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Does Anyone Care?
March 04, 2021 Does Anyone Care? by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Hebrews 13:3 ON THAT ICY JANUARY MORNING, in a twenty-five-cent-a-night flophouse, a shell of a man who looked twice his age staggered to the washbasin and fell. The basin toppled and shattered. He was found lying in a heap, unclothedRead More …
Looking for the Prize
March 03, 2021 Looking for the Prize by Pastor Chuck Swindoll 2 Timothy 4:7-8 GROWING OLD, LIKE TAXES, is a fact we all must face. Now, you’re not going to get me to declare when growing up stops and growing old starts. But there are some signs we can readRead More …
The Pain of Resentment
March 02, 2021 The Pain of Resentment by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Proverbs 26:23, 26 LEONARD WAS A PARAGON OF RESPECTABILITY. The middle-aged, hardworking lab technician had worked at the same Pennsylvania paper mill for nineteen years. Having been a Boy Scout leader, an affectionate father, a member of the localRead More …
Open Minds, Open Hearts
March 01, 2021 Open Minds, Open Hearts by Pastor Chuck Swindoll John 8:4-11 THE LONGER I LIVE THE LESS I know with absolute certainty. In my younger years, I viewed most things as either black or white. Over the years, my perspective has been transformed—by the seasoning of years, theRead More …
A Haughty Self
February 28, 2021 A Haughty Self by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Romans 12:1-3 THERE’S NOTHING MORE DISTASTEFUL than someone who is set on self-glossing—offering his résumé and list of achievements unsolicited to everyone in the room. I confess, when I’m around a person like that I start to feel my skinRead More …
Things That Really Matter
February 27, 2021 Things That Really Matter by Pastor Chuck Swindoll 2 Timothy 4:9-13 IF YOU FOUND YOURSELF near the end of your days, close to death, who or what would you most want by your side? That’s a compelling question, isn’t it? I know that as I grow older,Read More …
Doing vs. Being
February 26, 2021 Doing vs. Being by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Colossians 3:17, 23 MY HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATING CLASS had its thirtieth anniversary reunion many summers ago. Since I could not attend, I decided to blow the dust off my yearbook and stroll down nostalgia lane. I remembered a project weRead More …
Taking Time
February 25, 2021 Taking Time by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Psalm 46:10 EIGHT WORDS WERE BRASHLY SMEARED across the dashboard of the speedboat tied up at Gulf Shores, Alabama. They reflected the flash and flair of its owner whose fast life was often publicized in sporting news across America. In theRead More …
The Case against Vanilla
February 24, 2021 The Case against Vanilla by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Psalm 33:1-3 I CANNOT IMAGINE ANYTHING more boring and less desirable than being poured into the mold of predictability. Few things interest me less than the routine, the expected, the status quo. A fresh run at life by anRead More …
Staying Alert
February 23, 2021 Staying Alert by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Mark 12:29-30 YOUR MIND IS A MUSCLE. It needs to be stretched to stay sharp. It needs to be prodded and pushed to perform. Let it get idle and lazy on you, and that muscle will become a pitiful mass ofRead More …
D5 Creation