Charles R. Swindoll's Blog, page 21

If some ministry position is the god of your life, then something terrible occurs within when it is no longer a future possibility. If your ministry, however, is simply a part of God's plan and you keep it in proper...

Picture for a moment the barrenness and bleakness that happens in a life when compromise occurs. It doesn't come immediately. At first, there's some zip, a little excitement; there's a measure of thrill and pizzazz. But inevitably the fleshly investment...

May I remind you of four of the most powerful perils that can level even the mightiest? They are fortune, fame, power, and pleasure. Each works overtime to win a hearing, to gain a foothold, to woo us in. Not...

Mediocrity is fast becoming the by-word of our times. Every imaginable excuse is now used to make it acceptable, hopefully preferred. Budget cuts, time deadlines, majority opinion, and hard-nosed practicality are outshouting and outrunning excellence. Those forces seem to be...

Can you remember a recent "gray slush" day? Of course you can. So can I. (For us pastors, it's often a Monday.) On such days, the laws of fairness and justice are displaced by a couple of Murphy's Laws. Your...

When Jesus tells us to "seek first the kingdom of God," the very word seek implies a strong-minded pursuit (see Matthew 6:33). J. B. Phillips paraphrases the idea with "set your heart on." The Amplified Bible says, "Aim at and...

For this post I'm going to do something I rarely do. I want to share with you why I've written my newest book, The Church Awakening: An Urgent Call for Renewal. Truth be told, part of the reason I wrote...

We dare not miss an important dimension to hanging tough. It is the thing that keeps you going. I call it a dream. I don't mean those things we experience at night while we're asleep. No, by dream, I mean...

During times of waiting on God, there is a "white space." That's when nothing seems to be happening—at least nothing visible. You could easily tell yourself at the time, "I'm waiting in vain. Nothing's going to change." That's precisely what...

My fellow pastors, I'll be overseas for the next couple of weeks, leading our Insight for Living Reformation Tour. During that time, I won't be posting my regular pastor's blog. However . . . I invite you to follow along...