Truth is never our enemy, ever. So we should never freak out about people who claim to have discovered truth. If it's true truth, God owns it and has already accounted for it, and while nothing that is true ever contradicts God's revealed word in the Bible, discovered truth sometimes contradicts the words of Christians. We shouldn't be afraid of this, because God knew it before anybody else and its discovery is dependent on his sovereignty anyway. The truth is that the truth is ours - all truth is our truth because we are of Christ and Christ is of the sovereign God.
Matt ChandlerThe work of God in the cross of Christ strikes us as awe-inspiring only after we have first been awed by the glory of God.
Matt ChandlerI believe the sovereign God of the universe justifies us freely, and then we are called to run with him in sanctification.
Matt ChandlerGod is not in love with some future version of you. Itโs not you tomorrow that He loves and delights in. Itโs not you when you get your act together....If you believe that Christโs love for you is a future love for you, then you dismiss the cross of Christ.
Matt ChandlerAs you consider selecting songs for your worship services, consider them in light of the truth of the gospel. Imagine the songs as teachers--because they are! If your people could understand your doctrine only through the music you sing, what would they know about God and His pursuit of us? If your people could understand your church's beliefs only through the music, what would they know?
Matt Chandler