Biblical Principles for Music and Worship, Part 3
In part 1 of this post, we set the context for wanting our music to be honoring to God and offered three principles related to music. In part 2 we looked at seven more principles, for a total so far of 10: I believe preaching is central in worship and evangelism. I...
Biblical Principles for Music and Worship, Part 2
In part 1 of this post, we set the context for wanting our music to be honoring to God, and we looked at three principles related to music: I believe preaching is central in worship and evangelism. I believe music is to reflect the holiness of God. I believe there is...
Biblical Principles for Music and Worship
I thank God for the gift of music. I am particularly thankful for sacred, Christ-honoring music. Music is an integral part of worship and edification. It can draw our hearts closer to the Lord and reinforce scriptural truths in our minds, or it can weaken our walk...
5 Practices of Faithful Financial Stewards
We know that a biblical perspective on our finances is based in the awareness that God is the ultimate owner of everything and has entrusted resources to us to steward, or manage, for Him. Our job, then, is to be faithful stewards. It’s easy to talk about faithfulness...
6 Relational Characteristics of a Christlike Leader
My generation tends to think of a strong spiritual leader as someone who is authoritative and able to administrate from a position of command. Indeed, we see leaders like this throughout the Bible—Joshua, Nehemiah, perhaps Paul. Millennials, however, have a greater...
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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.
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