The Shrewd Christian: You Can't Have It All, But You Can Have More Than Enough

This is a important book for you! It spells out simple tried and true ways in which you will become financially independent.

I am still reading this book. So far I've really enjoyed it. Lots of good info and challenges. If you want to change your perspective on money and wealth, this is the book for you.

This is a truly great book. I bought it on a whim at a used bookstore and my financial life has become better because of it. I am not Christian but bought it because I love finance books (I have my own bookkeeping business). The concepts that are written about are applicable to everyone, and speak of the importance of building a happy and satisfying life by building good personal relationships and productive activities. Unlike most personal finance books it doesn't feel you should have budget which is where most people have failure issues. I would absolutely suggest this book to anyone and feel it will pay for itself with the first day or two.

This book has saved me from making a huge mistake! I was about to go out and take a second job to get myslef out of debt, but using the principles in Neil's book, I have already found (saved) hundred's of dollars that I didn't know I was losing every single week! I estimate that I will keep (for that debt payoff) an extra $5,200.00-$7,800.00 this year alone! And, best of all, this is without spending one extra minute outside my home and away from my children! Thank God for this book! Buy it, read it, share it!

Never would I have expected when The Shrewd Christian was recommended for immediate read that it would be such an engaging, "entertaining", encouraging and enlightening book about--of all things, finances!! I rarely read anything in one sitting, but Neil Atkinson kept my attention--through his own story, through a writing style that almost jumped off the page, through his knowledge as well as his passion for his subject. I'm excited about a book which focuses on helping the Christian middle class (plus anyone who elects to read this informative threatise) attain financial freedom--not so we can "have" more but so that we might "be" more about what matters--"kingdom work and relationships". Although I'm not sure if my husband and I can "live well on less than half of the money we make", Neil and his wife Margie's goal, I was certainly challenged to look at how we do live. Thankfully Neil didn't just challenge me, he also gave many, many helpful and practical ways to become "truly wealthy". Bravo to NA and Waterbrook for bringing a radically passionate financial prospective to my attention.