"An honest answer is like a kiss on the lips." (Prov. 24:26 NIV)It always pays to be honest.Even when you wouldn't have been caught anyway.Especially at Christmastime.Recently our female golden retriever paid a special visit to a male dog owned by a local golden...
Our family was Christmas shopping in the clothing department of a large department store when our nine year old son, Bradley, shouted, "Money!" Rolled up with a rubber band was a substantial amount of cash, apparently dropped unknowingly by its owner. The money had...
While writing about the seven seven heavenly virtues, I was a little surprised the virtue of honesty is not on the "official list" passed down from the 6th century. You'll see why I wanted to deal with this, as it certainly is a worthy virtue to consider.I recently...
It wasn't a big lie. Just a little one. A lie about - of all things - Sunday School."And what did you learn about today in Sunday School?" Mom asked.I had to think quickly. My mother would not be pleased to know that George and I had skipped Sunday School to check out...
"Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are His delight." - Proverbs 12:22Lies will ALWAYS come back to haunt you...Consider a few years ago when my wife and I were on vacation. The battery on her car went bad, so we had to replace it.When we...
As an armored truck passed by the Los Angeles bus stop where he was sitting alone last Monday night, Ascension Franco Gonzales saw a clear plastic bag tumble onto the street. The vehicle kept going. The guards inside it were totally unaware that part of their load had...
"Learn to say no," said Charles Spurgeon. "It will be of more use to you than to be able to read Latin."One educator used to say that no society can last long unless it has a quorum of "unpurchasable people." These are people of principle who cannot be bought; people...