Charles R. Swindoll's Blog, page 19

Let me ask you two pointed questions—from one pastor to another. First: What makes risk so difficult for you? Be painfully honest as you answer that question. Blow away the fog in your thinking. Clear out the nettles and overgrown...

Unless you've been living in a cave or hiding in your study lately, you're probably aware of the current issue that's hot among evangelicals. Is Jesus the only way to heaven? Will a loving God really confine someone to eternal...

Do you ever have those unidentified inner promptings? (Don't worry; Swindoll hasn't lost his marbles—at least, not yet!) I'm talking about when the Spirit of God urges your spirit in a very specific direction. The book of Jude offers a...

We pastors are great at telling people the will of God for their lives. It's probably because Scripture so clearly reveals God's will in so many areas of life. But what about following God's will in our own lives? Truth...

The subject of God's will is woven throughout the tapestry of God's truth as revealed in Scripture. All of us have read (and most of us have preached from) Paul's words to the Roman Christians: And we know that God...

No doubt, you've run across people in your conversations (maybe even in your congregation) who feel that the One who created us is too far removed to concern Himself with the tiny details of life on planet Earth. But that...

Thinking theologically is a tough thing to do—even for us pastors. It works against our human and horizontal perspective on life. Thinking vertically is a discipline few have mastered. We much prefer to live in the here-and-now realm, seeing life...

How refreshing it is to come across individuals who realize they have their parents to thank for so much of what they have in life. Marian Anderson was one of those individuals. She had a magnificent contralto voice that gave...

I spent the first ten years of my marriage trying to make Cynthia into me. (Can you think of anything worse than a female Chuck?) Finally, she'd had enough. I'll never forget when she said to me, "I don't want...

Let me ask you a tough question: is there someone you need to forgive? If there is, quite likely, it's someone in your family. Perhaps it's a parent . . . or a sibling . . . or even a...