Charles R. Swindoll's Blog, page 16

The message I'd like to share with you this week, my fellow pastors, comes in video form. Click below to watch as I share a funny (and not-so-funny) anecdote of my jury-duty experience. My message to you immediately follows. —Chuck

We all own an invention that is almost essential. It is very revealing, and it never tells a lie. It says it like it is, yet it never makes a sound. All of us stand before it prior to going...

Sarcastic infighting. Negative putdowns. Stinging stares. Volatile explosions of anger. Doors slamming. Desperate feelings of loneliness. Awkward silence. Those descriptions portray the marriages in many homes and families. And also, in many parsonages. We are not immune, are we? It...

When I was a little boy, we used to have our family reunions and vacations down at my grandfather's cottage beside Carancahua Bay, near Palacios, Texas. It was a sleepy, little spot that smelled like shrimp 24/7. We would seine...

There are all kinds of sermons: topical sermons, biographical sermons, expository sermons . . . and longhorn sermons—a point here, and a point there, and a lot of bull in between! It's easy to preach those kinds of sermons, isn't...

I don't think the Lord gives mates to us pastors to frustrate us. God gives a pastor a wife for life, knowing full well that it will take time to cultivate that relationship. In fact, when we give our time...

Dr. Bruce Waltke tells the story of his wife's days in home economics in college. They did a test on two white mice, feeding them two completely different diets. They fed the first mouse whole milk, wheat bread, oatmeal, carrots,...

My word to those of us engaged in ministry can be summed up in four words: keep a healthy balance. If you teach, also remain a good student. Stay teachable. Read. Listen. Learn. Observe. Be ready to change. And then...

 In my 75 plus years on earth—more than 45 of them in ministry—I have made a trade. It's been a wonderful trade. I've traded youth for truth. And I wouldn't be years younger if I could make it happen....

Our culture is overly impressed with the externals. You must look good on TV to win the political race. It's the image you need to polish. Spin it just right. But we all know—and all have seen—that a leader without...