Flower is gone. But her legacy lives—and squabbles—on, thanks to dueling daughters Rocket Dog and Maybelline. No, this is not a new soap opera. It’s just life as they know it in Animal Planet’s fourth season of Meerkat Manor.

People who are unhappy are always unhappy for the same reason: They're stuck in the lie that they had wonderful parents who loved them.

Jerry Bowyer appeared on the Larry Kudlow Radio Show on Saturday, May 17th, at 12:00 pm Eastern. The Larry Kudlow Radio Show aired live from 10:00am until 1:00pm (EST)

We have posted a new sermon on the Keep Believing website called Be Still and Know. The sermon came in response to a question from a friend in China who wondered why God sent the terrible earthquake that took so many lives in the Sichuan province last week. Here is an excerpt from the message:

Back in the seventies "Styx" recorded “The Grand Illusion.” In the title track by that name, the lyrics portray the pursuits of this world and the promises offered thereby as a grand illusion. According to the song, as all of us follow the world’s siren call it seems as if we’re under a spell and we really cannot figure out who we are. Oddly enough, the message has merit as far as it goes and should be pondered by each one of us.

Here's a lesson from last week's congressional special election in Mississippi. People want to know what you are for more than what you are against. Where you start makes all the difference.

I spent more time with my father yesterday than I've ever spent with him at one time in my life. It's amazing, how twelve hours can feel like as many seconds.

Monday's lot of topical conversation; ABC News has a piece that features parents being punsihed for kids bad behavior...and even children suffering for their parent's lack of responsibility. When should we hold the parent, or the child, responsible? Plus a never ending flow of Gay Marriage opinions.

A song by Brandon Heath resonates with me. The song is called “I’m Not Who I Was” and that describes any person who has decided to put their trust in Jesus Christ. It certainly describes me. I am not who I was forty years ago or twenty years ago or even one year ago. This journey with Jesus cannot be status quo. You are either going forward or backward.

On those weeks when I’m just not feeling the pop culture goodness, thankfully there’s the Steelehouse Podcast to help me find out what I should or shouldn’t be watching, reading or listening to when it comes to film, television, books, music and more.

Next week (May 19-23)Back to the Bible will broadcast five messages I gave on the topic of “The Healing Power of Forgiveness.”