5 Kinds of Critics, part 2
This is part 2 of a guest post by Dr. R.B. Ouellette. In part one he described complaining critics, casual critics, and crazy critics and listed helpful responses for each. In this post, we pick up with the final two types of critics: Career Critics Ralph Nader...
5 Kinds of Critics
Growing leaders who desire to finish strong in the work of the Lord must develop a filter through which they receive criticism. To disregard all criticism is prideful and insolates you from help you need. But to try to act on all criticism reveals another type of...
6 Ways a Church Grows Together
When I think about the early history of Lancaster Baptist Church, I’m in awe at Christ’s power to build His church. In our case, He took a tiny struggling congregation and has built it into a center of soulwinning, outreach, and transformation. And I believe we’ve...
7 Practical Ways to Teach Your Children to Love the Ministry
Two of the questions that I’m often asked is how a spiritual leader can keep his family a priority in the ministry and how we can encourage our children so they don’t feel resentful toward the ministry. By God’s grace, all four of our children love the Lord and are...
60 Years of Serving
If you’ve had the privilege to know Dr. Don Sisk, you are blessed. In fact, one reason I’m so excited about his recently-published biography, Where Only God Could Lead, is that it shares the story of Dr. Sisk’s life for anyone. (In a moment, I’ll tell you how you can...Growth Points 66: A Biblical Response to Changes in Our Culture, Part 2
Most of us recognize a general culture shift against Bible-believing Christianity in America, making Christians who believe and practice the Bible a minority. How do we respond to these changes in our culture? In the previous Growth Points video, I highlighted three...Growth Points 65: A Biblical Response to Changes in Our Culture
In recent days, particularly through the Supreme Court ruling of June 26 concerning same-sex marriage, we have seen the rejection of biblical revelation around us. The results of this ruling and of the corresponding changes in our culture are yet unfolding, and I...
3 Realms of Faithfulness for a Spiritual Leader
None of us start out in leadership with the intention of failing. But we all know people who have disgraced the Lord and hurt the people they lead through unfaithfulness. We all want, when we come to the end of our race, to be able to say, “I have fought a good fight,...
Just Build the Wall
I thank the Lord for the life, ministry, and friendship of Dr. R. B. Ouellette. Just before he preached at Spiritual Leadership Conference this summer, we thanked him for his faithfulness in serving the same church for forty years. A pastor marking his fourth decade...
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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.
