by Dr. Paul Chappell | Dec 18, 2013 | Ministry Leadership
We’re just a couple of weeks out from our annual church vision night, when I share with our church family opportunities to serve the Lord as a church in the coming year. It’s always an exciting time as I attempt to cast vision for what God has placed on my heart and...
by Dr. Paul Chappell | Dec 9, 2013 | Christian Life, Media/Resources, Ministry Leadership, Spiritual Leadership Podcast
There is no shortage of passionless leaders. It’s the default mode into which we naturally slip if we don’t intentionally press forward for Christ. In the previous Growth Points video, I listed four ways to stir your passion for the Lord. In this week’s...
by Dr. Paul Chappell | Dec 2, 2013 | Christian Life, Media/Resources, Ministry Leadership, Spiritual Leadership Podcast
It’s all too easy to enter the holiday season and then the New Year in a rut of rote activity as opposed to with zeal for the Lord. We need the spirit of the Apostle Paul who said, “I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus”...
by Dr. Paul Chappell | Jan 25, 2013 | Christian Life, Ministry Leadership
If I had a nickel for every time I have to push past rarely-worn clothes in my closet…I wouldn’t have very many nickels. And that is by conviction. (That is, by a conviction about not having a cluttered closet, not by conviction about not owning many nickels. I have...
by Dr. Paul Chappell | Jan 18, 2013 | Christian Life, Ministry Leadership
I’m going to postulate about your weekly schedule: it is too full. And I’m going to make another assumption: there is something you are regularly doing that can be removed. Am I accurate? If I was accurate on the first point, I can guarantee you that I’m accurate on...