Finances in Marriage Q&A: Debt, Budgeting, Tithing, and One Income

Money questions every Christian couple asks, answered. In this Marriage After God podcast episode, Aaron and Jennifer Smith take on 19 listener questions about finances in marriage, drawing on their own journey of paying off debt through a side photography business and living debt-free for about ten years. They talk about treating debt a spouse brought into the marriage as ours, building multiple streams of income, counting the cost before a financial risk (Luke 14:28), tithing while struggling, why they believe in one shared bank account, budgeting with kids on one income, and whether staying home as a mom is affordable. They recommend Dave Ramsey's resources and point to self-control and stewardship so our witness is not disqualified (1 Corinthians 9:24-27).