Prosperity is dangerous when it convinces you that you did it all yourself. We open with a hard-edged warning from Deuteronomy that hits like a spotlight: God gives provision, protection, and opportunity, but pride rewrites the story until a people forgets the One who rescued them. I read the passage slowly, then ask what it sounds like when a nation says, “We’re great because we’re great,” instead of “We’re blessed, so we must be faithful.”

From there, we turn to marriage and the kind of love you can’t replace with money, fame, or comfort. Song of Solomon paints love as fierce, enduring, and priceless, and I connect that to real life, where success never fixes a heart that feels empty. If you care about Christian living, biblical marriage, and keeping your priorities straight in a loud culture, these verses are a needed reset.

We also zoom out to American culture and national identity, wrestling with what it means to call the United States a Christian republic and what happens when we trade gratitude for arrogance. To ground the conversation in something tangible, I share the Medal of Honor story of Captain James Montross Burt from World War II, then ask why modern entertainment so rarely celebrates the kind of courage and virtue that used to shape our imagination.

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