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Mixing personal finance and religion

Jay Reeves of the Associated Press writes about Fox Business Network‘s Dave Ramsey, whose personal finance show is one of its best rated and who often discusses religion and money together.

Reeves writes, “Ramsey doesn’t deny mixing religion and business, and he doesn’t apologize for getting rich doing it, either. Business is a ministry, he says, and good ones prosper by serving people the way God wants them to.

“‘Worship is work-ship, so I don’t separate work from ministry,’ Ramsey said recently at his headquarters in suburban Nashville, where he does his syndicated radio and cable TV shows. Bible verses, crosses and photos of Ramsey decorate the building.

“In the beginning, as now, Ramsey’s refrain was similar to the financial teachings of John Wesley, who started the Methodist movement more than 200 years ago: Earn all you can, save all you can, give away all you can.”