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”We Want to Be Like Everyone Else”
August 22, 2020 ”We Want to Be Like Everyone Else” by Pastor Chuck Swindoll 1 Samuel 8:1-9:27 From the time that Joshua died until Saul took the throne of Israel, the Hebrew government was not a monarchy like most surrounding nations. Theologians refer to it as a theocracy—”God-rule.” The LordRead More …
Accountable to God
August 21, 2020 Accountable to God Dr. Charles Stanley Acts 24:24-25 Are you accountable to anyone? We all need accountability because it serves as a guardrail, keeping us on the right path. Some people act as if they answer to no one, and yet ultimately we’re all accountable to GodRead More …
Disintegrating Families
August 21, 2020 Disintegrating Families by Pastor Chuck Swindoll 1 Samuel 3:1-18 The temptation of any child of vocational Christian ministers is to see the work of the ministry as just another thing, just another religious occupation. Breaking through the wall of “public religion” must be the intense responsibility ofRead More …
Fully Alive
August 20, 2020 Fully Alive Dr. Charles Stanley Colossians 2:9-14 John 10:10 says that through Christ, we are offered a life that’s abundant and fully alive. Yet how many of us would say we’ve fully appropriated that life? Sadly, not many. We tend to define “fully alive” by earthly thingsRead More …
Watching the Kids
August 20, 2020 Watching the Kids by Pastor Chuck Swindoll 1 Samuel 3:1-18 Eli was a great preacher, a fine priest. As the high priest, he was responsible, once each year, to enter the Most Holy Place and offer an atoning sacrifice on behalf of the nation. No one elseRead More …
Living Above Your Circumstances
August 19, 2020 Living Above Your Circumstances Dr. Charles Stanley Philippians 1:12-30 Do you ever look at your circumstances and see no possible way the Lord could bring something good from them? What benefit could come from illness, unemployment, a broken family, or other difficulties? While we can’t always understandRead More …
The Voice of God
August 19, 2020 The Voice of God by Pastor Chuck Swindoll 1 Samuel 2:1-3:18 Eli and Samuel were probably taking their turn sleeping in the tabernacle to keep the lamp lit. They slept in little rooms or closets near that special area of God’s presence. It was when Samuel heardRead More …
A Life Focused on Christ
August 18, 2020 A Life Focused on Christ Dr. Charles Stanley Hebrews 12:1-3 A life of strong faith doesn’t happen automatically or without any effort on our part. Although we are not saved by our own endeavors, spiritual growth requires the appropriation of all the means God has provided toRead More …
Israel’s Dark Setting
August 18, 2020 Israel’s Dark Setting by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Judges 21:25; 1 Samuel 1:1-28 The setting is Israel before the glory days of King David. There has been a long period—a couple hundred years—of intermittent warfare, cycles of events during which Israel would suffer invasion followed by famine; thenRead More …
The Faith to Endure
August 17, 2020 The Faith to Endure Dr. Charles Stanley Hebrews 11:24-40 We all love the victorious stories in the “Hall of Faith” of Hebrews 11—enemies are defeated, people are rescued, lions’ mouths are shut, and the dead are raised. But what about those who pleased God with their faithRead More …
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