Chuck Bentley
Chuck Bentley
Are you full of good intentions but never make headway? Henry Ford said, “You can’t build a reputation on what you are going to do.” Our careers are highly dependent on the reputations we build…and our reputations are established by our priorities. For a Christian, those priorities must be established outside of what the world calls […]
Dear Chuck, My wife and I have a 401(k) savings plan, and we are thinking of pulling out some of the money for home improvements. Our house is one of our major life investments, but do you think that is a good plan? It’s so hard to save up the resources recommended for retirement, but […]
Paul taught Timothy that those who want to get rich fall into temptation and snares. Paul knew the heart of man. Like the world, Christians rationalize indulgence. Our affluence has distorted our priorities and we compromise truth in the deception of self-fulfillment. Paul told the Corinthians “No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to […]
In Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis said, “Pride gets no pleasure out of having something, only out of having more of it than the next man… It is the comparison that makes you proud: the pleasure of being above the rest.” What convicting truth! Pride is one of the deadly sins and it’s no question as […]
Andrew Murray said, “Pride must die in you, or nothing of heaven can live in you.” Pride is a spiritual stronghold; a tool of the enemy used to set itself up against the knowledge of God. It controls, it entangles, and renders believers ineffective in their witness. Beth Moore addressed it in her book, Praying God’s […]
Originally posted on the Christian Post on April 28 Dear Chuck, I was raised in a home in which my parents talked very little about money, and my husband’s family didn’t say much about it either. For our parents, money was a private matter. I feel like that led to some financial mistakes when I got […]
Humorist ‘Kin’ Hubbard once said, “The safest way to double your money is to fold it over and put it in your pocket.” Apparently Americans haven’t taken his advice. It is no longer any surprise that a significant number of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck. Sadly, research reveals that Americans are burdened with nearly […]
Retirement provision is something that confuses many Christians.The “rules” about retirement have changed over the years and many Americans are realizing they didn’t save enough to maintain the lifestyle they pictured. Almost a quarter of all retirees are worried that their savings will run out and not saving for retirement soon enough is the number […]
Columnist Earl Wilson once said, “Today, there are three kinds of people: the have’s, the have-not’s, and the have-not paid-for-what-they-have’s.” Who are you? There were some shocking statistics recently reported, regarding debt carried by deceased Americans. The credit bureau Experian’s database consists of 220 million consumers, roughly 90% of the adult population in the U.S. […]
It’s been said student debt is a product that has been sold to us with such repetition and intensity that most people believe they can’t live without. My 19-year-old son attends community college, drives a 15-year-old car, and lives at home. He could have attended a number of universities. But, as Andrew Josuweit at Forbes.com says, “skipping […]
