Christian Walk | Paul Chappell

5 Kinds of Critics, part 2

by Dr. Paul Chappell | Aug 6, 2015 | Christian Life, Ministry Leadership

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

by Dr. Paul Chappell | Aug 3, 2015 | Christian Life, Ministry Leadership

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

by Dr. Paul Chappell | Jul 31, 2015 | Christian Life, Ministry Leadership

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...

Just Build the Wall

by Dr. Paul Chappell | Jul 7, 2015 | Christian Life, Ministry Leadership

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...

The Forgotten Admonition for the Last Days

by Dr. Paul Chappell | Jul 2, 2015 | Christian Life, Current Events, Ministry Leadership

Now, more than ever before, current events remind us that we are living in the last days. The events of this past week have pointed to Bible prophecies concerning the progressive lifestyles of sin (2 Timothy 3:1–4) and the oblivion of and disregard for God’s judgment...