspective (Paperback)

At age 26, I arrived at a critical point in my marriage: I had to make a plan. The plan would include things like buying a house, investing for the long run, savings in a monthly budget, and inclusion of stock market strategies that have proven successful. It was this last on the list that left me searching for months. Everyone has their opinion, but their opinions are almost like dreams. They THINK it will work, but they still wait for the payoff. Point #1: in this book is a mutual fund investment strategy that keeps you ahead of the market, with reasonable, not out-of-this-world results--the kind of results needed in a strong long-term plan. Not one of those things that promises a million in a year (unless of course you have more than $10,000,000 to invest!).

Point #2: Austin's delivery of a what-you-need-to-know approach left me educated, enthusiastic, and unafraid to enter the stock market. I became knowledgable of bonds, something I had no clue about. I began to grip the incredible power of time and compounding interest. As a young person, being kept in the dark about this sort of thing knocks hundreds of thousands of dollars off the end of my retirement-savings years.

My wife is completely uninclined to watch the market, though I find crunching numbers fascinating. What to do to help her see through the numbers? Point #3: Sound Mind Investing describes stories which include numbers, but illustrate the meanings behind the numbers, and motivate you to take action.

Why five stars? So many stock-related books leave you with an unfinished feeling. Not this one. It's complete. Five stars. So many books end up trying to sell you something. Not this one (except for their excellent website at an EXTREMELY low monthly subscription cost). Five stars. And some books are so disorganized.

This one reads like a map. Find where you are, go from there. And most importantly, find yourself GETTING TO YOUR GOALS!!!

Most definitely five stars.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Solid information combined with a Christian world view, September 10, 2005

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A.L.S. "newmexicoflygirl" (Santa Clara Pueblo, NM United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Sound Mind Investing Handbook: A Step-By-Step Guide to Managing Your Money from a Biblical Perspective (Paperback)

The Sound Mind Investing Handbook provides basic explanations about well-known investments such as IRAs, 401Ks, Mutual and Money Market Funds,and stocks. Then it builds on the basics to help the reader determine the best investments for his/her income level, age, goals, and so on. This type of information is available in lots of books, but the beauty of this book for Christians is that the authors teach you how to make these important decisions based on the principals the Bible gives us for managing all that which God blesses us with. The reader learns how to be a good steward, to provide for family, education, emergency, retirement as well as generously giving back to the Lord to help further the kingdom. This is a solid book that is a great start for anyone who wants to shore-up their understanding of the basics, then move beyond that without compromising good stewardship.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finances: Simply Supported by Scripture, July 20, 2004

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Jeffery V Jones (Austin , Arkansas USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Sound Mind Investing Handbook: A Step-By-Step Guide to Managing Your Money from a Biblical Perspective (Paperback)

Austin has created an easy to read handbook on handling finances in a God honoring fashion. Each recommendation is fully supported by an abundance of scripture. As your read it, you will grow in your understanding of what God thinks about money.

The methods taught are simple, practical , easy to understand and easy to implement. He outlines and details four levels of financial growth and then guides you in step-by-step fashion through each of the levels.

I have never read a book on financial growth that I just couldn't wait to get back to until I got all of the way through it, until NOW! The finest resource on financial planning I have ever read.