Paul W. Powell Legacy Library

  Living together in peace and harmony is one of the greatest challenges of life. Whether it is in the home, the neighborhood, or the office where you work, good personal relationships are vital to a happy, productive life. The apostle Peter gives us five principles that will help us to live together happily in any of these places (1 Peter 3:8-9).   &n...

“My parents made me go to church when I was a child.” That’s the excuse some people give for not going to church. If they were honest, they’d quit blaming their parents and admit that they don’t go to church because they don’t see any need for it. Their parents made them do a lot of other things they haven’t quit doing. They...

15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. 16 But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness. Introduction As I travel about the country to talk with pastors and church leaders, the problem I find them struggling with most is the question of authority a...

5 Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ. 6 Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded. 7 Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: b...

Is there any hope for America? Yes! It is Jesus Christ. Jesus is the only one who can stem our moral decline. He is the only one who can revive dead churches. He is the only one who can save a soul. But it will take Great Commission churches to get us back to him. The 12 evangelistic sermons in this book are presented with the hope and prayer they will fan to flame ag...

Churches today are troubled. Many of them are either dead or on the critically ill list. Effective, dynamic leadership is the greatest need of the church right now. Without it our churches will never reach their full potential. Too often our churches are bringing up the rear instead of pushing back the frontier because leaders aren't leading! This book is written with...

The church is the only movement Jesus left on earth to represent him. If, therefore, we would advance his kingdom we must strengthen the churches we already have and they in turn must establish new churches where they are needed. The church exists by mission like a fire exists by burning. When the fire stops burning it goes out. It dies. And when a church loses its se...

When we come to Christ, like our Lord, we need to set our faces steadfastly toward Jerusalem—our place of total commitment. This call, then, is a call to put our hand to the plow, our feet in the field, our eyes on the cross, and never look back. This book is intended for the pastor at the crossroads—our best hope for the renewal and revival we need in Ame...

This small book is written principally for the large number of small churches that are plateaued and declining and for young pastors just beginning their work or bi-vocational pastors who are pressed for time. It is a quick read but not a quick fix. It deals with the basics—visionary leadership, building fellowship, praying, preaching, pastoring, visiting, and h...