When God saves you, he doesnโt do it because you gave him permission. He did it because heโs God.
Matt ChandlerWeโve been given the covenant community because we need each other, and together weโll be more mature, experience more life, and know more joy than we ever would apart from one another.
Matt ChandlerI was used to being the smartest guy in the room, and then God dropped me in a place that was well beyond me. It was painfully awesome.
Matt ChandlerWe are supernaturalists first, not naturalists. The only reason we feel compelled to accommodate science is that science says we ought to. But it is science that should accommodate revelation. Revelation has been around much longer.
Matt ChandlerChurch of Jesus, let us please be men and women who understand the difference between moralism and the gospel of Jesus Christ. Letโs be careful to preach the dos and donโts of Scripture in the shadow of the crossโs โDone!โ
Matt ChandlerThis avoidance of the difficult things of Scripture โ of sinfulness and hell and Godโs notable severity โ is idolatrous and cowardly. If a man or a woman who teaches the Scriptures is afraid to explain to you the severity of God, they have betrayed you, and they love their ego more than they love you.
Matt Chandler