Cain: The Farmer Who Murdered His Brother, Part 1

Insight for Living Daily Broadcast

Chuck Swindoll - Insight for Living

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Christian, Religious And Spirituality

4.6 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 7 January 2026

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Genesis 4:1–15 Jealousy, anger, and murder have existed from the beginning. We see them in the first few pages of the Bible. How Christians handle their emotions and temptations toward sin matters. Dig deep into Genesis 4 with Pastor Chuck Swindoll. Face the reality of hatred and sin by examining the tragedy of Cain and Abel. Refuse to tolerate jealousy and unrestrained anger. Release it to God. His way provides the way out—take it!

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0:00.0	Today, you're going to hear a story of two brothers, one whose offering to God was accepted,
0:12.5	the others was rejected. The scorned brother threw a fit, and then the unthinkable occurred.
0:19.2	Can you guess their names? Today, on Insight for Living, Chuck Swindal
0:23.6	unpacks the gripping account of Cain and Abel with honesty,
0:26.6	exposing timeless truths about unbridled anger, jealousy,
0:30.6	and the critical choices we all face when sin comes knocking.
0:35.6	So how do we stave off these dangerous impulses? Let's listen as Chuck tells
0:40.3	the story about Kane, the farmer who murdered his brother.
0:48.3	One of the grim facts of life is that our history is strewn with the litter of murder.
1:00.5	It's a chilling thought to think that as we sit in this place today, as we live our lives,
1:07.3	someone is planning someone's murder. When you go into the scriptures and you
1:14.9	begin in the beauty of innocence and you find life as it was meant to be, lived before
1:22.0	God in purity of heart and in innocence of life and and you see how far we have drifted.
1:30.3	It is nothing short of shocking.
1:34.3	Some time ago I clipped from the newspaper a single column entitled
1:40.3	The Nation's Deadliest Massacres, and I hesitate to read more than just the general facts,
1:49.7	which will reflect for many of us the past of our lives.
1:55.2	Just listen to a general overview.
1:58.5	On September 6, 1949, 13 people were fatally shot in 12 minutes in Camden, New Jersey
2:07.8	by this man who was named, who said later I would have killed a thousand if I had had
2:13.5	enough bullets. July the 14th, 1966, some of you will remember, I certainly do,
2:21.8	eight student nurses were stabbed or strangled in a Chicago dormitory by Richard Speck, age 24.
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