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Tears at Christmas
December 14, 2020 Tears at Christmas by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Psalm 6:8 I’VE LIVED LONG ENOUGH TO know that sometimes Christmas hurts. And when words fail, tears flow. In some remarkable way, our complex inner-communication system knows when to admit its verbal limitations and signal its need for assistance. It’sRead More …
Make a Difference at Christmas
December 13, 2020 Make a Difference at Christmas by Pastor Chuck Swindoll John 1:14 SOMEBODY COPIED THIS piece from a well-worn carbon in the billfold of a thirty-year veteran missionary. She and her husband were on their way to another tour of duty in Sudan. No one seems to knowRead More …
A New Thing
December 12, 2020 A New Thing by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Isaiah 43:19 THOUGH I HAVE WALKED WITH God for several decades, I must confess I still find much about Him incomprehensible and mysterious. But this much I know: He delights in surprising us. How important it is for us toRead More …
Season of Obedience
December 11, 2020 Season of Obedience by Pastor Chuck Swindoll 1 Samuel 15:22-23 SAMUEL WAS NOT IMPRESSED. Having discovered that the self-reliant king had once again disobeyed God’s command, the exasperated prophet rebuked the stubborn king as few men in Scripture were rebuked: What is more pleasing to the LORD:Read More …
Surrendering Your Will
December 10, 2020 Surrendering Your Will by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Luke 22:41-42 THE PSALMIST WAS CORRECT: the heavens do indeed proclaim the glory of God. The skies do indeed display his craftsmanship (see Psalm 19:1). And when you mix that unfathomable fact with the incredible reality that He cares forRead More …
Slaying Giants
December 09, 2020 Slaying Giants by Pastor Chuck Swindoll 1 Samuel 17:50 GOLIATH REMINDS ME OF the cross-eyed discus thrower. He didn’t set many records . . . but he sure kept the crowd awake! Paralyzed and hypnotized, the camp of the Israelites sat in their tents. The only noise heard fromRead More …
Beware of False Prophets
December 08, 2020 Beware of False Prophets by Pastor Chuck Swindoll 2 Corinthians 11:13-15 THERE’S A SUCKER BORN EVERY MINUTE. That isn’t funny; it’s tragic. Fakery draws its fuel from the pit. That’s what God tells us. These people are false apostles. They are deceitful workers who disguise themselves asRead More …
Incarnation
December 07, 2020 Incarnation by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Romans 5:8 EVERY YEAR, as Christmas draws nearer, I remember a story Paul Harvey told on one of his radio broadcasts. It’s a tale that never grows old. One raw winter night the man heard an irregular thumping sound against the kitchenRead More …
The Gift That Keeps on Giving
December 06, 2020 The Gift That Keeps on Giving by Pastor Chuck Swindoll John 3:16 ALTHOUGH IT MAY BE a little ahead of schedule, it’s not too early to give some things away this Christmas. Not just on Christmas Day, but during the days leading up to December 25. WeRead More …
The Fullness of Time
December 05, 2020 The Fullness of Time by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Galatians 4:4-6 ANY SIGNIFICANT BIRTHS IN the year 1809? Here’s a list of a few: William Gladstone was born in Liverpool. Alfred Tennyson took his first breath in Lincolnshire. Oliver Wendell Holmes cooed in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Edgar Allan PoeRead More …
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