by Paul Chappell | Sep 13, 2018 | Ministry Leadership
Just this Sunday, I had the blessing of teaching a new group of adults in the CORE class at Lancaster Baptist Church. I teach this class several times each year for those who are new to our church. Often it is filled with newly-saved, first-generation Christians who...
by Paul Chappell | Sep 7, 2018 | Christian Life, Ministry Leadership
I don’t read a lot of blogs, but I use social media enough to notice an excess of what 2 Timothy 2:23 refers to as “foolish and unlearned questions.” The online world provides a perfect platform for these kinds of questions because there are so many...
by Paul Chappell | Jul 30, 2018 | Ministry Leadership
The military boasts of its ability to build leaders “from the ground up.” But God is interested in building leaders from Heaven down. Jesus Himself exercised the downward mobility that modeled the highest form of spiritual leadership (Philippians 2:5–8). And His Holy...
by Paul Chappell | Jul 23, 2018 | Christian Life, Ministry Leadership
When I survey today’s ministry landscape, I’m encouraged. Why? First, I’m hopeful for revival. The fact that our culture is becoming increasingly hostile toward Christianity is disappointing, but it’s nothing Scripture didn’t warn us...
by Paul Chappell | Jul 16, 2018 | Ministry Leadership
Pain changes us. And for the child of God, those words can breathe hope and promise. We who believe Romans 8:28 “know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.” Challenging trials can draw us...