by Dr. Paul Chappell | Jul 31, 2013 | Christian Life, Family
If you are a father with children at home, you are a blessed man. It seems just yesterday that I snapped the picture above. In reality, it was twenty years ago. When it comes to parenting, time flies. And I don’t regret a second of that fleeting time that I invested...
by Dr. Paul Chappell | Jul 26, 2013 | Christian Life, Ministry Leadership
After preaching in a foreign country, a ministry friend took my wife and me to a remote hotel “resort” in Central America for a night and day of rest before we would travel home. After a frightful journey on deteriorating roads, we arrived for our time of refreshment....
by Dr. Paul Chappell | Jul 22, 2013 | Christian Life, Media/Resources, Ministry Leadership, Spiritual Leadership Podcast
Striving Together has recently published quite a few new resources. But there are two in particular that I want to ask you to consider. The first is a free resource: America Tomorrow. You can hear the entire material taught and download the companion book here. The...
by Dr. Paul Chappell | Jul 20, 2013 | Christian Life, Ministry Leadership
I appreciate the way a concise quote can define and relate profound truth. For a change of pace, I’m sharing twenty-five quotes on today’s blog that are among my favorites. Every great movement of God can be traced to a kneeling figure.—D.L. Moody Prayer is...
by Dr. Paul Chappell | Jul 17, 2013 | Christian Life
Several weeks ago, Dr. John Goetsch presented the information below as a devotion at a men’s prayer breakfast. It was so powerful that I asked him to write it as a guest post for this blog. Perhaps you remember the un-cola commercial of 1967 from the 7UP corporation....
by Dr. Paul Chappell | Jul 13, 2013 | Christian Life
One of the most seductive traps into fleshly ministry is the belief that we must gain God’s acceptance by our accomplishments. The accomplishments might even be spiritual goals—winning souls, building a Sunday school class, raising godly children. But if we undertake...
by Dr. Paul Chappell | Jul 10, 2013 | Christian Life
I asked Rick Houk, chairman of the Bible department at West Coast Baptist College, to write this guest post. Rick has a genuine love for God’s Word and passion to thoroughly study and rightly divide it. Nothing is more refreshing in the summer than a dinner with...
by Dr. Paul Chappell | Jul 8, 2013 | Ministry Leadership, Spiritual Leadership Podcast
If there is a recurring theme I see in the modern day church—the seeker church—it is the “I want my rights” theme: I want my rights to drink, to party, to watch whatever I want, to go to church or not go to church—I want my rights. This attitude is sometimes seeping...
by Dr. Paul Chappell | Jul 6, 2013 | Christian Life
Do you ever feel inadequate for the demands of the day? I do—every day! The longer I serve the Lord, the more I recognize my need for His power. Also, the longer I serve Him, the more I recognize my need to trust His power. Through God’s Word, He has given us...
by Dr. Paul Chappell | Jul 4, 2013 | Christian Life, Ministry Leadership
The Declaration of Independence was a statement against all odds. To some, it could have been called, The Declaration of Insanity. How could thirteen fledgling colonies win a war against the mother country? How could rough pioneers and poor farmers advance against a...