If you're not confident in the authority of the Scriptures, you will be a slave to what sounds right. — Matt Chandler Copy Share Image
This avoidance of the difficult things of Scripture — of sinfulness and hell and God’s notable severity — is idolatrous and cowardly.… — Matt Chandler Copy Share Image
The Imperfect Pastor by Zack Eswine might be the most helpful and profound book I've read in years. If you're in pastoral… — Matt Chandler Copy Share Image
Truth is never our enemy, ever. So we should never freak out about people who claim to have discovered truth. If it's… — Matt Chandler Copy Share Image
No matter what our job is, we view it not as our purpose in life but rather as where God has sovereignly… — Matt Chandler Copy Share Image
If you are in Christ, you are fully and completely forgiven for all your sin-past, present and future. — Matt Chandler Copy Share Image
If you add to or subtract from the cross, even if it is to factor in biblically mandated religious practices like prayer… — Matt Chandler Copy Share Image
If you're a beast in the pulpit but a coward in your neighborhood, something has gone wrong. — Matt Chandler Copy Share Image
If you want to grow in true wisdom, grow in a knowledge of the God of the Bible. — Matt Chandler Copy Share Image
If we confuse the gospel with response to the gospel, we will drift from what keeps the gospel on the ground, what… — Matt Chandler Copy Share Image
When you blow it, God still celebrates His Son in you. The litmus test of whether or not you understand the gospel… — Matt Chandler Copy Share Image
We’ve got to get past this idea that God is most glorified when we’re rich, healthy and wealthy and we go, “Isn’t… — Matt Chandler Copy Share Image
God is not in love with some future version of you. It’s not you tomorrow that He loves and delights in. It’s… — Matt Chandler Copy Share Image
If someone doesn't have much use for praising Him now, it's foolish to think they're ready for heaven. — Matt Chandler Copy Share Image
If we could understand how impossible our situation is, we would grow in reverence for the kingship of Christ. — Matt Chandler Copy Share Image
Grace-driven effort wants to get to the bottom of behavior, not just manage behavior. If you're simply managing behavior but not removing… — Matt Chandler Copy Share Image
I've discovered most Christians don't know what to do with difficult situations because they have bought into the lie that God owes… — Matt Chandler Copy Share Image
If the gospel of Jesus Christ is not at the center of a wedding ceremony, it is likely not going to be… — Matt Chandler Copy Share Image
Engaging the city around us and ministering to its needs reveal to us the remaining bastions of sin in our lives, the areas we… — Matt Chandler Copy Share Image
You and I are stymied in our own creativity. We can only create as sub-creators, and even then our best work is only sub-creation. — Matt Chandler Copy Share Image
So what does it look like to live a life worthy of the gospel of Jesus Christ? It looks like walking with, loving with,… — Matt Chandler Copy Share Image
The universe shudders in horror that we have this infinitely valuable, infinitely deep, infinitely rich, infinitely wise, infinitely loving God, and instead of pursuing… — Matt Chandler Copy Share Image
“A schoolmate of Matt Chandler's with the locker next to his: "I need to tell you about Jesus. When do you want to do… — Matt Chandler Copy Share Image
The cross of Christ is the response of God to men for belittling His name. — Matt Chandler Copy Share Image
Heaven is not a place for those who are afraid of hell; it’s a place for those who love God. You can scare people… — Matt Chandler Copy Share Image
If you're not confident in the authority of the Scriptures, you will be a slave to what sounds right. — Matt Chandler Copy Share Image
Lots of neat Christian boys, not a lot of Godly men. And we are working our tails off for you to try to develop… — Matt Chandler Copy Share Image
“But isn’t the whole idea of sanctification the fact that we’re not really there yet? That we’re still growing and becoming? Still learning how… — Matt Chandler Copy Share Image
This avoidance of the difficult things of Scripture — of sinfulness and hell and God’s notable severity — is idolatrous and cowardly. If a… — Matt Chandler Copy Share Image
