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Someday
August 18, 2022 Someday by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Philippians 4:11-13 SOMEDAY WHEN THE KIDS ARE GROWN, things are going to be a lot different. The garage won’t be full of bikes, electric train tracks on plywood, sawhorses surrounded by chunks of two-by-fours, nails, a hammer and saw, unfinished “experimental projects,”Read More …
Who’s Delinquent?
August 17, 2022 Who’s Delinquent? by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Matthew 7:1-5 Teenagers get a bum rap. Always have. For some reason, if you’re between twelve and twenty, you’re suspect. Cops stare and senior citizens glare. Why? Well . . . You drive too fast, you think too slow, you aren’t responsible, andRead More …
Being Real, Part Two
August 16, 2022 Being Real, Part Two by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Psalm 46:10 Yesterday I told you about Dave Cowens, an NBA star who disappeared one day on a quest for solitude and meaning. I noted that to “find yourself” requires that you take time to look. And it’s essentialRead More …
Being Real, Part One
August 15, 2022 Being Real, Part One by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Mark 1:35 Dave Cowens, one-time star basketball center for the Boston Celtics, disappeared. Without warning, he walked off the practice court, showered, dressed, and drove away. Alone. He kept driving to . . . somewhere. His only explanation was the familiarRead More …
Our Speech
August 14, 2022 Our Speech by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Colossians 4:5-6 MR PIGS . . . MR NOT PIGS . . . OSAR . . . CM PENZ . . . LIB . . . MR PIGS. Okay, give it a whirl. Read all those words again and translate. If you can—I can tell you what part of the countryRead More …
A Better Foreman
August 13, 2022 A Better Foreman by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Philippians 4:8 A person is a product of his or her own thoughts. Thoughts form the thermostat which regulates what we accomplish in life. My body responds and reacts to the input from my mind. If I feed itRead More …
Going . . . Not Knowing, Part Two
August 12, 2022 Going . . . Not Knowing, Part Two by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Isaiah 42:16 Yesterday we read about two great men of the faith, Abraham and the apostle Paul, who set out into the great unknown out of obedience to God. It is no easy thing toRead More …
Going . . . Not Knowing, Part One
August 11, 2022 Going . . . Not Knowing, Part One by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Genesis 12:1-5 The statement recurs through Scripture like a repeating telegraph signal on a high frequency radio band. Sometimes faint, barely discernible—sometimes strong, clear. Over and over. Paul made the statement as he was sayingRead More …
A Message for Misfits
August 10, 2022 A Message for Misfits by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Judges 11:1-3, 11 Before he ever came to the plate, Jephthah had three strikes against him. He was an illegitimate child. Strike one. He was the son of a barmaid and a brute. Strike two. He was raised inRead More …
My Dad
August 09, 2022 My Dad by Pastor Chuck Swindoll 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 I’ll never forget the night my dad died. He left like he had lived. Quietly. Graciously. With dignity. Without demands or harsh words or even a frown, he surrendered himself—a tired, frail, humble gentleman—into the waiting arms ofRead More …
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