“There are few things more ungodly than fake joy when you should be mourning.” CommunitySinSadnessDepressionAuthenticityTransparency Author:Matt Chandler
“Could it be that God is so intensely personal that He would burn down your world in hopes of building it back?” SinJudgementWrath Of God Author:Matt Chandler
“Horizontal (human-centered) grief is much less concerned with being broken and more concerned with being busted.” SinHumilityPride Book:Into the Great Outdoors Source: Into the Great Outdoors
“Engaging the city around us and ministering to its needs reveal to us the remaining bastions of sin in our lives, the areas we refuse to surrender to God.” NeedsSinCitiesOur LivesAreasRefuseSurrenderEngagingSurrender To God Author:Matt Chandler
“What drives me mad in evangelical circles, including some young Reformed circles, is that there is often a sit-on-the-couch-and-wait-for-God-to-do-something mentality that is unbiblical and wicked. It's probably been true of every generation, but I can see it most clearly in the younger crowd. There seems to be so little war when it comes to sin.” LittlesI CanWarSeemsYoungWaitingSinGenerationsMadIncludingCrowdsCirclesWickedMentalityCouchesEvangelical Author:Matt Chandler
“I preach hard against that idea and plead with people to make war against sin. I tell them it's not going to be easy. Some people are meant to wrestle with their sin a long time before God brings them to freedom, but let's wrestle. Let's fight. Let's do something besides just complain.” PeopleLongIdeasWarHardFightingEasySinLong TimeComplaining Author:Matt Chandler
“If you are in Christ, you are fully and completely forgiven for all your sin-past, present and future.” IfsPastChristSinForgivenPast PresentPast Present And Future Author:