Insight for Living Daily Broadcast

Mark 3:1–6

Doing right is hard enough. Doing right while critics scrutinize your every move takes real courage. A man with a withered hand stood in the synagogue as the Pharisees watched, waiting to pounce if Jesus healed on the Sabbath. He healed him anyway.

Pastor Chuck Swindoll turns to Mark 3:1–6, contrasting Jesus’ warm compassion with the Pharisees’ cold indifference and underscoring the call to show mercy to the “least of these,” those who cannot care for themselves.

Open your eyes to the needs around you. Practice the mercy of Jesus and never let hard-hearted critics keep you from doing what is right!

Mark 2:18–28

Some battles waste your strength while others are worth every ounce of it. When the Pharisees confronted Jesus over fasting and Sabbath practices, their obsession with external rules collided with His heart for grace and freedom.

From Mark 2:18–28, Pastor Chuck Swindoll identifies three battles worth fighting: the battle for continual joy, the battle for ageless flexibility, and the battle for meeting real needs. “The Son of Man is Lord, even over the Sabbath.”

Refuse to let legalists steal your freedom in Christ. Contend for joy, stay flexible, and keep meeting real needs. These are the things that really matter!

Mark 2:18–28

Some battles waste your strength while others are worth every ounce of it. When the Pharisees confronted Jesus over fasting and Sabbath practices, their obsession with external rules collided with His heart for grace and freedom.

From Mark 2:18–28, Pastor Chuck Swindoll identifies three battles worth fighting: the battle for continual joy, the battle for ageless flexibility, and the battle for meeting real needs. “The Son of Man is Lord, even over the Sabbath.”

Refuse to let legalists steal your freedom in Christ. Contend for joy, stay flexible, and keep meeting real needs. These are the things that really matter!

Mark 2:13–17

Religion draws lines around who’s in and who’s out, but Jesus consistently crossed those lines. He called a despised tax collector named Levi to follow Him, crossing every line religion had drawn. The religious leaders were scandalized.

Pastor Chuck Swindoll unpacks Mark 2:13–17, showing that Jesus intentionally pursued the very people the religious establishment rejected. He declared, “I have come to call not those who think they are righteous, but those who know they are sinners.”

Set God free from the box of legalism. Welcome the Jesus who embraces the broken, the outcast, and the undeserving, and step into a grace-filled life of freedom and joy!

Mark 2:13–17

Religion draws lines around who’s in and who’s out, but Jesus consistently crossed those lines. He called a despised tax collector named Levi to follow Him, crossing every line religion had drawn. The religious leaders were scandalized.

Pastor Chuck Swindoll unpacks Mark 2:13–17, showing that Jesus intentionally pursued the very people the religious establishment rejected. He declared, “I have come to call not those who think they are righteous, but those who know they are sinners.”

Set God free from the box of legalism. Welcome the Jesus who embraces the broken, the outcast, and the undeserving, and step into a grace-filled life of freedom and joy!