“Grace-driven effort wants to get to the bottom of behavior, not just manage behavior. If you're simply managing behavior but not removing the roots of that behavior, then the weeds simply sprout up in another place.” IfsWantEffortGraceBehaviorRootsBottomDrivenManageWeedSprouts Author:Matt Chandler
“Grace does not make sin safe. But grace does make sinners safe.” DoeSinGraceSafeSinner Author:Matt Chandler
“Without a heart transformed by the grace of Christ, we just continue to manage external and internal darkness.” HeartChristDarknessGraceManageInternalsTransformed Author:Matt Chandler
“While we lament the apparent injustice of pain and suffering, how often do we forget that every good thing in a fallen world is wholly a gift of God's mercy and grace.” WorldPainSufferingForgetGraceMercyGood ThingsInjusticeVery GoodFallenGift From GodLamentPain And SufferingFallen World Author:Matt Chandler
“My sin in the past: forgiven. My current struggles: covered. My future failures: paid in full all by the marvelous, infinite, matchless grace found in the atoning work of the cross of Jesus Christ.” PastFoundJesusChristSinStruggleGraceJesus ChristCrossesPaidInfiniteCurrentsCoveredMarvelousForgivenMy FuturePaid In Full Author:Matt Chandler
“When you blow it, God still celebrates His Son in you. The litmus test of whether or not you understand the gospel is what you do when you fail. Do you run from Him and go clean yourself up a little bit before you come back into the throne room? Or do you approach the throne of grace with confidence? If you don't approach the throne of grace with confidence, you don't understand the gospel.” IfsLittlesStillsRunningBitsRoomsGraceFailingSonApproachLittle BitTestsCleanBlowCelebrateThrones Author:Matt Chandler
“Every missionary I know is extraordinarily ordinary. Everything they do, they do by the grace of God.” KnowsGraceOrdinaryMissionaryGrace Of God Author:Matt Chandler
“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.” NeedsShowsBodyChristChurchLordGraceOffersCreaturesPraiseResponseDesperateReceivingNeedyThirstyBody Of Christ Book:Creature of the Word: The Jesus-Centered Church Source: Creature of the Word: The Jesus-Centered Church