by Paul Chappell | Nov 1, 2018 | Christian Life
According to statistics from 2018, Americans owe 26 percent of their income to consumer debt with the average American spending 10 percent of his or her monthly income on non-mortgage debts. And although average income is increasing, American consumers are buying more...
by Paul Chappell | Feb 27, 2017 | Christian Life, Ministry Leadership
We know that a biblical perspective on our finances is based in the awareness that God is the ultimate owner of everything and has entrusted resources to us to steward, or manage, for Him. Our job, then, is to be faithful stewards. It’s easy to talk about faithfulness...
by Paul Chappell | Mar 27, 2014 | Christian Life, Ministry Leadership
As a new pastor, I had one very good reason to preach about finances—the church had no money! But I had an even more compelling reason not to preach about finances: I didn’t want to offend our few members! Pastors probably know the jokes and one-liners about preachers...
by Paul Chappell | Dec 5, 2013 | Christian Life, Media/Resources, Ministry Leadership
It seems that everywhere I go I get asked similar questions: How do you organize your life? How do you plan your time? How do you determine your priorities? These are excellent questions—questions, in fact, to which I’ve sought answers for years. After writing the...
by Paul Chappell | Mar 24, 2012 | Christian Life, Ministry Leadership, Ministry News
The spiritual, political, cultural, and economic landscape at this point in American history is unfriendly toward forward momentum for God. Yet I believe that the greatest works of God are accomplished during the most limited times humanly speaking. In fact, some of...