Would more money give you financial security? A lot more money? Having a lot more isn't always best; with that money comes headaches and responsibilities, and many people have earned, or come into a lot of money, only to lose it all. [...]

They called them "flights to nowhere," because of severe weather, incoming passenger aircraft weren't able to land. One had flown four hours when it turned around and flew four hours back, another made it to the destination and flew [...]

When David was fleeing Jerusalem, as his son Absalom was usurping the throne, a man named Shimei cursed David as he went, even threw stones at him. When David returned in triumph, Shimei was singing a very different song. In 2 Samuel 19:21, [...]

A former drug addict who wrote about the transformation in his life, urged other addicts to get clean like he had. He said that if he could do it, anyone could do it, which of course is true. Some advice can save your life. David spoke to his son [...]

Northeast of La Paz, Bolivia is a road known as the Road of Death. It heads up to the Amazon rainforest, and there's a section of it that's so dangerous it used to average 100 deaths a year, it's incredibly narrow, there are no guard [...]

The BBC reported that a senior journalist at France's leading television news channel was suspended for participating in what appeared to be a significant disinformation scheme. An organization allegedly paid to have falsehoods broadcast as [...]

In October of 2002, sniper attacks in seven states, and the District of Columbia, left 17 people dead and 10 injured. Two men were responsible for the tragedies one, 41 and the other just 17. They weren't criminal masterminds, just evil. The [...]

The man who became known as "The Unabomber" wrought havoc in the United States for 17 years, during which time he killed three people and injured 20 or so more. He was identified after a manifesto he wrote was published in the Washington [...]

Two weeks after she missed out on qualifying for the Rio Olympics in 2016, 100 meter hurdler, Kendra Harrison, won a race in London and broke the world record without even realizing it. The timer malfunctioned; when her actual time was posted, she [...]

When a 27-year-old man fell from a 70-foot cliff in Puerto Rico, and died, his brother explained that the men enjoyed uploading videos to his Tik-Tok account. He said his brother was a daredevil and I quote, "Unfortunately, he was closer to the [...]

How would it feel, do you think, to wander in a wilderness, not physically so much but emotionally, mentally? What if you wandered in that wilderness for 40 years? Now what if you wandered in a wilderness and you knew Jesus was with you? That could [...]

Words are important. I think you'd agree with that. Did you ever say something you wish you could take back? Of course, the better thing would be to not say it in the first place. Saying the wrong thing has got a lot of people into trouble, but [...]

City authorities were direct, they will just kill you, they said. They were talking about street lamps, 17,000 of them were installed in Wellington, New Zealand in 2018, but less than five years later they had begun to break off and fall 20 feet to [...]

In Greek mythology, as Icarus flew to safety on wings made by his companion, he was warned not to fly too low or too high; too high and the sun would melt the wings made partially of wax. Icarus flew too high, the wings melted and he plunged to the [...]

I remember years ago when the phrase, "Girls can do anything," became popular. I'm sure there was good intent in that phrase, girls or women can run companies, have a career, be scientists, or professional athletes or whatever they [...]

I was in a shopping mall in Mississippi when two women got into a fight right near me, fists flying, language turning the air blue, I had to step in and restrain one of them while another man did the same, after things had calmed down and one of [...]

It's been said that war is hell, many don't survive it completely intact, suffering physical or psychological scarring, but if certain wars had not been fought, it's possible you might be speaking a different language today. Proverbs [...]

You wouldn't want to go half way up a mountain. Why would anyone paint half a picture? When I was a kid growing up, new owners moved into two big old houses near our home, one was renovated entirely in no time, beautiful, the other one, 40 [...]

The following is not a comment on the afterlife, but a comment on the human capacity to want. Proverbs 27:20, "Hell and Destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied". You see a bigger house, a new watch, a nicer car, [...]

Something I find interesting about the book of Proverbs is the absolute abundance of references it contains to laziness, or at the same time, diligence. God very clearly believes in hard work; when He gave the Sabbath commandment for example, He [...]

There's a lot God simply hasn't told us. There are still great mysteries in the universe all around us, things we haven't figured out about the sun, moon, and stars, or human anatomy and physiology, there are aspects of the animal [...]

We're going to try something, maybe even sooner than you think. There's one thing people often do which they should never do, and that's seek revenge. After all she had it coming to her, he deserved it, no that's actually never [...]

At first blush it almost seems like an excessive thing for God to say. Proverbs 23:2, "Put a knife to your throat if you are a man given to appetite". Seems strong, doesn't it? The thing is we've become so used to Indulgence in [...]

The man is spending the rest of his life in prison after being implicated in a crime committed by his friend; his error was choosing for a friend, a young man with a terrible anger problem. When his friend snapped while he was present, he got caught [...]

You read in the book of Acts, that the early Christian church was very involved in helping those who had less. A key issue in Acts 6 was distributing food to widows, but times have changed, these days the government has assumed the role of assisting [...]

