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...
Golgotha and the Garden Tomb – Holy Land Tour
Garden of Gethsemane This is the climax to our trip in Israel as we make our last stop at the garden tomb. There is no greater place or event for the Christian, than the empty tomb and the resurrection of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. The Apostle Paul reminded us...
House of Caiaphas – Holy Land Tour
House of Caiaphas Underneath this church are some ruins that many believe is the house of the high priest Caiaphas. See the whipping areas and the pit where Jesus may have been held. The passages below describe the trial at Caiaphas house before they took Jesus’ to...
Garden of Gethsemane – Holy Land Tour
Garden of Gethsemane Gethsemane, an olive garden on the side of the mount of Olives. Gethsemane means the “olive press.” This is where Jesus often retreated when in the Jerusalem Bible References Matthew 26:36–57—36 Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called...
Southern Steps – Holy Land Tour
Southern Steps These are the steps Jesus would have walked when He entered the Temple. This may have been the steps that Peter preached from on the Day of Pentecost. Bible References Acts 2:1–41—1 And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one...
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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.
