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Insight for Living Daily Broadcast

The Love of God, Part 1

Insight for Living Daily Broadcast

Chuck Swindoll - Insight for Living

Religion & Spirituality, Christian, Religious And Spirituality, Christianity

4.7 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 16 June 2026

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

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 who He is. The cross stands as the ultimate proof. Let the depth of God’s love move you. Understand it clearly, receive it fully, and let it reshape how you see yourself and others!

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0:00.0

A.W. Tozer once warned that the church had traded its high view of God for something so low,

0:14.4

so ignoble as to be unworthy of thinking people. That was 50 years ago, and things haven't improved. But today, on Insight

0:23.7

for Living, Chuck Swindall cuts through the noise of a theologically shallow culture to recover

0:29.2

something ancient, revolutionary, and life-changing. The love of God, as Scripture actually describes

0:36.1

it. Not a feeling, not a sentiment, a force so vast,

0:40.3

so unconditional, so relentlessly personal that it will reframe everything you thought you knew. I would like to give you 12 words that I hope you will never, ever forget.

1:01.3

Here they are.

1:02.5

What we think about God is the most important thing about us.

1:09.1

Once again, what we think about God is the most important thing about us. I'll repeat

1:19.1

that periodically through this message because I want it riveted into your brain. You'll

1:27.4

need it in this day in which there is a lot of sloppy and

1:31.8

silly thinking about God. Matter of fact, if we have a low and inaccurate view of God, our worship

1:41.7

will be shallow and skewed and dissatisfying.

1:46.8

However, if we have a high view of God and if it is true, our worship will be meaningful and

1:55.9

pure, satisfying, and deep.

2:00.0

I'll go further.

2:01.5

If we shape our thinking about God from the culture around us,

2:06.3

our life will remain complicated and even become chaotic.

2:12.6

But if we allow Holy Scripture to shape our thinking,

2:16.9

God will emerge in our minds as he is,

2:21.3

real, personal, meaningful, all-powerful. What we think about God is the most important thing

2:32.0

about us.

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