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Why Does God Still Speak?
April 29, 2021 Why Does God Still Speak? Isaiah 30:18-21 The Bible is God’s Word, so does He still want to speak to us personally? The answer is yes, and there are several reasons why. First, His guidance is a necessity for our lives. In Scripture, we see the LordRead More …
Songless Saints
April 29, 2021 Songless Saints by Pastor Chuck Swindoll 1 Chronicles 16:7-36; Psalm 30:9; 100:2; 149:1-5; Luke 19:40 I was on a scriptural safari. Prowling through the Ephesian letter, I was tracking an elusive, totally unrelated verse when God’s sharp sword flashed, suddenly slicing me to the core. . . . speakingRead More …
How Are We Born Again?
April 28, 2021 How Are We Born Again? John 3:9-16 Yesterday we learned what “born again” means, but do we know how it comes about? Is it something we choose or something God does to us? And are Jesus’ words in John 3:7— “You must be born again”—a command orRead More …
Fear
April 28, 2021 Fear by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Psalm 27; 2 Timothy 1:7; Isaiah 51:12-16 We were rapidly descending through a night of thick fog at 200 miles per hour, but the seasoned pilot of the twin-engine Aero Commander was loving every dip, roll, and lurch. At one point heRead More …
What Does It Mean to Be Born Again?
April 27, 2021 What Does It Mean to Be Born Again? John 3:5-8 There is a great deal of misinformation regarding the meaning of the term “born again.” Such ignorance and confusion could have disastrous ramifications if those who think they are born again really aren’t. In a conversation withRead More …
Lifelines
April 27, 2021 Lifelines by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Proverbs 4:1-19; Job 12:10-13; Proverbs 16:31 I’m writing these words [originally] soon after my birthday. No big deal . . . just another stabbing realization that I’m not getting any younger. I know that because the cake won’t hold all the candles. Even ifRead More …
The Biggest Mistake
April 26, 2021 The Biggest Mistake John 3:1-4 What’s the biggest mistake you’ve ever made? Many people may not recognize their greatest error until after death, when their expectation of life in heaven is replaced by the horrible reality that they are denied entrance for rejecting Christ. Nicodemus was aRead More …
Growing Old
April 26, 2021 Growing Old by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Proverbs 16:31; Psalm 92:14; Isaiah 46:4; Titus 2:2-3 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—not on your life! But thereRead More …
Resentment
April 25, 2021 Resentment by Pastor Chuck Swindoll 2 Timothy 2:24; Hebrews 12:14, 15; James 3:14-16; 1 John 2:9-11 Leo Held was a paragon of respectability. He was a middle-aged, hard-working lab technician who had worked at the same Pennsylvania paper mill for nineteen years. Having been a Boy ScoutRead More …
Cleansing the Temple
April 24, 2021 Cleansing the Temple Matthew 21:12-17 On Palm Sunday, Jesus entered the Court of Gentiles (the only area that non-Jews could enter) and pushed through the hordes of customers haggling with merchants over livestock and doves used for sacrifices. Other pilgrims crowded around money changers’ tables, protesting unfairRead More …
D5 Creation