Religion Quotes by Matt Chandler

Jesus doesn't avoid those who mess up. Jesus runs to those who mess up.

— Matt Chandler

Why do we try so hard to make Jesus cool?! He doesn’t need a makeover.

— Matt Chandler

Trying to make the Gospel relevant is like trying to make water wet.

— Matt Chandler

Jesus doesn't need you to make him palatable...he needs you to be faithful.

— Matt Chandler

“It's so much more than a child's story. - Matt Chandler on LIFE Today.”

— Matt Chandler

Stop going to church everywhere and start belonging to church somewhere.

— Matt Chandler

The cross of Christ is the response of God to men for belittling His name.

— Matt Chandler

If you want to grow in true wisdom, grow in a knowledge of the God of the Bible.

— Matt Chandler

If you're not confident in the authority of the Scriptures, you will be a slave to what sounds right.

— Matt Chandler

You're exhausted in the faith because you're looking at you. The more you look at yourself and the less you look at…

— Matt Chandler

All ministry that is faithful & eventually fruitful finds its roots in the life, death, & resurrection of Jesus Christ.

— Matt Chandler

While the good news of the gospel may not appeal to everyone, the bad news of the gospel still applies to everyone.

— Matt Chandler

The context of the gospel message is not our benefit or our salvation; the context of the gospel is the supremacy of…

— Matt Chandler

Some people are so moral they feel like they have no need for Jesus. True worshippers know they are in deep need…

— Matt Chandler

There's a strong victim mentality in my generation. I think it's spiritual laziness. They will agree that God is sovereign over all,…

— Matt Chandler

If we confuse the gospel with response to the gospel, we will drift from what keeps the gospel on the ground, what…

— Matt Chandler

“he later came to love. Then God hijacked his life. The zealous Pharisee became the apostle with the gospeled heart. So of…

— Matt Chandler

The spiritual power in the gospel is denied when we augment or adjusting gospel into no gospel at all. When we doubt…

— Matt Chandler

So relational evangelism? Go for it, as long as it turns into real evangelism. You hanging out having a beer with your…

— Matt Chandler

“Never be satisfied with where you are in the area of spiritual growth. Cultivate an insatiability for more of God by examining…

— Matt Chandler

The great message that we call the gospel begins, then, not with us, or our need, or even the meeting of that…

— Matt Chandler

“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…

— Matt Chandler

Church is missing transcendence. My generation was raised on a religion of moral control. Do this. Don't do that. And a lot…

— Matt Chandler

“What does it look like to live life in a manner worthy of the gospel? It looks like dying with Christ to…

— Matt Chandler

When you blow it, God still celebrates His Son in you. The litmus test of whether or not you understand the gospel…

— Matt Chandler

“The Bible, of course, gives us good and right teaching on everything from sex to parenting to money to morals. All good…

— Matt Chandler

“Of course, in order to model following Christ you must be following Christ.”

— Matt Chandler

“PURSUING CHRIST You and I as Christians”

— Matt Chandler

If you add to or subtract from the cross, even if it is to factor in biblically mandated religious practices like prayer…

— Matt Chandler