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Extending Grace, Part 2

When someone crosses the line and offends you, what's your first response? Most of us are tempted to strike back in like fashion. When we've been violated, our sense of justice rises. We want to even the score! But Scripture ...

STS Study: Extending Grace

The Searching the Scriptures studies accompany each of our daily broadcasts. These substantive, in-depth, interactive studies based on Chuck Swindoll’s teaching will help you dig deeply into God’s Word on your own.

Modeling Integrity, Part 3

Christians are commanded to live with utmost integrity. That means doing the right thing, even when nobody's looking. And while it's true we're striving for this level of perfection, it's irrational to think we'll attain it! Today Chuck Swindoll reminds ...

Modeling Integrity, Part 1

Few character qualities reflect God's nature better than personal integrity. Courage stiffens our spines and sets our feet firm, but integrity frames our life for impact and honor. Life has a way of battering and beating us, testing our courage ...

Studying Hard, Part 3

During our teenage years, most of us begin to question our place in the world. Some eventually find the answer in a career choice or in rearing a family but, truth be told, most of us are still searching! Have ...

Studying Hard, Part 1

God offers to each of us at least two great moments in life: the moment when we were born and the moment we discover the reason God made us. All experience the first. Many never experience the second-finding God's unique ...

Cultivating Humility, Part 3

We often associate the word humility with self-deprecation or even self-effacement. But those assumptions aren't true. Humility is a willingness to think beyond our own needs, while serving others. It means celebrating the success of our friends and family without ...

Cultivating Humility, Part 1

In our self-inflated times, humility is often viewed as a weakness due to passivity rather than a virtue. But all who come to God must empty themselves of every shred of self-rule. They must surrender all tendencies toward fulfilling their ...

Respecting Authority, Part 3

Our times are marked by fierce independence and a deep sense of personal entitlement. Many children today defy authority and celebrate their unbridled freedom as a God-given right. Tragically, we're rearing a generation who've been coddled by well-meaning parents. Today ...

Respecting Authority, Part 1

Rebellious, selfish, litigious: each term aptly describes modern society. Gone are the days, or so it seems, of the teachable spirits of genuine humility and respect for authority. We now live in the brackish backwaters of a philosophy made popular ...

Standing Alone, Part 3

When a leader in the workplace oversteps boundaries and violates policy, it takes tremendous backbone to threaten your employment by exposing the truth. Esther risked her life by going before the king to tell him the unfiltered truth. Whether at ...

Standing Alone, Part 1

The power of one. Worldwide movements have begun with a single individual determined to change the world. As Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn so eloquently said, "One word of truth shall outweigh the world." The Bible offers compelling accounts of rare individuals who, ...

Taking Responsibility, Part 3

While it's true that the vocational minister has been called by God to perform sacred duties, it's also true that any occupation has spiritual value. God doesn't disregard our responsibilities as secular. Everything we do is sacred! Today Chuck Swindoll ...

Taking Responsibility, Part 1

Nehemiah was known and respected for his diligence as a contractor and builder, while his contemporary, Ezra (whom we will encounter in the message "Studying Hard"), was a dedicated scribe and priest. Though their tasks were completely different, neither calling ...

Demonstrating Wisdom, Part 3

Theirs was no fairy tale. Abigail wasn't a damsel in distress in need of her knight in shining armor. In truth, she instead exerted heroic faith by rescuing a would-be king from an act of folly that would have collapsed ...

Demonstrating Wisdom, Part 1

It's a word they use frequently in law enforcement. When officers confront a hostile perpetrator who is brandishing a weapon, they do whatever possible to de-escalate the scene. Reducing the intensity ensures that no one gets hurt. Today we study ...

Thinking Biblically, Part 3

According to the Bible, right living begins with right thinking. This wisdom comes from Romans 12, verse 2, where Paul wrote, "Don't copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by ...

Thinking Biblically, Part 1

Thinking is hard work. Perhaps that's why so few people engage in it. Precise, perceptive thinking doesn't come to the lazy; it only comes to those with mental determination and discipline. But in a society driven more by emotion than ...

Never Quitting, Part 3

We live in compromising times. When the heat is on and the opposition is mounting, it's tempting to surrender your values and say, "Forget it. I give up!" Resignation is far easier than perseverance. If you're ever tempted to acquiesce ...

Never Quitting, Part 1

"Never give up, never give in." This could have been the motto of Paul's life. A man of grace and grit, Paul didn't know the meaning of quitting. Despite constant hardship, physical abuse, emotional anguish, verbal assaults, false accusations, multiple ...

Overcoming Failure, Part 3

When we fail ... whether it's a business venture, or a failed relationship, or a moral indiscretion ... we want to sweep it under the carpet and pretend it never happened. At some point, however, the penalties of our blunder ...

Overcoming Failure, Part 1

Mistakes are embarrassing. When you've slipped and said something reckless, it takes humility to clean up the mess your words have caused. But failure ... well, failure is a much bigger deal than a mistake. Whether a failed business, a ...

Sustaining Enthusiasm, Part 3

Sustaining Enthusiasm, Part 1

During the Olympic games, it's fascinating to watch marathoners leap into their stride. When the gun cracks, world class athletes settle into a pace they'll sustain for the next 26 miles. Few of us could run the first stretch, let ...

Stop Criticizing Earth and Start Contemplating Heaven, Part 3

Since heaven will be our ultimate destination, we need to spend less time complaining about our struggles and trials on earth, where we temporarily live, and more time learning as much as possible about heaven, where we will live forever. ...