by Dr. Paul Chappell | Aug 29, 2016 | Christian Life, Ministry Leadership
You can’t miss the urgency and passion with which Jesus carried out His ministry. Throughout His ministry, He spoke of musts, such as, “I must work the works of Him that sent me” (John 9:4). As spiritual leaders, we know there is urgency to our labor, but we don’t...
by Dr. Paul Chappell | Aug 22, 2016 | Christian Life, Ministry Leadership
We cannot always measure effectiveness by visible fruit. Some of my favorite testimonies of salvation are of people who trusted Christ after repeated witnessing attempts by multiple people. Even the Apostle Paul experienced times when he witnessed and the fruit wasn’t...
by Dr. Paul Chappell | Aug 17, 2016 | Christian Life, Current Events
If you saw the news headlines back in early June regarding the Zavala family and the Desert Rose Elementary School, you’ll remember why we were concerned about the threat of religious freedom being taken from a seven-year-old boy. In short, a young boy in our local...
by Dr. Paul Chappell | Jul 25, 2016 | Christian Life, Family
One of the easy traps for parents to fall into is having shortsighted goals for their children. If I can just make it through today… (particularly in the preschool years) My child’s greatest problem is to change _______ behavior. If he can just make a higher grade… If...
by Dr. Paul Chappell | Jul 18, 2016 | Christian Life, Ministry Leadership
I believe the Great Commission is worthy of—and even calls for—purposed times and strategic plans for spreading the gospel. Thus, we have several times and locations each week available to members of our church to meet up with a partner for the purpose of saturating...
by Dr. Paul Chappell | Jun 30, 2016 | Christian Life, Family, Media/Resources
We’re so excited to announce the release of our first professionally-recorded audiobook through Striving Together Publications. The book is Making Home Work in a Broken Society, a highly-practical book with biblical principles for Christian parents that I wrote this...