by Dr. Paul Chappell | Oct 23, 2010 | Christian Life
How do you know if you really believe something is true? Is it because you say you believe it? Or is it because you are gripped with its reality to the point that it changes your behavior? I’ll never forget our guide at the Temple of Heaven in China several years ago....
by Dr. Paul Chappell | Sep 18, 2010 | Christian Life, Family
It’s great to be back home and with our Lancaster Baptist Church family! It was a blessing this morning to attend our soulwinning faithfulness rally, and I can hardly wait for tomorrow’s services. I look forward to preaching and to being with the greatest people in...
by Dr. Paul Chappell | Sep 15, 2010 | Family
The heathen temples in ancient Corinth were renown throughout the region for their wicked idolatrous worship and activity. It was in this city, however, that Paul spent a year and a half planting a New Testament church. Acts 18:8 records the fruit of Paul’s labor:...
by Dr. Paul Chappell | Sep 15, 2010 | Family
Paul keenly felt his responsibility to remind Christians that they would one day stand before the Lord. In 2 Corinthians 5:10 he wrote, “For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to...
by Dr. Paul Chappell | Sep 13, 2010 | Family
When Paul stood in the theater at Ephesus, he preached to a crowd who was steeped in the worship of the false goddess Diana. Yet, Paul’s ministry in that city was not in vain. Acts 19:17–18 records, “And this was known to all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling at...