When you look back over the past week, is your conscience clear? Have you made amends when necessary and handled your work with integrity? Today Chuck Swindoll poses these probing questions as we talk about the struggle between right and wrong. John understood our need as Christians to have a heart that does not condemn us.

How do you handle the gray areas of life—when it’s not clear whether you should turn to the left or to the right? After all, there are times when our instincts fail to steer us in the right direction. And our emotions can vary so much from one day to the next. Chuck Swindoll gives us some guidelines on the part our conscience can play in directing us.

Can you really trust your emotions? Your instincts? Your own judgment? Sometimes we trust our gut when we really should be looking to God’s Word for guidance. Today Chuck Swindoll shares a thought-provoking message about a clear vs. a guilty conscience. What can we learn from that silent voice within that gives off signals that we can’t ignore?

The old song says, “They will know we are Christians by our love.“ That’s a convicting statement! Chuck Swindoll urges you today to allow these eight verses to say what they actually say—don’t sugarcoat them or try to explain away their blunt, abrupt message. Talk about straight talk! Words like these can even make you lose some sleep.

Chuck Swindoll looks at the age-old account of Cain and Abel today. The mixture of hate and jealousy that resulted in a terrible crime stands as a strong contrast to the self-sacrificial love of Christ as He laid down His life for us. Chuck reminds us that the mark of a Christian—what should make us stand out— is the way we love one another.

We’ve all heard God’s mandate to love one another. But loving people is sometimes easier said than done. If you allow today’s verses to unload their full weight of impact on you, they will make you squirm a bit. To put it in one brief sentence, John was saying: lack of love is murderous. Today Chuck Swindoll lays out the strong contrast of God’s love.

The problem of sin affects each one of us. We’ve all said things we regret or done things we wish we hadn’t. Chuck Swindoll states that we’ll never reach perfection . . . but there’s still hope! The Holy Spirit within us can dramatically change our attitude toward sin, and He gives us power to overcome our sin that we would never have on our own.

Our sinful nature doesn’t disappear when we accept Jesus Christ into our life. Sin can continue to lead us toward dangerous destinations where we shouldn’t go. Amazingly, even though we have the Holy Spirit permanently living within us to restrain us from acting out, we often go right ahead and sin. So, does this mean we are not really born again?

The notion of sin is considered intolerant in our society. In fact, it’s often replaced with words like error, mistake, or addiction . . . and our culture tends to blame sin on someone other than ourselves. Today Chuck Swindoll reminds us that although our salvation assures us that the curse of sin has been removed from us, sin never really went away!

The doctrine of the return of Jesus Christ is no recent fad. It is part of the body of truth taught not only by Jesus Himself but also by His apostles. Paul was especially fond of the subject and often wrote of it in his letters. In John’s writings, he suggests that we are to be filled with anticipation, knowing that “we will see Him just as He is.”