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.

Holding on Loosely

Posted on 28th December 201630th July 2019 by Pastor Chuck Swindoll

Shortly before her death, Corrie ten Boom attended our church. Following the service I met briefly with her, anxious to express my wife’s and my love and respect for her faithful example. She inquired about my family . . . how many children, their ages—that sort of thing. She detected my deep love for each […]

Celebrating the Songs of the Resurrection

Posted on 28th December 201630th July 2019 by Pastor Chuck Swindoll

It comes as a surprise to no one that I love music. Choral music, instrumental music, popular music, as well as classical stuff . . . folk tunes, ballads, fun songs, and serious works . . . country western and bluegrass, as well as the patriotic and romantic. For me, music is a must. This […]

Hope Beyond Failure

Posted on 28th December 201610th November 2017 by Pastor Chuck Swindoll

Rarely will one of God’s heroes show up in the Scriptures having lived a life free of failure. Take Peter, for example. As soon as you read the name, you remember his story. Peter experienced the extreme highs and lows of life—from days spent in blessed fellowship with Christ . . . to the heart-wrenching […]

Getting Past Guilt: Overcoming Barriers to Feeling Forgiven

Posted on 28th December 201610th November 2017 by Pastor Chuck Swindoll

Puritan minister Richard Baxter warned about the emotional toll of carrying unnecessary guilt: “That sorrow, even for sin, may be overmuch. That overmuch sorrow swalloweth one up.”1 In his wonderful old English, Reverend Baxter captured the feelings of people who have not experienced forgiveness. Grief over past sins plunges them into a depth of sorrow. […]

Marital Grace

Posted on 22nd December 201610th November 2017 by Pastor Chuck Swindoll

So again I say, each man must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband. —Ephesians 5:33 NLT The more the grace of God is awakened in a marriage, the less husbands will attempt to control and restrict and the less wives will feel the need to “please no […]

Reality Check

Posted on 22nd December 201610th November 2017 by Pastor Chuck Swindoll

The older I get, the less excited I am about theory . . . and the more I care about reality. Who cares if the stuff that flows from my pen stimulates the intellect and gives folks fodder for philosophizing? So what if these words tickle ears and answer questions nobody is asking? Provocative, relevant, […]

Passive Men, Wild Women

Posted on 22nd December 201629th July 2019 by Pastor Chuck Swindoll

That phrase, Passive Men, Wild Women, isn’t original. It comes from psychiatrist Pierre Mornell, MD, whose book bears that title. It’s a good book, written in 1979, but you’d think the ink was still wet. The issue that concerns Dr. Mornell is as prevalent as it is relevant. And it is found in Christian marriages just […]

Hope Beyond the Hurt

Posted on 21st December 201610th November 2017 by Pastor Chuck Swindoll

I got the call one cold February afternoon. My father said, “Son, I think your mother is gone.” The news took me completely by surprise. “Gone? Do you mean dead?” I asked. “Yes, I think she’s dead.” I hurried over to my parents’ apartment in Dallas. My sister had arrived before me and was talking […]

Despite Your Circumstances

Posted on 21st December 201610th November 2017 by Pastor Chuck Swindoll

Few people in the first century had a deeper understanding of God’s grace than the apostle Paul. Redeemed from a life of vicious brutality as a rigid legalistic Pharisee, the man turned the corner, repented, and through Christ’s empowering became a gentle soul, gracious and affirming. Understanding. Forgiving. Approachable. He reached the place where he […]

A Hope Transfusion

Posted on 21st December 201610th November 2017 by Pastor Chuck Swindoll

Easter and hope are synonymous. The special day never arrives without its refreshing reminder that there is life beyond this one. True life. Eternal life. Glorious life. Those who live on what we might call the “outskirts of hope” need a transfusion. Easter gives it. For some strange reason, I’ve experienced times in my life when several people […]