Growth Points 25: Opportunity in Hostility
If there is one word that describes a new year, it is opportunity. Here at the beginning of January, we look forward to a year of unused days to fill for God’s glory. And yet, if there is one word that describes the landscape in America right now, it is hostility. Our...Growth Points 023: Loving God More than Ministry
It’s amazing to me how in ministry, without ever intending for it to happen, our love shifts—from pure love for God to love for what we do for God. In the hurried pace and appearance-driven mindset of our culture—even of our ministry culture—we become human doings...Growth Points 022: Proving Excellence and Rejecting Counterfeits
What would you do if someone offered you a one hundred dollar bill which you knew was counterfeit? If you took it, you may be able to spend it undetected, but you would also weaken your own economy. This was the situation which merchants in Athens faced in the first...Growth Points 020: The Trail of Blood
I wonder sometimes, with all the church growth philosophies that bring more and more of the world into the church, and with the prevalence of watered-down preaching in our pulpits today, how many Christians even know what we stand for? And I wonder how many of us...
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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.
