Have you ever thought about the ideas you have and how they shape your life? The philosopher Dallas Willard says “Our ideas are the assumptions

Today’s podcast is from a group Bible study I am teaching about the principle of sowing and reaping. I believe that for every person who

Today we’re finishing the parable of Lazarus and the rich man. This parable reveals something about eternity. Many people don’t realize the fact that in

Today’s podcast is the second part of my Bible Study series on Jesus’ parable of the rich man and Lazarus. This parable is found in

Today’s podcast is from a Bible Study series I taught at The Center. We’re looking at one of Jesus’ parables that I think is very

Today I’m honored to share a talk with you that my good friend and former NFL chaplain Jerry Leachman gave at a large men’s breakfast

Faith. Culture. Hope. Life. Longtime journalist and commentator Billy Hallowell has covered thousands of the biggest faith and culture stories. Today I am honored to

Today’s podcast is a message that I’ve been sharing for over 25 years, and about 10 years ago, it made its way into a book.

Today I am discussing the struggles that men deal with. Life is difficult. I don’t care how talented you are, how wealthy you are, how

Today I welcome back my friend, Drayton Nabers. This time he is speaking on praying for your business life. Nabers says that, “Prayer connects us

Today I’d like to share a principle that I believe is the most important principle in all of life. I want to start with a

If you were to Google the question “What is the good life?”, you’d be overwhelmed by the response. Some of the answers are shopping, consumption,

 My message that I’m sharing with you today is, I believe, one of the most important messages to anyone that I would describe as

 Today I want to continue discussing the heart of a man as we look at this question: What is it that men really want?

 How well do you know yourself? How well do you understand yourself? In John Calvin’s massive work called The Institutes of the Christian Religion,

 Today I’d like to start by sharing with you how I came upon this message. At The Center, we do a lot of one-on-one

 Many scholars would agree that probably one of the most thoughtful books written in the last 30 or 40 years is Ernest Becker’s Pulitzer

 Today I have a special guest, Drayton Nabers, speaking on the role of Christ in the life of business. When we’re doing business, we

 How can I live a life that has purpose and meaning? That is the topic of today’s podcast, Part 3. In Part 1, we

What is it that satisfies the thirst of the soul? In Part 1, we talked about how many people see happiness as a feeling. We

I truly believe that many adults experience great unhappiness in life. A lot of them experience depression, which is not something that people want to

So much has been written on the issue of evil, but today I’d like to take all that I have read over the last six

Today I’d like to talk about something that’s very important to me – I call it the Great Paradox of Life. The apostle Paul addresses

The topic that I want to address this morning is fascinating. And, I believe that it will be of real benefit to you.One would think

What is it about the human condition that causes us to want to “one-up” someone else all the time? What is it that causes us

Today I am discussing Jesus’ parable about the pearl of great value, taken from Matthew 13:44-46. “Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like treasure hidden

Today is the last message in my 4-part series on pride and humility. I want to look at how God has special regard for the

This morning, I want to share a few more words with you about pride so that we can truly see how destructive it is in

Today I want to look at the pitfalls of comparison. Comparing ourselves to others impacts our lives, our behavior, our relationships with others, and ultimately

Today I am starting a new series on the issue of pride and humility. In the first two episodes we’ll look at the issue of

Today I’d like to share my Good Friday message I gave last weekend, focusing on Isaiah 53. It is interesting to note that chapters 40-55

Easter weekend is really different from all other weekends and holidays on the calendar. Because if you think about it, we’re commemorating two of the

 Download audio How can we find real peace? Physician, futurist and author Richard Swenson‘s work focuses on what he calls, “cultural medicine.” I’d never

A couple of years ago, I noticed something in the Bible that I had never recognized, and in the book of John, whether you are

Why did Jesus’ death change everything forever? What did He mean when He said, “It is finished?” Well, the answer glimmers all through scripture, but

When Jesus speaks, everything He says that’s recorded in the Gospels is significant. Some of the things he says are parables, or stories with symbolic

Today I’d like to share a message by Dr. Tim Keller, which he gave at The Center’s Mens Breakfast in November 2019 here in Birmingham,

Why is our world so broken? I believe the world is broken because of the spiritual condition of man. The Bible describes our natural condition

Throughout history, one of the intellectual debates that seems to come and go is this question, “Is mankind intrinsically good or is he intrinsically evil

Was Jesus more than a man in history? Was he just a great moral teacher? Great moral teachers don’t make the kind of claims that

Back around 1984, I came to the conclusion that I had committed my life to a religious faith that had as it’s source, a book.

Have you given much thought to the big questions of life: Why am I here? Why do I exist? Author Peter Kreeft observed that, “We

Today I want to discuss the evidence I have found for the existence of God. Christian author Tim Keller said, “Though you may not realize

Today I am going to address a very important question: Is Christianity the only valid religion, or are there other paths to God? As we

Today I’m going to tackle a very difficult topic – to tackle this in 45-minutes is difficult because of the nature of the content. If

In today’s podcast I share about two different meetings with 2 different men, both who had some type of belief in God and Jesus, but

Today I want to continue discussing the relationship between wisdom and the principles of life. In Part 1 we discussed the Principle of the Path.

We have a great need in the challenging days we are living in for wisdom. In today’s talk, I want to introduce to you the

One of most enlightening things that I have learned this past year, especially when I counsel men, are some words from Blaise Pascal, who says

How do we view difficulty when it comes into our lives? In Parts 1 and 2 of this series, we looked at the issue of

How do we deal with fear, anxiety and stress in our lives? In Phillip Yancey’s book, Where is God When it Hurts. well-known Swiss physician

It’s the middle of the night. You know, you went to sleep, hoping for a good night’s rest, now it’s 2 am. You get up

Merry Christmas! Today’s podcast is taken a Christmas blog that I originally wrote several years ago. I share one of my favorite stories that illustrates

Are you experiencing real freedom in your life? Are you overspending this Christmas? In an attempt to give your family everything they could ever want,

Now more than ever before, we need truth! In Hosea 4:6, God says, “My people perish because of a lack of knowledge.” And then 2

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

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.

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

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

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,

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

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

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

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.”

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

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?

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

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

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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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,

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

Last year I wrote a book titled, The Power of a Humble Life. In the book I write that “Humble people are grateful people.” This

Philosopher Dallas Willard says that, “Meaning is not a luxury for us… It is a kind of spiritual oxygen that enables our souls to live.”

Are you making a lasting difference with your life? How do you want to be remembered when your life is over? This message lays out

The great philosopher Augustine once said, “Is not a happy life the thing that all desire, and is there anyone who altogether desires it not?”

If you knew that no one would ever know, what would you say that you fear? Or who? Would you get rid of those fears

Welcome to the first episode of Reliable Truth with Richard E Simmons III! Today Richard talks about our search to satisfy the desires of our