by Paul Chappell | Mar 20, 2020 | Ministry Leadership, Spiritual Leadership Podcast
Our world is gripped today in health concerns related to Covid-19. Yet, God has called us, as spiritual leaders, to lead through these moments of crisis. How should pastors, in particular, lead through these moments? In this episode of the Spiritual Leadership...
by Paul Chappell | Mar 3, 2020 | Christian Life, Ministry Leadership
Spiritual leaders desire that Christ would be lifted up and glorified in all things, especially through their ministry in the local church. That God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion forever and ever.—2 Peter 4:11...
by Paul Chappell | Feb 24, 2020 | Christian Life, Ministry Leadership
The gospel itself is the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ for our sins (1 Corinthians 15:3–4). But for those of us who have believed the gospel and received Christ, the gospel has life-changing implications. And for those of us in ministry—which should be...
by Paul Chappell | Feb 17, 2020 | Christian Life, Ministry Leadership
Any view of Christian ministry that doesn’t take the opposition of Satan into account is a naive view. He is, after, all the primary enemy of every Christian leader (Ephesians 6:12). But Satan has many weapons in his arsenal, and he uses them with great subtlety....
by Paul Chappell | Feb 3, 2020 | Christian Life, Ministry Leadership
My son—it is a phrase Paul used no less than eight times in his epistles, sometimes with an adjective inserted: “My dearly beloved son” or “Mine own son.” The expression gives us a glimpse into the closeness of relationship Paul shared with Timothy and Titus, in...