Pastor Chuck Swindoll

Pastor Charles R. Swindoll has devoted his life to the accurate, practical teaching and application of God’s Word. He is the founding pastor of Stonebriar Community Church in Frisco, Texas, but Chuck’s listening audience extends far beyond a local church body. As a leading programme in Christian broadcasting since 1979, Insight for Living airs around the world. Chuck’s leadership as president and now chancellor emeritus at Dallas Theological Seminary has helped prepare and equip a new generation of men and women for ministry.

Defining Liberty

Posted on 9th January 201710th November 2017 by Pastor Chuck Swindoll

Without becoming needlessly academic, I want to define a term that I’ve been tossing around. What do I mean when I declare that the Christian has liberty? Essentially, liberty is freedom . . . freedom from something and freedom to do something. Liberty is freedom from slavery or bondage. It is initially freedom from sin’s […]

It’s Time to Embrace Grace by Embracing the Unlovely

Posted on 9th January 201730th July 2019 by Pastor Chuck Swindoll

Is horizontal grace missing in your life? You may have embraced God’s vertical grace to you, but missed its all-important connection in your relationships. Allow me to probe under your skin with a few penetrating questions. Do you free people, or do you hold them hostage? Do you relieve them of guilt and shame, or […]

Grace Allows Us to Accept Ourselves—Warts and All

Posted on 9th January 201730th July 2019 by Pastor Chuck Swindoll

Chuck Swindoll recently sat down with Michael Easley, pastor of Fellowship Bible Church in Brentwood, Tennessee, USA, to discuss their mutual love for the Lord, for God’s Word, and for God’s amazing grace. Here, Chuck shares about his personal “grace awakening” and how God’s all-sufficient grace allows him to be himself. Michael: So if there’s […]

Do What Is Right

Posted on 9th January 201710th November 2017 by Pastor Chuck Swindoll

Every day we live, we have a choice to do what is right or what is wrong. When we send our young children off to school, we tell them, “Now, sweetheart, you need to know that Mom and Dad won’t be there to make your decisions. You will find some kids at school who will […]

Alternatives to Grace

Posted on 9th January 201710th November 2017 by Pastor Chuck Swindoll

Isaiah 44:22 NLT If I choose not to risk, if I go the “safe” route and determine not to promote either salvation by grace or a lifestyle of grace, what are the alternatives? Four come to my mind, all of which are popular these days. 1. I can emphasize works over grace. I can tell […]

Your Marching Orders from God

Posted on 9th January 201729th July 2019 by Pastor Chuck Swindoll

You may not have thought about it before, but Christians have a lot more in common with soldiers than we might think. In what way? For starters, soldiers don’t serve to protect themselves but to guard the interests of their homeland. There is simply no room for ego or grandstanding among soldiers during the heat […]

When God Says “No”. . .Pray

Posted on 9th January 201710th November 2017 by Pastor Chuck Swindoll

When nobody is around and when we’re able to be absolutely honest with ourselves before God, we entertain certain dreams and hopes. We want very much by the end of our days to have _________________________ (fill in the blank). However, it may well be that we will die with that desire unfulfilled. Should that occur, […]

The Secret of Letting Go

Posted on 9th January 201729th July 2019 by Pastor Chuck Swindoll

I’ll never forget the day my brother Orville dropped by my parents’ house before he and his family headed to South America as missionaries. Now, you have to appreciate the kind of man my father was. Look up the word responsible in the dictionary, and I’m surprised his picture isn’t there! To him, risks are […]

The Real Reason We’re Doing What We’re Doing

Posted on 9th January 201730th July 2019 by Pastor Chuck Swindoll

Just last month, my wife Cynthia and I were engaged in a cruise conference to the Greek Isles with some friends of Insight for Living Ministries. As we disembarked at Athens, we were near ancient Corinth, one of the sites where the apostle Paul ministered untiringly on his journeys. Anyone who visits Corinth’s marketplace will […]

Seeing the World through God’s Eyes

Posted on 9th January 201730th July 2019 by Pastor Chuck Swindoll

Standing ankle-deep in snow, I copied the following inscription from the main wall near the old, iron gate that leads to the campus of Harvard University: After God had carried us safe to New England, and we had builded [sic] our houses, provided necessaries for our livelihood, reared convenient places for God’s worship and settled […]