Bryan Chapell

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You Will Always Have the Time to Do What God Calls You to Do

Dec 6, 2024 | crossway.org | Ana Avila |Ana Ávila |Bryan Chapell

You Have Enough TimeSomething that is really encouraging to me is to go back to Ephesians 2:10, where it says that God has prepared good works for us. The things we have to do, the things we should be doing are the things that God has set before us. God knows our limitations. He knows we’re made of dust. He knows we need to sleep. He knows we only have twenty-four hours in a day. So God is not up there in heaven saying, “Here, Ana, you have thirty-six hours of good works for you to do today.
When the Bottom Falls Out

Jul 31, 2024 | preachingtoday.com | Bryan Chapell

I remember the events that led to her tears. My wife, Kathy, had come home from a weekly grocery trip with more than groceries to be concerned about. She came into the house holding the lip of a full grocery sack in one hand, balancing a crying baby on the other arm, and urging forward two pre-school sons who were straggling behind. Just as she squeezed through the back door and swung around the kitchen counter, the side of the paper grocery sack ripped.
How the Gospel Transforms Our Productivity

Mar 19, 2024 | crossway.org | Ana Avila |Ana Ávila |Bryan Chapell

What God DoesTo be productive is to embrace the reality of what God does in us and to respond in worship through our work and our rest. Christianity does not teach that we must do many things to be at peace with God. On the contrary, we do things because, through Jesus’s sacrifice, we are already at peace with God. The verdict is in. With this confidence we can seek to have a productive life, knowing that even if we fail miserably, there is grace from God to keep us going.
Is Productivity a Godly Goal or an Unhealthy Obsession?

Mar 11, 2024 | crossway.org | Ana Avila |Ana Ávila |Bryan Chapell

What Is Productivity? Productivity can mean a lot of different things to a lot of different people. Usually, when hearing the word productivity, most people think about getting as many things done in as little time as possible. Others dream about perfect, color-coordinated calendars and completely checked-off to-do lists. For some, productivity is really about completing ambitious projects, even if it means putting off sleep (and maybe showering) for a few days (or weeks).
7 Tips for Being More Productive

Mar 4, 2024 | crossway.org | Ana Avila |Ana Ávila |Bryan Chapell

Living ProductivelyProductivity is not just for students or high executives; it is not only for YouTube entrepreneurs or knowledge workers. Productivity is for everyone, for everyone lives within time and wishes to live well within that time. In the end, that’s what productivity is about—a life well-lived, not wasted.
Expositional Leadership

Jan 9, 2024 | crossway.org | R. Scott Pace |Jim Shaddix |Bryan Chapell

Bibles Books Tracts Articles Donate By R. Scott Pace, Jim Shaddix ... Show All Practical Wisdom to Effectively Lead, Preach, and Pastor Shepherding a congregation comes with many responsibilities. In addition to preparing weekly sermons, pastors manage church teams and minister to a variety of people with different needs. Attempting to tackle these roles separately can be exhausting and may eventually affect the health of the church.
In Salvation, Do Humans Choose God or Does God Choose Us?

Jun 2, 2023 | crosswalk.com | Bryan Chapell

An evangelical is someone who believes that the Bible is the Word of God, and it's true when it says that Jesus died for my sins on the cross and rose from the dead. When I believe that and my faith is in what Jesus did rather than what I do, then God will call me His own. Photo Credit: ©SWN Design
Is Your Work Life Biblically Balanced?

May 13, 2023 | crossway.org | Bryan Chapell

Jesus Is Lord of AllIf Jesus really is Lord over all things, then Abraham Kuyper’s statement that every square inch of creation belongs to Christ takes on added significance. We are not only expected to crown Jesus as Lord of all someday in a heavenly future; we are required to acknowledge his dominion over all things every day. That means we can never exclude him from any space or time in our lives.
Reimagining Preaching

Apr 26, 2023 | preachingtoday.com | Sean Palmer |Jeremy Kimble |Ryan Leak |Bryan Chapell

A pastor friend once asked me, “What are some good points for the text this week?” At that moment, a piece of my soul died. Points, applications, and next steps are all appropriate for sermons, but they aren’t as good as vision. I’m not talking about the vision of a particular church or program, but a vision for people’s lives—as individuals, families, and the church. Can God’s work in the world be reduced to stale and alliterated points? Sometimes, I guess, but not most of the time.
Was Jesus Ever Married?

Apr 18, 2023 | crosswalk.com | Bryan Chapell

There is no evidence that Jesus was married in the books that give us the history of his life. So anything that would suggest that Jesus was married is pure conjecture, and we would say usually being articulated by people who have some agenda to undo the biblical record and add something to it. So anybody who's saying that Jesus was married is just making that up. There is no record of that in any historical account or any biblical account.