by Dr. Paul Chappell | Nov 14, 2017 | Ministry Leadership
Every church has a culture—a functioning set of values and identity. Hopefully, this culture reflects what the church says it believes and teaches. But that is not always the case. Too many times, the culture of a church becomes one of divisiveness, pride, or...
by Dr. Paul Chappell | Nov 10, 2017 | Christian Life
One of the plaguing sins of American Christians is ingratitude. So many people spend their lives looking for that something—some other place, person, opportunity, recognition—that will be better. Their discontentment diverts their attention from what they already...
by Dr. Paul Chappell | Nov 7, 2017 | Current Events, Ministry Leadership
Like many churches around the nation, Lancaster Baptist had a time of prayer last evening for First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas. Less than six hours earlier, twenty-six people’s lives were taken during the worship of that church. A mass shooting is...
by Dr. Paul Chappell | Oct 30, 2017 | Christian Life, Current Events, Ministry Leadership
Five hundred years—the amount of time it’s been since Martin Luther nailed his Ninety-five Theses to the door in Wittenberg—is hard to wrap our minds around. That’s over double our American history as a nation. It’s even longer than the children of Israel were in...
by Dr. Paul Chappell | Oct 21, 2017 | Christian Life, Ministry Leadership, Ministry News
The fall season here in the States is a visual reminder of Jesus’ words to His disciples: “The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few; Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest” (Matthew 9:37–38). One...