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Becoming Numb
April 12, 2022 Becoming Numb by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Proverbs 6:16-19 Solomon’s anatomy of sinful behavior concludes with a look at the evildoer’s feet. Not a pretty sight under any circumstances! Feet that run rapidly to evil This figure of speech actually has more to do with the heart thanRead More …
Murder and Malice
April 11, 2022 Murder and Malice by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Proverbs 6:16-19 The Lord’s list of abominations—behaviors He intensely detests—continues with the hands and the heart. Hands that shed innocent blood The shedding of blood refers to killing someone, not merely drawing blood in a nonfatal injury, and the qualificationRead More …
Pride and Deception
April 10, 2022 Pride and Deception by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Proverbs 6:16-19 Solomon’s fatherly advice to his son begins with a focus on parts of the body, starting from the head and working down: eyes, tongue, hands, heart, and feet. Today, we take it from the top. Haughty eyes AsRead More …
Good Intentions
April 09, 2022 Good Intentions by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Proverbs 6:16-19 Even though we have mentioned various aspects of this subject and have glanced at these sayings on more than one occasion in our study together, we need to give them further attention. Who hasn’t struggled with the daily grindRead More …
Asking God for Help
April 08, 2022 Asking God for Help by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Psalm 142:1-7 David’s dark song, Psalm 142, concludes with a final request and a bold prediction. Bring my soul out of prison, So that I may give thanks to Your name; The righteous will surround me, For You willRead More …
Confessing Despair
April 07, 2022 Confessing Despair by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Psalm 142:3-6 In David’s dark song of depression, recorded as Psalm 142, the king confesses his deepest feelings of isolation and despair. When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, You knew my path. In the way where I walk They haveRead More …
Opening to God
April 06, 2022 Opening to God by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Psalm 142:1-2 The raw emotion of David’s prayer in Psalm 142 comes through clearly in his choice of words. In his Cave of Adullam, the beleaguered future king struggled with depression and shrieked heavenward. I used to wonder why weRead More …
Crying Aloud from the Darkness
April 05, 2022 Crying Aloud from the Darkness by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Psalm 142:1-2 David’s depression most likely resulted from an unusually long period of stress. The superscript for Psalm 142, identifying David’s circumstances as “in the cave,” probably refers to the cave of Adullam. To appreciate the context, observeRead More …
An Abysmal Cave
April 04, 2022 An Abysmal Cave by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Psalm 142:1-7 Who hasn’t struggled with those demoralizing seasons of dark sadness? Everyone suffers from grief and sorrow from time to time. But depression is a different matter. Like a disease, it’s very common, but it’s not “normal.” Depression isRead More …
Equally Yoked
April 03, 2022 Equally Yoked by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Proverbs 31:10-31 In 2 Corinthians 6:14 (KJV), Paul the apostle warned believers to avoid being “unequally yoked” with nonbelievers. He used the image of two oxen—one strong, the other weak—harnessed together to pull a plow. Every farmer at the time knewRead More …
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