Insight for Living UK

We live in an age obsessed with comfort and the avoidance of pain. But Jesus, in the garden of Gethsemane, faced the most bitter cup imaginable—and chose to drink it.  Pastor Chuck Swindoll walks through John 18:1–11, the scene of Jesus’ arrest, to examine the cup the Father gave His Son to drink. In Christ’s submission lies the model for every believer who must choose obedience when the cost is h...

Self-promotion is so natural we barely notice it. We angle for recognition, guard our reputations, and resist situations that might diminish our status. But Jesus—who had every reason to insist on His position—chose the opposite path entirely. From Philippians 2:5–8, Pastor Chuck Swindoll unpacks one of the most majestic passages in Scripture: how Jesus, though existing in the very form of God, em...

Self-promotion is so natural we barely notice it. We angle for recognition, guard our reputations, and resist situations that might diminish our status. But Jesus—who had every reason to insist on His position—chose the opposite path entirely. From Philippians 2:5–8, Pastor Chuck Swindoll unpacks one of the most majestic passages in Scripture: how Jesus, though existing in the very form of God, em...

We live in a world of earning and deserving. Promotions come to those who perform. Favour goes to those with the right background. But grace—true grace—operates by a completely different economy. It seeks out the undeserving and pulls them to the table. From 2 Samuel 9, Pastor Chuck Swindoll tells the remarkable story of Mephibosheth, a crippled outcast brought to eat at King David’s table as one...

We live in a world of earning and deserving. Promotions come to those who perform. Favour goes to those with the right background. But grace—true grace—operates by a completely different economy. It seeks out the undeserving and pulls them to the table. From 2 Samuel 9, Pastor Chuck Swindoll tells the remarkable story of Mephibosheth, a crippled outcast brought to eat at King David’s table as one...

We live in a world of earning and deserving. Promotions come to those who perform. Favour goes to those with the right background. But grace—true grace—operates by a completely different economy. It seeks out the undeserving and pulls them to the table. From 2 Samuel 9, Pastor Chuck Swindoll tells the remarkable story of Mephibosheth, a crippled outcast brought to eat at King David’s table as one...

Many people imagine God’s love as something like a kindly grandfather—affable, lenient, and unbothered by sin. But this misunderstanding cheapens love rather than exalts it. God’s love is not soft. It is fierce and purposeful. Weaving through Deuteronomy 7, John 3, and 1 John 4, Pastor Chuck Swindoll explores why God chose to love an undeserving people—not because of who they were, but because of...

Many people imagine God’s love as something like a kindly grandfather—affable, lenient, and unbothered by sin. But this misunderstanding cheapens love rather than exalts it. God’s love is not soft. It is fierce and purposeful. Weaving through Deuteronomy 7, John 3, and 1 John 4, Pastor Chuck Swindoll explores why God chose to love an undeserving people—not because of who they were, but because of...

Most people prefer a God who is a little holier than they are—manageable, predictable, and unlikely to make demands. But that is not the God of the Bible. When Isaiah saw the real God—high and lifted up, attended by seraphim—his only response was, “Woe is me!” Pastor Chuck Swindoll opens Isaiah 6:1–8 to reveal a God whose holiness is utterly beyond our comfort zones. Far from paralysing Isaiah, th...

Most people prefer a God who is a little holier than they are—manageable, predictable, and unlikely to make demands. But that is not the God of the Bible. When Isaiah saw the real God—high and lifted up, attended by seraphim—his only response was, “Woe is me!” Pastor Chuck Swindoll opens Isaiah 6:1–8 to reveal a God whose holiness is utterly beyond our comfort zones. Far from paralysing Isaiah, th...

Pride is a quiet thief. It creeps in during seasons of success, slowly redirecting the glory that belongs to God toward the one He has blessed. King Uzziah of Judah discovered this the hard way—and he lost everything because of it. From 2 Chronicles 26 and Isaiah 42:5–8, Pastor Chuck Swindoll traces Uzziah’s stunning rise and tragic fall to show what happens when a person stops giving God the cred...

Pride is a quiet thief. It creeps in during seasons of success, slowly redirecting the glory that belongs to God toward the one He has blessed. King Uzziah of Judah discovered this the hard way—and he lost everything because of it. From 2 Chronicles 26 and Isaiah 42:5–8, Pastor Chuck Swindoll traces Uzziah’s stunning rise and tragic fall to show what happens when a person stops giving God the cred...