By Chuck Bentley All of us have a theology of money, whether we realize it or not. And for us Christians, the church we attend has a theology of money. If you were like me, you probably never realized how much your behavior with money is controlled by your theology or philosophy of money. Here […]
By Chuck Bentley If you were to take the family out for dinner tonight, and after enjoying your food and fellowship sign an agreement to take out a mortgage loan to pay for the meal, you would likely think that was crazy. However, if you are carrying a $5,000 balance on your credit card and […]
By Chuck Bentley “A recent study by Fidelity Investments focused on what it takes to become a millionaire without the help of a game show, and found that many people have the ability to accrue tremendous wealth… “Fidelity’s seventh ‘Millionaire Outlook’ study looked at the potential investors have for moving up toward millionaire status. The key […]
By Chuck Bentley I think life insurance is a great idea and it is especially important for families to have adequate coverage. I did a little research on how to save money on life insurance and came across an option that I did not know existed. Some insurance providers allow you to add a rider […]
By Chuck Bentley A recent article in Business Insider headlined this news: Nearly half of all Americans save nothing. That is nada, zero, zip. Here’s the problem with the article. This is not news. This has been the practice for about the last than 20 years. The bigger question is Why? Why are we a nation […]
By Chuck Bentley The Huffington Post recently reported that 8 out of 10 Americans eat fast food at least once a month. That comes as no surprise, but their preferred choice did surprise me. A recent study by Morgan Stanley asked the top 3 factors that people look for when choosing a restaurant. The results were: […]
By Chuck Bentley Yahoo Parents featured the story of an immigrant couple that moved to the US from the Philippines and turned their passion for home movies into a lucrative career—earning more than $1 million from their YouTube channel. But that is not the biggest surprise. Their home movies are best known for videos of […]
By Chuck Bentley I read with fascination about the news report of an Indian bride who walked out of her wedding ceremony after the groom failed to solve a simple math problem. The bride tested the groom on his math skills and when he got the sum wrong, she walked out. The question she asked: […]
By Chuck Bentley There’s good news for the college class of 2015, according to a recent article in Yahoo Finance: The odds that you will land a job after graduation are looking pretty solid. Unemployment is down and graduates are getting hired. In less than a decade from now, millennials will make up nearly three-quarters of the […]
By Chuck Bentley Having just returned from a conference in Zimbabwe, I had the opportunity to get to know many who are living in poverty and great lack. In addition to very few jobs, very low income, limited access to comforts and what we consider the basic necessities, even enduring unspeakable hardships under the cruel […]