Observation
Most folks read through the Bible and casually notice birds, plants, trees, and wind. But not you! Aim higher than that.
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Insight for Today
Written by Chuck Swindoll, these encouraging devotional thoughts are published seven days per week.
No Place for Islands
We need each other. You need someone and someone needs you. Isolated islands we’re not. To make this thing called life work, we gotta lean and support.
Sunday Listening, Part Two
Writing down the outline and a few thoughts during the sermon also keeps the mind from drifting off course.
Sunday Listening, Part One
What can be done by the listener to keep the sermon interesting? Instead of thinking about how the preacher could improve, let’s turn to the flip side and consider how we could improve our listening skills.
Labels
Being alert and discerning, basing one’s opinion on the absolute truth, is a sign of maturity, a mark of excellence in a life. But pasting labels on people and churches and schools with only partial facts, feelings, and opinions to back those statements up is worse than unfair...it’s un-Christian.
The Legacy of Learning, Part Two
Ignorance is not bliss. On the contrary, it is the breeding ground for fear, prejudice, and superstition, to name just a few. Knowledge is critical.
The Legacy of Learning, Part One
Slice it any way you wish, ignorance is not bliss. Dress it in whatever garb you please, ignorance is not attractive. Neither is it the mark of humility nor the path to spirituality. It certainly is not the companion of wisdom.
Insensitivity, Part Two
A basic task you accepted when you became a parent was the building of self-esteem and confidence into your offspring.
Insensitivity, Part One
Perhaps the most tragic shades of insensitivity occur in the home. Between mates, to begin with. Needs in the heart of a wife long to be discovered by her husband. She hides them until an appropriate moment...but it never arrives. He’s “too busy.” What cursed words!
Suspicion
I am nevertheless convinced that Curiosity and Challenge are the healthy twins in the Discernment family. They are dressed alike until they grow up and become more refined and distinct.
