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Insight for Living Daily Broadcast

The Bad News about the Whole World, Part 2

Insight for Living Daily Broadcast

Chuck Swindoll - Insight for Living

Christianity, Christian, Religious And Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality

4.73.1K Ratings

🗓️ 21 August 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

It is impossible to deny the existence of sin and evil in our world today. Until we accept the bad news, we can’t fully appreciate the good news. Come to terms with the reality of depravity through Pastor Chuck Swindoll’s message on Romans 1:18–25. Discover the biblical meaning of God’s wrath and better understand His character. As you encounter the bad news, let your heart swell with the hope Christ guarantees to all who believe in Him!

Transcript

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0:00.0

School shootings, political corruption, rising suicide rates.

0:12.4

We see the headlines but struggle to understand why evil seems to be gaining ground.

0:17.4

Romans 1 provides the answer, but it's a truth our society desperately wants to suppress.

0:22.6

Today, on Insight for Living, Chuck Swindall delivers this politically incorrect diagnosis with unwavering honesty.

0:30.6

Humanity isn't basically good. We're fundamentally broken.

0:34.6

Our study in Romans chapter 1 will reveal why we desperately need the Savior,

0:39.3

who offers the only real solution to our deepest problem. Chuck titled his message,

0:44.3

The Bad News About the Whole World.

0:51.3

Depravity is alive and well on planet Earth.

0:59.4

Depravity doesn't mean that we are as bad as we could be, because we can always get worse.

1:04.2

It means we are as bad off as we can be.

1:09.0

Given our own way without the aid of a Savior and the presence of God in one's life, we become

1:18.7

the predator and sometimes the victim.

1:24.5

Not until we fully acknowledge the bad news will we have a sufficient appreciation for the good news.

1:33.3

We've looked at good news in Romans chapter 1, verses 1 through 17.

1:39.3

Now I ask you to turn and listen closely to the beginning of this account on the bad news.

1:47.8

But the same apostle who writes of the good news of the gospel, verse 17, chapter 1,

1:55.7

which contains the righteousness of God, then turns the page or turns the coin over making it an authentic

2:04.3

coin by showing you the other side, verse 18, the wrath of God is now revealed.

2:12.4

Now, the fact of the wrath of God is set forth in that 18th verse. The wrath is revealed from heaven against all

2:24.3

ungodliness and unrighteousness. Wrath, as used here, refers to God's holy aversion to all that is evil.

2:36.8

When we read in Isaiah 6 that God is holy, holy, holy,

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