Crown Financial Ministries CEO, Chuck Bentley, Answers All Your Questions About Retirement

Two leading experts give their advice on how to plan for, and enjoy, retirement.

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Dec 15, 2017, 12:13 ET

KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 15, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As Americans, we have lots of questions about retirement. Much of that is due to the fact that people are not prepared even though they know they are going to face the day they can no longer work full time:

The #1 financial regret of older Americans is that they didn't save for retirement sooner
The median amount saved for retirement among American families is only $5,000
And almost a quarter of all Americans are worried they will outlive their retirement savings

There are entire generations completely unprepared for retirement, frantically searching for answers before they're faced with financial instability and a bleak outlook on the remaining years of their lives.

Crown CEO, Chuck Bentley, discussed this with two experts: Brad Hewitt, CEO of Thrivent Financial and Russ Crosson, Executive Vice Chairman of Ronald Blue Trust asking some important questions such as:

What is the Bible's perspective on retirement?
How do I adjust my retirement portfolio to get better returns?
Will Social Security fail, or can I depend on it in retirement?
What should I do if I'm getting older and feel panicked about not having enough saved to retire?

Their entire interview, full of advice and practical help, is now compiled on an audio CD. You can get the full interview by making a donation of any amount to Crown. The interviews are helpful, encouraging, and easy-to-listen to. You don't have to be a financial expert or even interested in finances to grasp the important principles that are explained for all to understand.

God's Word does not prohibit, but rather encourages, saving for retirement. As Christians, we are to prepare for our later years so that we can take care of ourselves when we are no longer physically able to work full time, and to position ourselves to be free to serve full time.

Stewards save because we trust the Lord, not because we trust money. So when it comes to retirement, remember that you are saving to be used by God, not to spend frivolously. We can focus on God's promise that He is "able to make all grace abound to you, so that always having all sufficiency in everything, you may have an abundance for every good deed" (2 Corinthians 9:8).

Crown Financial Ministries is the largest non-profit Christian financial ministry in the world, founded by Larry Burkett in 1976. CEO Chuck Bentley is a well-known author, speaker, and daily radio program host. Crown exists to help people discover and live by God's design for their work, finances, and life.

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