I was with a woman in a foreign country, I'm not going to mention her name, although I can tell you I'm married to her; it was a warm day and she wanted one of the oranges growing on this trees lining the city streets. I felt like maybe we [...]

One of the best things a parent can say to a child is, "I love you," another is, "God loves you," or "let's pray about that together, remember to say please and thank you, turn off the lights when you're not using [...]

Parents do it all the time, employers, teachers, and friends do it, it's hard to imagine how many friendships or jobs have been lost as a result, the truth is nobody should ever do it, so what is "it"? Proverbs 18:13 says, "He [...]

If you were going to cook a pot of beans you'd sort the beans first so that you didn't inadvertently cook bad beans or lumps of dirt; squeeze lemons and you'll likely separate out the seeds. This is Proverbs 17:3, "The refining [...]

During the California Gold Rush, 750,000 pounds of gold were extracted from the hills and ground of the Golden State. Today that would be worth tens of billions of dollars; prospectors seeking their fortune flocked to California, fortunes were made [...]

There's a phrase I hear that occasionally worries me; when people say, "The Lord told me to". Yes He told Abraham to leave his home and follow Him which worked out well, He told Abraham he'd father a child in his old age and [...]

I was very fortunate, very blessed, I had a wonderful mother, memories of my childhood are filled with pictures of my mother being supportive, comforting, helping, providing, doing, encouraging, ever present, an absolute tower of strength for my [...]

After ripping off customers again and again, a restaurant on the Greek island of Mykonos earned itself a terrible reputation. One group of women were charged $1400 for six plates of pretty ordinary food and when they questioned the exorbitant [...]

I've spoken to more employers than I can count who've told me the toughest part of their job is finding employees and they say, "Because no one wants to work," which I have hard time with because I was raised in a context where [...]

A well known sports personality recently donated 10 million dollars to a certain organization, others have given in the hundreds of millions. Philanthropists have altered the world but if you can't give millions, you can still give. Here's [...]

God is good enough to give us all kinds of gifts and privileges; it's what we do with them that defines our lives. What you don't want to do is let your blessings become a curse, food is good, too much food not good, intimacy was given by [...]

I had a guest on an It Is Written "Conversations" program who spoke of his experience with alcohol addiction and finding sobriety and faith in God, great story. He spoke of "the gift of desperation," where he got so low he [...]

If you could have a million dollars or a case of poison ivy, you'd choose the money, a suitcase full of gems or a speeding ticket, obvious, but what would you trade for God's word? Proverbs 8:10 says, "Receive my instruction, and not [...]

When Solomon devotes a second chapter in Proverbs to the subject of immorality, it seems he's serious about getting his message across, well more accurately God is serious about getting His message across. There's a striking picture in [...]

In Proverbs 6, seven things are said to be an abomination to God, among them, "...one who sows discord among the brethren." Verse 19. It can happen with a word, a tale that is told, a false report, someone intentionally causing trouble [...]

There are two entire chapters in the Bible that deal with immorality, both written by someone with considerable expertise in the area. Solomon has the dubious distinction of having married 700 women and keeping another 300 as concubines, similar to [...]

I remember as a kid picking up an apple and wondering if I could throw it as far as an outbuilding on the neighbor's property. I was rather astonished by the velocity with which the small green missile departed my hand and I watched with horror [...]

What punishment did you ever receive that really sticks with you? Maybe you were sent to your room or grounded or perhaps it was something more memorable. I'm not talking about when parents take it too far. Whatever it was, no doubt, you [...]

I've heard people say that church is anti-science. Well of course that can't be true because the church runs schools that teach science. God is the greatest scientist ever so, anti-science, no, but the church does affirm the creation [...]

Wisdom for today, Proverbs 1, verse 10, "My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not". There's a lot we can take from that verse. Earlier Solomon had said that the instruction of parents is like an ornament of grace, now as a [...]

Sometimes all you need to do is think. Now you might have to wrestle with a scientific equation, or to find the solution to an engineering challenge, and that's appropriate, but some things are a matter of common sense. No one has ever provided [...]

If it was funny, it would have been funny. A man talking to a donkey as though he were talking to a person, but it's not funny, it's tragic. Balaam disobeyed God by entering into negotiations with the moabites to curse Israel. Balaam could [...]

When God gave the Second Commandment, no Idols or images, no worshiping them, He said this, "I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate [...]

As the children of Israel were nearing the promised land, one man's sin turned out to have tragic consequences. God had commanded Israel to take nothing from Jericho, everything was to be destroyed, but a man named Akan chose to do otherwise; [...]

It might be easy to underestimate the seriousness of certain sins. Lying, Sabbath-breaking and covetousness are widely practiced, and almost completely socially acceptable, but look at Ephesians 5:3. "But fornication and all uncleanness or [...]