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I believe all of us worldwide are ready for the coronavirus to be over. Austrian-Canadian scientist Dr. Hans Selye wrote a total of 30 books in his quest to better understand stress and human emotion. Toward the end of his life, Dr. Selye summarized his research, declaring that anger, bitterness and revenge are the emotions most harmful to our health and well-being. He also concluded that a heart...

Most of the natural disasters we face have a beginning and an end. Once they are over, the damage is assessed and the rebuilding begins. There seems to be at the very least some degree of certainty about the future, and what it might look like.  This however, is not the case with the Coronavirus Pandemic. We do not know when or how this is going to end and consequently are forced to admit that we...

How do we articulate our own personal world view? More importantly, how do we defend our point of view? Today Richard joins Kerby Anderson on the Point of View Radio Talk Show to discuss Richard’s book Reflections on the Existence of God.  Kerby Anderson is the President of Probe Ministries and host of  Point of View Radio Talk Show . This episode originally aired on the Point of View Radio Talk S...

Martin Luther King Jr. was probably the most visible spokesman and leader of the civil rights movement in America. He is best known for advancing civil rights using the tactics of non-violence through civil disobedience. It is quite evident that Dr. King approached those he was seeking to influence with great humility. However, it was not from a position of weakness or condescension, or speaking f...

Have you ever noticed the competing desires in your life and how they can be so contradictory? For example, if you want to be healthy, fit and live a long life, but you also smoke cigarettes and drink heavily, at some point, you realize your model breaks down. The competing interests require that you choose a side, and you finally understand freedom is not the ability to do whatever you want, as y...

Child psychologist David Elkind believes there are at least three contemporary sources of stress that mark our age as a difficult one. First, due to the alarming increase in violence and crime, we are more afraid . Second, due to rapidly changing job markets, technology, and economic factors, we are more professionally insecure . Finally, due to widespread separation and divorce, we are more alone...

In March of 1965, I remember driving home from the beach. It was a Sunday. We stopped to pick up a black man who was hitchhiking to Selma. I remember my Dad asking him if he was participating in the march and the man said that he was going to see his girlfriend. Then something happened in August of 1965 that is still seared in my memory. Our family went to New York to attend the World’s Fair. One...

Most issues regarding money are judgement issues. For this reason we all need wisdom in the handling of our finances.  There are 3 questions that the Bible and the book of Proverbs asks us about money: 1) How did you get it? 2) What is money doing to you? and 3) What are you doing with what you have?  Learning the answers to these questions can reveal the heart of our attitude toward money and giv...

Billy Graham once said, "If a person gets his attitude toward money straight, it will help straighten out almost every other area in his life."  I couldn't agree more! If your attitude on money is right, it's easier to develop the proper balance between work and family. Most issues regarding money are judgement issues, and for this reason we all need wisdom in handling our finances. There is much...

British scholar C. S. Lewis says that, “Every time you make a choice, you are turning the central part of you , the part of you that chooses, into something a little different from what it was before... You are slowly turning this central thing either into a heavenly creature or a hellish creature.” Could there be a slow deterioration of the quality of my life based on what I am sowing and reaping...

Do you feel alone and separated from God? Are you longing for something or someone that can truly satisfy the deepest longings of your heart? You can go to the greatest resorts, eat at the finest restaurants, drink the finest wines, play on the world's top golf courses, have great sex, but the problem is when you wake up the next morning, you're still thirsty. These are wonderful things, but they...

If you could ask God one question, and be guaranteed that He would answer, what would it be? Recently USA Today conducted a survey asking this very question - the number 1 question people wanted to ask God was this, "What is my purpose here?" In this podcast, Richard discusses his personal journey in searching for his purpose in life, and how this led him to write his most recent book The Reason F...

It seems that when it comes to pain and suffering, I think our natural first response is, how do I get this out of my life? Most of us are more concerned with how things are going to turn out, but God is more concerned with how we’re going to turn out. That’s His focus. How do you prepare for the storms of life? How do you respond to them when they come into your life? Dr. Hans Selye, the first tr...

Why does God allow pain, suffering and evil in the world? And why is it that suffering sometimes causes people to turn away from God? I believe we're not dealing with a problem that needs to be solved - rather, we're dealing with a mystery to be understood .  My purpose in this podcast is for us to gain understanding and make sense of the pain, suffering and evil around us. This topic leads to a v...

What is the purpose of your life? If your life has a purpose, your life will be fulfilling and you will have a deep sense of joy. At the end of your life, don't you want your life to matter? Just as happiness is a by-product of a meaningful life, so futility is a by-product of a worldly life. Tom Brady, winner of six Super Bowls said, "There has to be something greater for my life."  In a hostage...

So many of us want success and riches and fame, but at the end of the day, what that comes down to is our deep desire for significance. Why do we live to impress those around us? Why do their opinions weigh so mightily on us? In this podcast, we look at the parable of the rich fool in Luke 12. Richard asks us questions like: What would you call your true riches of life? What will be of value to yo...

How do you measure a man's life? What are your aspirations for the rest of your life? What are your dreams?  I want to share with you four thoughts today to help you evaluate your life as it relates to what I call the performance trap. I’d ask you to be honest with yourself, because I think it’s a very healthy thing to examine yourself, to know yourself. In fact, John Calvin says that wisdom consi...

Can the human heart be changed? Can it be transformed to do good? I invite you to join me in considering these questions. Many years ago, in its infancy, Time magazine asked several hundred prominent philosophers and theologians to write a response to the question, “What is Wrong with the World?” G.K. Chesterton , the celebrated English journalist and novelist, was among those contacted. He wrote...

Many years ago I asked a group of men if they believed human morality was improving and if we were becoming a better society. To my surprise a bright attorney quickly responded, “Absolutely.” I was dumbfounded. He proceeded to share his optimism about the future as if human beings were perfectible and that a Utopian society might be achievable in our lifetime. That was well over twenty-five years...

If there is a God out there, why did He put me here? What is the reason for my earthly existence?  Join Richard today as he discusses these questions from his newest book, The Reason For Life . Today's podcast comes from the "Good Morning, Ozarks" show with KLFC Radio in Branson, Missouri.  To get your FREE copy of Richard's new book, The Reason For Life , text WISDOM to 33777 ....

The decisions and choices we make are the foundation of our life. Jordan Peterson says our choices either lead to order or they lead to chaos. They lead to excellence or they lead to mediocrity.  You see, life is not made by the dreams you dream. It is made by the choices you make. Do you need wisdom for your life? Join us and listen in today!

As we enter 2019, I want to address an issue that has great influence on our individual lives, though we generally are not very aware of it. I would like to introduce it through a riddle. Can you guess the answer?

Stanford psychologist Phillip Zimbardo made this observation, “There is nothing more detrimental to a person’s life than isolation. There is no more destructive influence on physical and mental health than the isolation of you from me and us from them.” Yet, incredibly, we trivialize human existence and human relationships with the excuse of time-demands and the pressures of work. Can a person be...

Harvard Business Review recently reported that, “Loneliness is a growing health epidemic. We live in the most technologically connected age in the history of civilization, yet rates of loneliness have doubled since the 1980s."Why is human loneliness so problematic? Why does it cause such harm and dysfunction? There seems to be something in our wiring that requires us to be in relationships with ot...

We are all fighting battles of some kind. The truths of the Bible serve as a powerful comfort in difficult times and teach us how to respond to adversity. What battles are you fighting?