Matt Chandler Quotes

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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