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The Balance of Life

March 14, 2021 The Balance of Life by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Psalm 78:70-72 BOTH ADVERSITY AND PROMINENCE confront our equilibrium, but prominence is perhaps the more challenging test. The classic example is David. [God] chose his servant David, calling him from the sheep pens. He took David from tending theRead More …

The Sinking Sand of Superstition

March 13, 2021 The Sinking Sand of Superstition by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Matthew 7:24-25 THE GREAT PLAGUE STRETCHED across London like a thick, drab blanket. It came as a thief in the night. The mortality rate was astounding. Someone came up with the foolish idea that polluted air brought onRead More …

Beginning Again

March 12, 2021 Beginning Again by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Proverbs 4:23-25 INSTANT REPLAYS HAVE BECOME OLD HAT. We now expect them in all televised scenarios. Whether it’s a tennis pro’s impressive backhand or an in-store video camera capturing the sticky-fingered shoplifter or a squad car dashcam chronicling an officer’s everyRead More …

Be Ready and Make It Clear

March 11, 2021 Be Ready and Make It Clear by Pastor Chuck Swindoll 1 Peter 3:15-16 ONE OF THE TOUGHEST assignments in life is to communicate clearly what happened during a time when emotions were high. People who “fall in love” can hardly describe the details of the moment. ThoseRead More …

The Small Stuff

March 10, 2021 The Small Stuff by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Psalm 8:3-4 WE OFTEN HEAR PEOPLE SAY, “Don’t sweat the small stuff.” Although sweating the small stuff can occasionally be a drag, there’s another side to that coin. Greatness and the attention to detail, in my opinion, are welded together.Read More …

Stay in Circulation

March 09, 2021 Stay in Circulation by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Jude 1:20-23 DURING THE REIGN OF OLIVER CROMWELL, the British government began to run low on silver for coins. Lord Cromwell sent his men to the local cathedral to see if they could find any precious metal there. After investigating,Read More …

Slamming the Door to Lust

March 08, 2021 Slamming the Door to Lust by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Proverbs 5:23 SAMSON WAS A HE-MAN WITH A SHE-WEAKNESS. Although he was born of godly parents, set apart from his birth to be a Nazirite, and elevated to the enviable position of judge in Israel, he never wonRead More …

After the Avalanche

March 07, 2021 After the Avalanche by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Job 1:21-22 JOB UNDERSTOOD WOUNDS. The words he used to describe them were more than patronizing platitudes and theoretical proverbs. He’d been there and back again. He could write about intense inner suffering in the first person because of hisRead More …

All about Time

March 06, 2021 All about Time by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Ephesians 5:15-19 I’M PASSIONATE ABOUT TIME MANAGEMENT. I want efficiency and effectiveness. In fact, a weakness of mine is books on the investment of my time. Books that tell me how to replace being busy with being effective. Books thatRead More …

Lifelines

March 05, 2021 Lifelines by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Psalm 90:12 TO ME, BIRTHDAYS ARE JUST another routine realization that I’m not getting any younger. I know that because the cake won’t hold all the candles. Even if it could, the frosting would melt before I’d be able to blow allRead More …