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AB 495: Parental Rights on the Chopping Block in California

When the government begins to redefine who can make decisions for your child—or worse, bypass you altogether—it’s not just an overstep. It’s an attack on the very foundation of the family.
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By Dr. Paul Chappell, Wednesday, August 13, 2025

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How to Steward Your Trial with Grace

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By Dr. Paul Chappell, Monday, November 14, 2011
God Is Working in Ways You Cannot See Yet
Have you ever thought of your trial as a stewardship from God? It is. And when stewarded properly, God will use your trial to give you some of His greatest gifts. God has given us an incredible, amazing resource with which to steward our trials. It’s called grace.
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Turning Fear into Faith

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By Teri Dorrell, Saturday, November 12, 2011
Learning to Trust God
As a little girl I remember fearing that something or someone was under my bed. I found myself running and jumping into bed every night and then willing myself to hang over the bed and look under it so that I could go to sleep without fearing that something or someone was going to get me.
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Ladies Ministry
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5 Steps Off the Plateau

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By Dr. Paul Chappell, Monday, November 7, 2011
Gaining Traction for Spiritual Growth
We all hit points of plateau in our Christian life—times when we don’t seem to be growing like we wish or when we are struggling to gain momentum in spiritual growth. Are you there? Do you want off the plateau?
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Chasing Buzzards

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By Dr. R. B. Ouellette, Friday, November 4, 2011
Keeping Your Priorities Right
I heard someone quote an old preacher who said regarding this text, “I believe in chasing buzzards off. I don’t believe in chasing buzzards.” It seems to me that this text and the thought given by that man of God now in Heaven are especially significant to us today.
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Pastoral Leadership
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Trusted with the Gospel

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By Dr. Paul Chappell, Thursday, November 3, 2011
Sharing Our Most Precious Possession

If you were a football player, you would think the most precious possession during a game was the football. Should you have the opportunity to receive or intercept a pass, you would run with everything you had toward the goal line, while protecting the ball from the other team.

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Discerning the Fruit of Rock Music

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By Shelly Hamilton, Wednesday, November 2, 2011
5 Questions to Ask When Considering Music
Music is the accompaniment of life. The music a man chooses as his accompaniment says a lot about his lifestyle and his belief system. The world uses rock music to accompany themselves in their revelry and reflect their philosophy and approach to life.
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Stewarding the Gospel through Missions

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By Dr. Paul Chappell, Monday, October 31, 2011
3 Lessons from Acts 13
God has given us the answer that the world needs—the Gospel of Jesus Christ. But what do we do with this treasure? How do we steward the Gospel? How can we get this truth into all the world?
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Missions
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A Musical Line

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By Shelly Hamilton, Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Being Separate in Our Music
What would you say the “spiritual temperature” of our society is today? Is it predominantly Christian? Are the world’s morals becoming more godly? Should Christians emulate the worldly cultural system we find ourselves in or be different—set apart?
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Stewarding Time with Wisdom

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By Dr. Paul Chappell, Monday, October 24, 2011
5 Truths for Stewarding Time
Do you ever feel that you have more responsibilities than time in which to perform them? Actually, I don’t know of anyone who doesn’t feel that way! Thankfully, God has given us a resource to help us make decisions concerning our time. It’s called wisdom!
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Nothing to Win But the World

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By Stephen Benefield, Friday, October 21, 2011
A Review of the Book by Clay Cooper
There is no shortage today of books on missions, and I have certainly read my share. Aside from individual missionary biographies, there are three books that I have read in recent years which stand out in my mind as some of the most challenging books I have ever read. One of them is Nothing to Win But the World.
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