Quotes by Matt Chandler

“Sin is the native language in every ZIP code.”

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

“Often the question of, "Who am I?" should be answered with, "Whose am I?”

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

“We spend so much time trying to put send to death that we don't spend enough time striving to know God deeply, trying to gaze upon the wonder of Jesus Christ and have that transform our affections ...”

“Could it be that God is so intensely personal that He would burn down your world in hopes of building it back?”

“Horizontal (human-centered) grief is much less concerned with being broken and more concerned with being busted.”

“I am praying that the issues from the last 12 generations go into the ground with me so I have NEW issue is to pass on to my son.”

“The Word of God bares weight on all ages always.”

“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.”

“God's people are the stage upon which His forgiveness becomes visible. They are never more authentic than when they ask for forgiveness and forgive others.”

“I've grown more OK with mystery as I've gotten older.”

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

“What has defined our faith since the beginning is open-ended gladness.”

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

“Institutions and cultures are not immortal. Humans, Christian and non-Christian, are. Compared to us, our country is a gnat.”

“It is an EVIL thing to be an expert in the weaknesses of our brothers and sisters. We need to be experts in the strengths of our brothers and sisters.”

“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 gatherin...”

“As we gaze on Christ, the mind is informed, and the heart is inflamed, and the body begins to line up.”

“I think "HALLELUJAH" translates into "HALLELUJAH" in every language out there.”