5 Principles for Achieving Goals
I am an advocate of setting goals before the beginning of a new year. Philippians 3:13 encourages us to be constantly “reaching forth unto those things which are before.” In my experience, setting goals is crucial to this forward achievement. Yet, we all...
Fasting for Winter Revival
Every January—since 1987—Lancaster Baptist Church has had winter revival services. Each year we’ve had the same preacher—Dr. John Goetsch. And every year God has used this time in a mighty way in our church. Perhaps one reason God has so profoundly blessed these...
Striving Together
Twenty-five years ago this July, I stood in front of fewer than twenty people and preached my first Sunday night sermon as pastor of Lancaster Baptist Church. My title was “Striving Together,” and the text was Philippians 1:27: “Only let your conversation be as it...
5 “Stays” for a Great Marriage
This October Terrie and I revisited the site of our first date of October 1979 Yesterday, Terrie and I celebrated thirty years of marriage. It’s hard to believe that something that seemed too wonderful to be true on our wedding day is even better now! I praise God for...
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.
"And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed." (Mark 1:35)