Scott LaPierre

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I have been the senior pastor of Woodland Christian church since 2010. My wife, Katie, and I grew up together in the small town of McArthur in the mountains of northern California. As of 2021 we have nine children.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
I wrote Your Marriage God’s Way because I am passionate about this area of Scripture and life. God designed the family as the primary unit for every other segment in society, including the church. And marriage is the heart of the family. As a marriage disintegrates, the family disintegrates. As families disintegrate, churches disintegrate. As churches disintegrate, society disintegrates. When marriages are strong, however, families are strong. When families are strong, churches can be strong because strong churches are made up of strong families. As a pastor, I have seen many struggling marriages, but I have also seen couples find the solutions to their problems in Scripture. The truth of God’s Word has the power to heal and strengthen any marriage.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I became a writer when I started pastoring. Between emails, bulletins, announcements, and especially sermon notes, I spend more time writing than doing anything else in ministry.

I write out my entire sermon, which is usually about four thousand words. I go over the material with Katie on Thursday nights (a wonderful family in our church sends over two their kids to watch our kids), and then again on Saturday. On Sunday I wake up early to pray and read my notes again. Each time I go over my notes I’m refining and polishing them, which creates a nice sermon manuscript that translates well into a book.

Because my books come from sermon transcripts, which take twenty-to-thirty hours of work per week, each book contains hundreds of hours of study in God’s Word.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
At the beginning of Your Marriage God’s Way I write, First, and of greatest importance, I am not asking you to trust me. Rather, I am inviting you to trust what God says in the Bible. This book is not a collection of my thoughts about marriage. God is the author of marriage. He designed the roles and responsibilities for husbands and wives. He knows what couples need so they can experience healthy, joyful, Christ-centered relationships, and He provided the instructions in His Word. My desire is to present that guide clearly and biblically in Your Marriage God’s Way I believe this communicates that the Bible is my greatest influence. I also regularly use commentaries from John MacArthur and Warren Wiersbe. These wonderful godly men have also greatly influenced me.

What are you working on now?
My next book, Your Finances God’s Way. There is also an accompanying workbook: https://www.scottlapierre.org/book/your-finances-gods-way/

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Amazon. Here’s my author page: https://www.amazon.com/Scott-LaPierre/e/B01JT920EQ/

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Don’t give up and don’t expect your first book (or even your second or third) to be a bestseller.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Continually pour over your writing. Each time you read it and refine it you will improve it.

What are you reading now?
Mostly commentaries for my sermons. I enjoy John MacArthur and Warren Wiersbe,

What’s next for you as a writer?
I’m hoping that my literary agent will successfully pitch my proposal on types of Christ in the Old Testament to a publisher.

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
The Bible and Knowing God by JI Packer.

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