Crime Free Island No More

Canna, Scotland is the westernmost island in the Small Isles, and its crime rate skyrocketed overnight (also there is no police force on the island). ...

He Could Find a Sunken Treasure, But Not Wisdom

"One of the most intelligent fugitives ever sought," said the U.S. Marshal Service, of treasure hunter turned con-man Tommy Thompson, recently ...

Experiment Shows How the Law Leads to Sin

Robert Cialdini, a researcher and an expert on the theory of persuasion, conducted an experiment at the Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona. The ...

Christian Tourists Steal Items from C. S. Lewis's Favorite Pub

James Emery White tells the following story about his visit to the Eagle and Child pub in Great Britain, the place where C. S. Lewis and his friends used ...

Dad Forgives Daughter for Taking Coins

In a blog for Kyria entitled “The Sweet Relief of Grace,” Marian V. Liautaud writes:

My dad kept a coin jar on his dresser. Every night when ...

Bernie Madoff Wishes He Had Been Caught Earlier

"I wish they caught me six years ago, eight years ago."

—Bernie Madoff, jailed financier and Ponzi schemer, in an interview with representatives ...

Augustine's Joy in Sin

Once, during the holidays, [before his conversion, early church father] Augustine robbed a pear tree. He tells of the event with a quite extraordinary ...

Getting What We Don't Deserve

It was the first night of camp, and a group of tough kids from the city had hardly unpacked when the leaders received word about a theft. A work crew ...

Robin Hood's Not a Good Example

If a thief helps a poor man out of the spoils of his thieving, we must not call that charity.

The Grace to Forgive

"Daddy, come quick," shouted my four-year-old daughter. "Someone stole the presents from under the Christmas tree."

At first I thought ...