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Not to Worry . . . He’s Risen!
April 04, 2021 Not to Worry . . . He’s Risen! by Pastor Chuck Swindoll John 20:1-10 On the day Jesus was crucified, a sinister darkness blotted out the sun and smothered Jerusalem under a blanket of evil. It would have appeared to anyone seeing through eyes of flesh thatRead More …
Battlefield Memories
April 03, 2021 Battlefield Memories by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Mark 15:33-39 On the once bloody battlefield at Saratoga there stands a towering obelisk. A 155-foot-high monument commemorative of that decisive struggle where the British made their last stand over two centuries ago. It is a solemn and sober moment asRead More …
The Dark Side of Greatness
April 02, 2021 The Dark Side of Greatness by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Genesis 39:19-21; 41:50-52; 45:4-8; Proverbs 18:12; 1 Peter 1:3-9 “There lies the most perfect ruler of men the world has ever seen . . . [and] now he belongs to the ages.” Of whom was this said? One of theRead More …
Tears
April 01, 2021 Tears by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Lamentations 1:12-16; 3:46-50; Jeremiah 50:4; Luke 7:36-50 When words fail, tears flow. Tears have a language all their own, a tongue that needs no interpreter. In some mysterious way, our complex inner-communication system knows when to admit its verbal limitations . . .Read More …
Cool Skepticism
March 31, 2021 Cool Skepticism by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Exodus 14; Luke 9:10-17; 2 Peter 3 Nine-year-old Danny came bursting out of Sunday school like a wild stallion. His eyes were darting in every direction as he tried to locate either his mom or dad. Finally, after a quick search,Read More …
Watch Out for Fakes
March 30, 2021 Watch Out for Fakes by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Luke 21:5-19; 1 John 1:5-10; Philippians 1:9-11 A friend of mine ate dog food one evening. No, he wasn’t at a fraternity initiation or a hobo party . . . he was actually at an elegant student reception in a physician’sRead More …
Trophies
March 28, 2021 Trophies by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Ruth 2:1-12; Titus 2:7-8; Hebrews 11:1-40 He was brilliant. Clearly a child prodigy . . . the pride of Salzburg . . . a performer par excellence. At age five he wrote an advanced concerto for the harpsichord. Before he turned ten he had composed andRead More …
Destination Unknown
March 27, 2021 Destination Unknown by Pastor Chuck Swindoll 1 Kings 1:20-39; Proverbs 14:12; Acts 17:22-31 Do you know where you are going? The place? Dublin, Ireland. The time? Toward the end of the nineteenth century. The event? A series of blistering attacks on Christianity, especially the “alleged resurrection” ofRead More …
Rumors
March 26, 2021 Rumors by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Proverbs 10:11-21; 15:1-7; James 3:1-12 Abraham Lincoln’s coffin was pried open twice. The first occasion was in 1887, twenty-two long years after his assassination. Why? You may be surprised to know it was not to determine if he had died of aRead More …
A Parable: Saving Lives
March 25, 2021 A Parable: Saving Lives by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Colossians 4:2-6; Matthew 5:13-16; Ephesians 5:1-33 On a dangerous seacoast notorious for shipwrecks, there was a crude little lifesaving station. Actually, the station was merely a hut with only one boat . . . but the few devoted members kept aRead More …
D5 Creation