You’ve enjoyed hearing Pastor Chuck Swindoll’s messages on the Insight for Living broadcast. Now you can study the Bible alongside Chuck using the same methods he uses!
Based on the principles in Chuck’s book, Searching the Scriptures: Find the Nourishment Your Soul Needs, the Searching the Scriptures (STS) studies accompany Chuck's messages on the broadcast. These downloadable PDF studies will:
- Guide you through the biblical text of the current broadcast
- Show you how to glean profound truths from God’s Word
- Help you understand, apply, and communicate God’s Word
- Give you simple Bible-study steps anyone can follow
Previously released Message Mates are still available for use when studying the series they correspond with. Click on the appropriate tab below to find the right study tool for each series.

Current Series STS Studies
The STS Studies for the complete Hand Me Another Brick series are now available. The individual studies can be downloaded here.
STS Studies
Message Mates
- A Great Savior . . . A Humble Servant
- A Living Hope
- Abraham: One Nomad's Amazing Journey of Faith
- Becoming a People of Grace
- Beholding Christ . . . The Son of God
- Biblical Parenting
- Changing Wanderers Into Worshipers
- Clinging to Hope
- Compelled by the Cross
- Conquering through Conflict
- Cultivating a Dynamic Ministry
- Epochal Events Nobody Expected
- Esther: A Woman of Strength and Dignity
- Exalting Christ . . . The Lamb of God
- Finding Healing through Forgiveness
- Flying Closer to the Flame
- Following Christ . . . The Man of God
- Guilt, Grace and Gratitude
- Gloria in Excelsis Deo Concert
- God Knows What He's About
- Growing Deep in the Christian Life
- Hand Me Another Brick
- His Name Is Wonderful
- Holiday Messages 2020
- Hope Again: When Life Hurts and Dreams Fade
- How Great Is Our God!
- James: Hands-On Christianity
- Jesus: The Indescribable Gift
- Jesus Christ, Our All in All: A Study of Colossians
- Jonah: The Reluctant Prophet
- Laugh Again: Experience Outrageous Joy
- Lamentations: Jeremiah's Journal of Woes
- Living by Grace
- Living Right in a Wrong World
- Loving One Another
- Marriage: From Surviving to Thriving
- Miracle Announced from a Tomb: "He Is Risen!"
- Mission Possible: Christ's Great Commission
- New Year's Messages 2022
- Paul's Swan Song
- Pressing On in Faith
- Searching the Scriptures: Find the Nourishment Your Soul Needs
- Straight Talk for Seminary Students
- The Grace Awakening
- The Great Commission
- The Greatest Words
- Thanking Our God
- The King's Arrival: A Study of Matthew 1-7
- The King's Commission: A Study of Matthew 21-28
- The King's Kingdom: A Study of Matthew 8–13
- The King's Ministry: A Study of Matthew 14–20
- The Pros and Cons of Ministry
- The Season That Still Touches Hearts
- Things That Enhance Your Years at Seminary
- Things That Hinder Your Years at Seminary
- Things to Stop and Start
- Walking with Integrity in Times of Adversity
- What If . . . ?
- Wise Counsel for Troubled Times
- A Prophet We Can Trust
- Adventuring With God
- Balancing Grace with Love
- Can One Person Make a Difference?
- Celebrate and Trust God
- Character Counts
- Creating a Legacy
- Daniel, Volume 1
- Daniel, Volume 2
- Divine Love and Grace
- Easter 2010
- Easter 2011
- Easter 2012
- Easter 2013
- Easter 2014
- Easter 2015
- Easter 2016
- Encouraging Essentials for a Dynamic Ministry
- Excellence in Ministry: Starting Strong
- Excellence in Ministry: Finishing Well
- Experience the Land and the Book
- Family Matters
- Fascinating Stories of Forgotten Lives
- Getting Through the Tough Stuff
- Gods Hands on Human Clay
- Gods Masterwork, Volume One
- Gods Masterwork, Volume Two
- Gods Masterwork, Volume Three
- Gods Masterwork, Volume Four
- Gods Masterwork, Volume Five
- Gods Masterwork, Volume Six
- Gods Masterwork, Volume Seven
- Growing Deep in the Christian Life
- Growing Up in God's Family
- Guilt, Grace, and Gratitude
- Hand Me Another Brick
- Hilarious Generosity
- Impact of a Faithful Father, The
- Imprint of a Faithful Mother, The
- Insights on 1 Peter
- Insights on 2 Peter
- Joseph
- Listener Favorites, Volume 2
- Listener Favorites, Volume 3
- Living on the Ragged Edge
- Living Portraits of the Church
- Living Right in a Wrong World
- Living the Life
- New Testament Postcards
- Questions Christians Ask
- Resolving Family Conflicts
- Saying "Yes" to Christ's Call
- Simple Faith
- Songs for All Seasons from the Psalms
- Stand Firm in Your Freedom
- Staying Pure in a World Gone Wild
- Strengthening Your Grip
- Strike the Original Match
- Supernatural Living in a Secular World
- The Sanctity of Life . . . The Inescapable Issue
- Three "Musts" for a New Year
- Trusting the God of Impossibilities