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.

It's the 17th of December, and by now most of us are frantically shopping for those we love. It's a struggle to find the perfect gift. After all, what can we buy for someone who seems to have everything they could possibly want or need? Today Chuck Swindoll draws a parallel between our shopping dilemma and the perfect gift God chose to bestow on mankind.

In this message, Chuck Swindoll reminds us that no halo graced the head of Jesus when He was born. Nothing in His physical appearance set Him apart. And yet, this baby was God in the flesh, the eternal Son of God who came to save us from our sins. His miraculous birth more than 2,000 years ago ignited a revolution and radically transforms lives.

We begin the story of Jesus not in a stable in Bethlehem but in the throne room of heaven, not with Jesus' birth but in eternity past. "In the beginning was the Word," John declared, referring to Jesus (John 1:1 NASB). At just the right time according to His eternal plan, the Father gave humanity the gift of His Son wrapped in a miracle: the virgin birth.

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.

When someone has failed us, how quick we can be to point the finger of blame rather than respond with genuine forgiveness. Not only are we unwilling to forgive ourselves, but our unwillingness to forgive others follows close behind. It's time to stop that timeworn cycle. It's been said that holding a grudge is a lot like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die!

The alternative to blaming others for our own failures is an honest, up-front confession, which is neither complicated nor difficult . . . unless, of course, we allow pride to get in the way. When that happens, we resist confessing with everything in us. Having formed the habit of blaming others regarding our own sinfulness, we naturally turn to it when others do wrong.

Blaming others is the longest-standing and the most common reaction to our own wrongdoing. It's our favorite game to play-in fact, it's a habit that humans have cultivated since life began. As we will see today, it was the reaction of the first man and woman when they were faced with their own failure in the Garden of Eden. Immediately, both played the blame game!

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.

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.