Growth Points 007- Helping People Become Rooted
(If you cannot see this video in your RSS reader or email, you can watch it here.) As parents, pastors, and teachers, our call is to help people become grounded in something far more secure and stable than our church system or our structure. God wants us to lead...
The Danger of Templates
I use a template document for typing my sermon notes. But I guard against a template philosophy in preparing my sermons. My church deserves fresh sermons that are prayed over and thoroughly studied for—not cycled through. Templates are great for saving time. But...New Podcast Posted: Reigniting Soulwinning Fervor in the Local Church
This lesson speaks to the very heart of local church ministry. Jesus Himself came “to seek and to save that which was lost” (Luke 19:10). But in so many of our churches today, I see pastors fervently reading books and attending conferences, but never really settling...
Book Review: 10 Questions to Diagnose Your Spiritual Health
How would you assess your spiritual health? Is it related to how busy you are for the Lord? How good your intentions are toward your wife? How much outward fruit is evident in your ministry? Although there are outward evidences of a rooted Christian, I don’t believe...
Focus
Learn to identify distractions, realign priorities, cultivate Christ-centered habits, and press forward with joy in Christ.
Pastor Paul Chappell
Dr. Paul Chappell is the senior pastor of the Lancaster Baptist Church and president of West Coast Baptist College in Lancaster, California. His biblical vision has led the church to become one of the most dynamic independent Baptist churches in the nation. He has been married to his wife, Terrie, for over forty years and is the father of four married children all serving in Christian ministry.
