There's a strong victim mentality in my generation. I think it's spiritual laziness. They will agree that God is sovereign over all, but then they will say, "Well, I wish he would sovereignly take away my lust issue." There's just… — Matt Chandler Copy Share Image
Church is missing transcendence. My generation was raised on a religion of moral control. Do this. Don't do that. And a lot of self-help religion. Feel better. Get out of debt. Six ways to overcome your fears. Seven ways not… — 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
“But either way, the fruit of turning to God—before we sin, after we’ve sinned, even right there in the middle of our sin—is where… — Matt Chandler Copy Share Image
The great message that we call the gospel begins, then, not with us, or our need, or even the meeting of that need, but… — Matt Chandler Copy Share Image
Worship is the way of life for those entranced by and passionate for the glory of God. — Matt Chandler Copy Share Image
