Storm Shelter: Protecting Your Personal Finances [Hardcover]

Ron Blue (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1994

Storm Shelter shows how to solve all of your money mysteries--regardless of your present financial position. Author and financial expert Ron Blue gives practical, Scripture-based advice that enables you to prosper through tomorrow's uncertainties. Storm Shelter offers a safe haven for anyone who wants financial security that lasts a lifetime. Included are a detailed plan for financial security, real world examples of financial strategies that work--and others that you need to avoid, cost-saving tactics covering everything from food bills to education expenses, and more!

Product Details

• Hardcover: 228 pages
• Publisher: Thomas Nelson Inc (September 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0785282769
• ISBN-13: 978-0785282761
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #755,621 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Following his graduation from Indiana University with a master of business administration degree, Ron joined the management group of Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co. and worked with the firm in New York City, Dallas, and San Francisco. In 1970, Ron founded an Indianapolis-based CPA firm that has grown to be one of the 50 largest CPA firms in the United States. Leaving the CPA firm in 1977, Ron became administrative vice president of Leadership Dynamics International. While with Leadership Dynamics, he was involved in developing and teaching biblically based leadership and management seminars in the United States and Africa. Convinced that Christians would better handle their personal finances if they were counseled objectively with the highest technical expertise and from a biblical perspective, he founded a financial planning firm in 1979. That firm grew to manage over $2 billion in assets for its more than 5,000 clients nationwide with a staff of over 175 people in 14 regional offices. Ron retired from the financial planning firm in 2003 in order to lead Kingdom Advisors, an international effort to equip and motivate Christian financial professionals to serve the body of Christ by implementing biblical wisdom in their lives and practices, resulting in financial freedom and increased giving by thousands of dollars by thousands of Christians around the world. Ron is the author of 17 books on personal finance from a biblical perspective, including the best seller "Master Your Money," first published in 1986 and now in its thirtieth printing; "Your Money After the Big 5-0," coauthored with Larry Burkett; "Splitting Heirs"; and his most recent books, "Faith-Based Family Finances" and "Surviving Financial Meltdown." He is featured in the popular six-part Master Your Money video series, produced by Walk Thru the Bible Ministries and used in over 5,500 churches across the country. Ron has appeared on numerous radio and television programs, including "Focus on the Family," "Family News in Focus," "The 700 Club," "Prime Time America," and Moody Radio's "Open Line." He is a regular contributor to several national Christian magazines. Ron currently serves on the board of directors of Campus Crusade for Christ, Crown Financial Ministries, and the National Christian Foundation. He also serves on the board of trustees of the Maclellan Foundation and the Sandra and William B. Johnson Foundation, Inc. He formerly served on the board of directors of Family Research Council, Promise Keepers, Insight for Living, the Medical Institute, and Walk Thru the Bible Ministries. In 2002, Ron received the Honors Award from the Georgia chapter of the Financial Planning Association (FPA). In 2003, he received the honored designation of Distinguished Entrepreneur from the Indiana University Kelley School of Business, his alma mater. Ron and his wife, Judy, live in Atlanta. They have five children and eleven grandchildren.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Classic Book on Biblical Finances, January 30, 2004

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MarchHair (Oxnard, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Storm Shelter: Protecting Your Personal Finances (Hardcover)

Original Date of Review - January 30, 2004
This is a classic book on biblical finances that gives an comprehensive reading of most issues that Christian men and women need to address in areas of financial stewardship. I can see how other Christian books along the same vein would be influenced by Ron Blue and Larry Burkett's books in general if they were written in the early to mid 90s. In this book, the only areas of caution are the stereotypes that Ron uses to describe men and women's differences. That could merit a separate book.

I've taught out of this book in Sunday school for a year already with a few more months to go before we're finished. The book is interesting to talk about, but there is little motivation for anyone to practice the exercises in this book unless one is actively trying to get out of debt. But that is a problem with Christian books in general.

On a personal note, I find that I am not as fearful about discussing and analyzing financial topics as I used to be. I can also understand how reaching for life's goals is refreshingly sobering when looking at life in financial terms. That is what Ron does brilliantly. This is not a book with Christian fluff between the covers. There is good meat here to grow on.

I recommend the book highly particularly for a motivated reading group.

Addendum:
It turned out that my Sunday School class and I spent two years in this book pretty much to the day. We had a lot to talk about and after all was said and done (reading the book from cover to cover and checking out all of the scripture references), it didn't seem like two years had passed by. It was a real pleasure teaching out of this book. Thank you very much, Mr. Blue.