Do You Have a Vision or a To Do List?
We’re just a couple of weeks out from our annual church vision night, when I share with our church family opportunities to serve the Lord as a church in the coming year. It’s always an exciting time as I attempt to cast vision for what God has placed on my heart and...
Unselfing Social Media
Selfie—it’s the Oxford Dictionary’s word of the year for 2013. And it says a lot about the influence of social media on American society. But perhaps it says more about the narcissism of American society in general. Because in the end, our social media doesn’t make us...
Navigating the Minefield of Social Networking
Do a word search in Scripture for “twitter,” and you’ll find nothing. Make it even broader to include “social media,” and you’ll get the same results. Yet every mature Christian understands that God’s Word has much to say regarding social media. It is our...Growth Points 44: Pressing into the New Year with Godly Passion, part 2
There is no shortage of passionless leaders. It’s the default mode into which we naturally slip if we don’t intentionally press forward for Christ. In the previous Growth Points video, I listed four ways to stir your passion for the Lord. In this week’s...
Introducing a New Resource: the Stewarding Life Planner
It seems that everywhere I go I get asked similar questions: How do you organize your life? How do you plan your time? How do you determine your priorities? These are excellent questions—questions, in fact, to which I’ve sought answers for years. After writing the...
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.
If God could use the Corinthian Church, He can use you!
"And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work" (2 Corinthians 9:8).
(Full message: https://www.lancasterbaptist.org/sermons/pastor-paul-chappell-he-is-able)