by Dr. Paul Chappell | May 24, 2018 | Christian Life, Ministry Leadership
At the beginning of this week, I had the privilege of meeting with our Connection Group leaders here at Lancaster Baptist Church. Over the years, we’ve called our Connection Groups by various names—Sunday school and Adult Bible Fellowships are two—but whatever they...
by Dr. Paul Chappell | May 14, 2018 | Current Events
On May 14, 1948, David Ben-Gurion, the first prime minister of Israel, rode down Rothschild Boulevard, walked into the Tel Aviv Art Museum, and read the declaration that proclaimed Israel to be a state. Within minutes of Ben-Gurion’s declaration, United States...
by Dr. Paul Chappell | May 7, 2018 | Media/Resources, Ministry Leadership
For over three decades as the pastor of Lancaster Baptist Church, I have had the joy of preaching verse by verse through books of the Bible. Typically, these book studies have been our practice on Sunday evening, but a few years ago, I sensed the Holy Spirit leading...
by Dr. Paul Chappell | Apr 28, 2018 | Current Events
I hope that by now you have seen California’s AB 2943 on the news or in your social media streams. This broad-sweeping piece of legislation is a threat to religious liberty and freedom of speech across the state and, by setting a precedent, across the country....
by Dr. Paul Chappell | Apr 23, 2018 | Ministry Leadership
When I first became a pastor, I faced fewer administrative responsibilities than I do today. It’s not that my schedule wasn’t full. (In those early days, I preached three times per week, taught Sunday school and soulwinning, and knocked on a minimum of...