We don't need our homes guarded as much as our minds and our hearts. It's my heart that gets me into my day! It's my mind that gets me into my study! It's my passion that comes from that! And His...
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What can we learn from the rules of a kids' clubhouse? Chuck Swindoll challenges us to be “right-sized” in this month's Video Insight
Step into the time tunnel with me and let's travel together back to Uz (not like the wizard of, but like the land of). Wherever it was, Uz had a citizen who had the respect of everyone, since he was...
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Can you control what you think about during the day? In this month's Video Insight, Chuck Swindoll gives examples of nutritious food for your mind.
In an age of equal rights and equal time, it seems only fair to give dads equal attention.
Moms get the lion's share of the parenting accolades, and let's be honest—they deserve every bit they...
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Are you an "if only" person or an "in spite of" person? Chuck Swindoll challenges your excuses for not being a joyful believer in this month's Video Insight.
That phrase, Passive Men, Wild Women, isn't original. It comes from psychiatrist Pierre Mornell, MD, whose book bears that title. It's a good book, written in 1979, but you'd think the ink was still...
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Are you known for spreading joy and laughter around? In this month's Video Insight, Chuck Swindoll talks about having an infectious faith.
I was raised to believe in the importance of a “quiet time.” To the surprise of some, the original idea of that concept did not come from the late Dawson Trotman, the founder of The...
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How many attributes of God can you describe? Chuck Swindoll encourages you to deepen your understanding of God.
EASTER AND HOPE ARE SYNONYMOUS.
The special day never arrives without its refreshing reminder that there is life beyond this one. True life. Eternal life. Glorious life. Those who live on what we...
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"If you can look into the seeds
of time, / and say which grain
will grow, and which will not, /
speak, then, to me..." 1
Who wouldn’t want to hear from someone like that? Who hasn’t felt him or...
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It doesn't take a Rhodes scholar to guess the country of the following towns, though the names may be strange sounding: Offenbach, Wurzburg, Darmstadt, Bad Kissingen, Mannheim, Aschaffenburg,...
Nobody ever said it better than Jesus. He capsulated the whole concept of a worry-free life in one sentence. But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to...
When God's hand made the heavens and the earth,
. . . that was creation.
When God's morning stars sang together,
. . . that was celebration.
When God's Word broke the silence of time,
. . . that...
The Christmas story has been so sanitized and romanticized over the centuries that even Hollywood—as jaded a culture as can be found anywhere—fails to capture the gritty pathos that surrounded Jesus...
When we realize the vastness of our divine resources, when we acknowledge that the eternal richness of heaven is His gift to us, we won't be miserly with the things we have. On the contrary, we'll be...
There is something grand about old things that are still in good shape. It's the old things—things that have outlived the fashions and fads, which have endured wars and recessions, presidents and...
Walking closely with the Lord means we must come to terms with forgiving others. Yes, must. We can't avoid or deny the fact that relationships often bring hurt and the need to forgive. Whether we...
The following account actually happened:
It was in 1968 on an airplane headed for New York, a routine flight and normally very boring. But this one proved to be otherwise.
Descending to the...
I need to underscore a foundational fact: God’s goal is not to make sure you’re happy. No matter how hard it is for you to believe this, it’s time to do so. Life is not about your being comfortable...
No other single exercise pays greater spiritual dividends than memorizing Scripture! Your prayer life will be strengthened. Your witnessing will be sharper and much more effective. Your counselling...
A fascinating experiment on addiction was reported in a recent issue of Good Housekeeping magazine. Not drug addiction. Not alcohol addiction. Not tobacco or candy addiction. It was on television...
Several years ago, someone interviewed the contemporary artist Marc Chagall for a PBS program. The young, arty interviewer started the session with a question about influences. His question was very...
A friend of mine ate dog food one evening. No, he wasn’t at a fraternity initiation nor a hobo party…he was actually at an elegant student reception in a physician’s home near Miami. The dog food was...
“When all else fails, read the instructions.”
That little, seven-word warning ought to appear on every electric train set, every plastic model, every backyard swing set in a two-ton package, every...
The Christian life is a life of resisting those who would bring you into bondage. Paul says, “See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, according to the...
Don’t you just sometimes shake your head and wonder, What on earth is happening in the world?
Over the course of my lifetime, I have witnessed numerous changes in the broader culture. Unfortunately,...
If you have ever travelled abroad, you know the feeling of being the foreigner.
My first experience with this happened while I was in the military and we were about to step onto Japanese soil. The...
Think about a time in your life when you were deceived. For some of you, the person you married proved to be someone other than whom you thought. Or maybe you invested your funds with someone who...
My dad died last night.
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...
For a number of years in my life I believed that God was almost sovereign. Sort of like saying someone is almost married. You either are or you aren’t. And if He is in fact sovereign, then nothing...
A terrific mother possesses a healthy respect and vast vision for each of her children. Yes, in that order. I don’t think you can have vast vision unless you have a healthy respect. The next...
According to one tongue-in-cheek definition, balance is that rare moment of stability we experience while swinging from one extreme to another. In many ways, this accurately describes the never-...
The word grace means many things tomany people. We refer to a ballet dancer as having grace. We say grace at meals. We talk about the Queen of England bringing grace to events she attends. Grace can...
The Cross is all about payment in full for sins. So, having been redeemed, what does God want us to do? Live as we please? Of course not. We are now to live as He pleases and we’re able to...
I’m a Texan—born and bred. And for most of my younger years, I believed the South hadn’t actually lost the American Civil War; they just “ran out of time and ammunition.” It wasn’t until my junior...
Here are a couple of tips on keeping the mind young, keeping it fresh, keeping it developed
Read more and watch less television
Books make us think. You should be reading two, three, five, six...
It’s that time of year again. You know the one I’m talking about—that time when a perfectly good four-letter word becomes the New Year’s dreaded word—D-I-E-T.
If you’re like me, you’ll begin 2009...
If I may borrow from Charles Dickens’s famous opening line, Christmas can be “the best of times, and the worst of times.” We have them both, don’t we?
Ours is a day of instant gratification. If we could put that theologically, the god of today is the god of the quick fix. This is true not only in the realm of our possessions, but also in the realm...
My friend Bob comes from a large and close-knit Italian family. He has fond memories of his father, watching him endure numerous and stressful tests, observing his integrity of character in the face...
No greater message was ever delivered than the one Jesus spoke on a Galilean hill. No more humble messenger ever communicated the life of simple faith than that carpenter-turned-teacher from Nazareth...
I had the great privilege of getting to know the late coach of the Dallas Cowboys, Tom Landry, while he served on the Dallas Theological Seminary board. He was a humble man of quiet strength and...
May I get very personal?The pressures of our times have many of us caught in the web of the most acceptable yet energy-draining sin in the Christian family: worry. Chances are good you awoke this...
Have you ever had one of those experiences where joy welled up so deeply inside that you laughed and cried at the same time? You know what I mean—when joy is so overwhelming that your emotions span...
