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The Broken Wing
April 14, 2021 The Broken Wing by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Daniel 9:4-19; Luke 7:36-48; Acts 10:34-43 It is quite probable that someone reading my words this moment is fighting an inner battle with a ghost from the past. The skeleton in one of yesterday’s closets is beginning to rattle louderRead More …
Failures
April 13, 2021 Failures by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Joshua 6:1-27; 1 Samuel 17:1-50; 1 Chronicles 11:15-19 Snake River Canyon coiled up, rattled its tail, and sank its fangs into its would-be captor. On a sultry Sunday afternoon its l,700-foot jaws yawned wide as it swallowed a strange-tasting capsule prescribed forRead More …
A Rare and Remarkable Virtue
April 12, 2021 A Rare and Remarkable Virtue by Pastor Chuck Swindoll James 5:7-11; Romans 5:1-5; Galatians 5:19-24 Perhaps you’ve uttered the American’s Prayer at some anxious moment recently: Lord, give me patience . . . and I want it right now! This rare and remarkable virtue is within the and-so-forth sectionRead More …
Insight
April 11, 2021 Insight by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Mark 6:45-56; Luke 24:36-45; Colossians 3:2; Hebrews 5:1-14; 1 Peter 1:13-15; 1 Kings 4:29 Are you ready for a surprise? You blink twenty-five times every minute. Each blink takes you about one-fifth of a second. Therefore, if you take a ten-hour automobileRead More …
Man’s Quest
April 10, 2021 Man’s Quest by Pastor Chuck Swindoll 1 John 3:16-20; Matthew 11:25-30; Psalm 62:5-8; 91:1, 2 Greece said . . . Be wise, know yourself. Rome said . . . Be strong, discipline yourself. Judaism says . . . Be holy, conform yourself. Epicureanism says . . . Be sensuous, enjoy yourself. Education says . . . BeRead More …
Surprises
April 09, 2021 Surprises by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Genesis 17:15-17; 18:9-14; Joshua 6:1-22; 1 Corinthians 15:52-58 The feelings are familiar. Mouth open. Eyes like saucers. Chill up the spine. Heart pounding in the throat. Momentary disbelief. We frown and attempt to piece the story together without a script or narrator.Read More …
Keeping Your Word
April 08, 2021 Keeping Your Word by Pastor Chuck Swindoll 1 Chronicles 17:16-27; 2 Chronicles 6:12-15; Psalm 145:13 March 11, 1942, was a dark, desperate day at Corregidor. The Pacific theater of war was threatening and bleak. One island after another had been buffeted into submission. The enemy was nowRead More …
Famine
April 07, 2021 Famine by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Nehemiah 8:1-12; Mark 12:41-44; Acts 13:44-48 The word hangs like an awful omen in our heads. Mentally, we picture a brutal, grotesque image. Cows’ hips protrude. Babies’ eyes are hollow. Bloated stomachs growl angrily. Skin stretches across faces tight as a trampoline.Read More …
Stumbling
April 06, 2021 Stumbling by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Psalm 37:23-24; Hebrews 4:12-16 Nothing damages our dignity like stumbling! I have seen people, dressed to the hilt, stumble and fall flat on their faces as they were walking to church. I have witnessed serious and gifted soloists, stepping up to theRead More …
Roots
April 05, 2021 Roots by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Mark 4:1-41; Ephesians 3:1-21; Colossians 2:1-23 There’s this tree in my front yard that gives me fits several times a year. It leans. No, it never breaks or stops growing . . . it just leans. It’s attractive, deep green, nicely shaped, and annuallyRead More …
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