Christmas Gifts to Jesus: Four Ways to Honor Christ in Sacrificial Worship
Many Christians have a limited view of worship. They think of it primarily in terms of a feeling, often facilitated through music. To be sure, our worship of Christ should be driven by a true love for God that includes feelings. And yes, music is a incredibly...
A Free Tool for Cultivating a Daily Habit of Praise
The word praise is repeated 248 times in our Bible. Over and over, we are admonished and encouraged to give God praise—not just for one blessing, but habitually. We are to be people of praise who consistently and constantly praise God for who He is and for what He has...
Five Keys to Daily Resilience
Everyone needs resilience. Sometimes it’s for big, life-changing crises. And sometimes it’s for the daily pileup of challenges and pressures. Without resilience, we get stuck. Even if we continue to go through the motions of fulfilling our duties, we become...
Stand for God on Your Knees: Interview with Coach Joe Kennedy
It was a blessing to host Coach Joe Kennedy and Attorney Jeremy Dys on our campus last month as special guests at Spiritual Leadership Conference. For those who were at the conference, the evening we thanked Coach Kennedy for his stand will not be one to soon forget....
Five Investments of Intentional Parents and Grandparents
I have never seen the assault on the hearts and minds children like we are seeing today. From nearly every angle, children are bombarded with messages from an anti-christian culture that are designed to confuse and draw them away from the Lord. If you are going to...
5 (More) Essential Principles for the Journey of Ministry
It’s hard for me to believe that I have been preaching now for forty years and have been blessed to pastor the same church for thirty-six years. As I look back over the journey, I’ve tried to note ten of the essential principles that have kept me and our church...
3 Characteristics of Unashamed Christians
Many of us are familiar with Paul’s great declaration in Romans 1:16. For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. (Romans 1:16) Paul lived out those...
Suggested Summer Reading for the Whole Family
One of the activities I really look forward to each summer is some extra time for reading. I read throughout the year, but summertime typically affords me the opportunity to read more. I typically read a couple dozen books from June through August. When our children...
Waiting Well: Nine Lessons from an International Quarantine
Just over two weeks ago, our church hosted Spiritual Leadership Conference Egypt. The Lord blessed the conference in amazing ways. We were able to see nearly fifty people come to Christ through outreach in conjunction with the conference. And the Lord used the...
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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.
