Today from Chuck Swindall.

When the letters are over and the trophies are over and the crowds are over and the crowds have gone and the lights are out. There's nothing left.

The entertainers are just like that.

When they're off the stage and the mic is off and there's no crowd around to applaud or

laugh or whatever at their performing art, there's an emptiness.

Unless God is in the center giving direction and stability, there's a boredom.

King Solomon was one of the most respected men in history. King Solomon was one of the most respected men in history.

His wealth and wisdom were unparalleled. Tragically, the king squandered his

success, not in a single act of willfulness, but with incremental lapses in

judgment. Today on Insight for Living, Chuck Swindall continues his biographical study of Solomon.

In this message, we'll witness the King's moral blunders.

All of them were fueled by a toxic combination of opulence and boredom.

Solomon's journey is a lesson for anyone who's tempted to compromise their values.

Chuck titled today's message, signs of erosion.

Like most of you in high school days I took a course in chemistry and like most of you I didn't learn a lot from the course that I took in chemistry except one invaluable lesson that had very little to do with chemistry.

Our teacher's name was Mr Williams and he knew a great deal about the course, but he didn't know much about teaching it to high schoolers.

So we sort of listened as he reviewed a lot of things that were of interest to himself.

Until one day he decided to do an experiment that would help attract the

attention of busy and preoccupied high school students. The experiment that he

carried out lives on in my mind to this day.

We watched the killing of a frog in an oversized beaker

as that beaker was placed in tap water, water was placed in that beaker and the frog

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