If youโre a church person and not a Jesus person, my heart hurts for you. Itโs like being engaged and never getting married. Itโs miserable.
Matt ChandlerThe cross of Christ exists because mankind-loved by God, created by God, set in motion by God-betrayed God and prefers his stuff to him.
Matt ChandlerYour approval before God is woven into the life and sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the cross, not what other men and women think about you.
Matt ChandlerI think people can get a little weirded out by pain, suffering, and death. They don't know what to do so they end up saying things that are hurtful to people who have experienced loss.
Matt ChandlerSome people are so moral they feel like they have no need for Jesus. True worshippers know they are in deep need of Jesus Christ and are transformed morally by "beholding Jesus" and seeing their lives transformed by the Spirit's power from the inside out rather than conformed to a pattern of religion from the outside in.
Matt Chandler