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Growth Points 67: How to Rebuild Your Joy

by Dr. Paul Chappell | Sep 23, 2015 | Christian Life, Media/Resources, Ministry Leadership

If your experience is like mine, you’ve discovered that Satan does everything he can to rob you of your joy in the ministry. But it’s not just ministry. In every area of life, we face ongoing pressure and the potential for a loss of joy. We have to be wise to sense...

Syria and Iran: What Can We Do?

by Dr. Paul Chappell | Sep 11, 2015 | Christian Life

I hope you’ve seen the pictures. Three-year-old Aylan washed up on the shore, drowned while escaping. Masses of refugees crowding streets under the shells of bombed out buildings. Inflated rafts spilling over with people fleeing war-torn Syria. The seventy-one...

Why I Love Laboring in the Work of the Lord

by Dr. Paul Chappell | Sep 7, 2015 | Ministry Leadership

If the ministry is anything, it is labor. Paul told Timothy, “This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work” (1 Timothy 3:1). And that is exactly what it is—work. I know there are many who look at a pastor or those who serve on...

Overcoming the Natural Drift toward Apathy

by Dr. Paul Chappell | Aug 21, 2015 | Christian Life, Ministry Leadership

In the previous post I pointed out seven symptoms of one of the most dangerous spiritual diseases—apathy. A diagnose without a cure, however, is unhelpful. The direct counsel Christ Himself gave to the church at Laodicea was to humble themselves in repentance and...

7 Early Symptoms of Spiritual Apathy

by Dr. Paul Chappell | Aug 17, 2015 | Christian Life, Ministry Leadership

“The nice thing about apathy is you don’t have to exert yourself to show you’re sincere about it.”—Anonymous The bad thing about apathy, however—at least, spiritual apathy—is everything. There are few things a pastor or spiritual leader fears more than apathy. (And if...