Matt Chandler Quotes

Even though every identity marker I have can be taken from me, the grace and peace of the Trinity overflows into the life of the believer.

Jesus is the culmination of the greatness and the goodness of God.

When we heed God's Word, we are rejecting how the world tries to disciple us.

God doesn't want meerly action but hearts driving action.

Church is not meant to be fun. It's meant to be formative.

Whenever relationships can't be restored, it's because someone is not willing to move forward in the promises of God.

Privileged people can fall into the trap of universalizing experiences and laying them across other people’s experiences as an interpretive lens.

The net that catches me when I confront traumatic events is that 10,000 years from now, they will be a reason for rejoicing.

Ladies, if you’re single there is nothing wrong, sinful or wicked about desiring a husband, nothing. Anyone who would say otherwise is absolutely lying to you. God wired you for it, He built you for it. Men, there is nothing wrong, wicked, or evil about wanting a wife. I don’t know when that happened, I don’t, now listen I do think that you need to be content where you are today, alright, but listen I’m content with what Christ is doing in me today but I don’t want to be who I am today, I’m hoping Christ will complete what He began. It’s okay, it’s alright, who made it so complicated? it’s okay, it’s okay to want a wife, it’s okay to want a husband, those are good things, they’re really good things. It’s okay, it’s okay to want.

Worship gatherings are not always spectacular, but they are always supernatural. And if a church looks for or works for the spectacular, she may miss the supernatural. If a person enters a gathering to be wowed with something impressive, with a style that fits him just right, with an order of service and song selection designed just the right way, that person may miss the supernatural presence of God. Worship is supernatural whenever people come hungry to respond, react, and receive from God for who He is and what He has done. A church worshipping as a Creature of the Word doesn't show up to perform or be entertained; she comes desperate and needy, thirsty for grace, receiving from the Lord and the body of Christ, and then gratefully receiving what she needs as she offers her praise-the only proper response to the God who saves us.

Why do lazy, minimum effort employees always seem to find places where they feel "underappreciated"?

The church is a whore, but she is still my mother. Augustine