Chuck Bentley

Chuck Bentley

CP Guest Contributor

Chuck Bentley is CEO of Crown Financial Ministries, a global Christian ministry, founded by the late Larry Burkett. He is the host of a daily radio broadcast, My MoneyLife, featured on more than 1,000 Christian Music and Talk stations in the U.S., and author of his most recent book, Seven Gray Swans: Trends that Threaten Our Financial Future. Be sure to follow Crown on Facebook.

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  • Ask Chuck: Get prepared for layoffs

    Ask Chuck: Get prepared for layoffs

    I work in the technology sector and am worried about getting laid off. Can you help me be prepared?

  • Ask Chuck: Vacation without debt

    Ask Chuck: Vacation without debt

    I would love to treat my family to a vacation, but we just can’t afford it unless we put it all on a credit card and pay it out over the coming months. Seems worth it to us. We need a break.

  • Ask Chuck: How can I ever afford a home?

    Ask Chuck: How can I ever afford a home?

    I am 25, live in a hot housing market, and feel squeezed by rising rents. I can't see any way that I could ever buy a home! I need a plan and some hope.

  • Ask Chuck: The unexpected joy of being frugal

    Ask Chuck: The unexpected joy of being frugal

    I work and live with those who buy whatever they want, whenever they want. I find myself constantly influenced to join their spending sprees! Can you give me any tips that I can implement to control my spending immediately?

  • Ask Chuck: The high cost of loneliness

    Ask Chuck: The high cost of loneliness

    I am a baby boomer with lots of friends and a healthy community at church, but I see loneliness as a major problem for so many of my friends, our kids, and our grandkids. How do you think this trend will impact the economy in the future?

  • Ask Chuck: Fed up with grocery prices

    Ask Chuck: Fed up with grocery prices

    We have a budget, but the cost of groceries and eating out is ridiculous! Something has to change. What can we do? We are exceeding our food budget every single week.

  • Ask Chuck: Should I take out a home equity line of credit?

    Ask Chuck: Should I take out a home equity line of credit?

    I would like to eliminate our high interest credit card debt. What are your thoughts on taking out a HELOC to pay it off?

  • Ask Chuck: America has lost its way and decaying. What to do?

    Ask Chuck: America has lost its way and decaying. What to do?

    My husband and I believe America has lost its way. I see so much pride, division, financial fear and greed that I wonder if we can even recover. How can an individual make a difference?

  • Ask Chuck: Move back from the financial cliff

    Ask Chuck: Move back from the financial cliff

    Our finances are stretched so thin that I am stressed out all the time. We live on a budget, but my husband and I both need some hope that it will not always be this way.

  • Ask Chuck: Is America’s economy about to implode?

    Ask Chuck: Is America’s economy about to implode?

    It sure looks like Larry Burkett’s book "The Coming Economic Earthquake" is happening before our very eyes! Is this the big one that he warned us about?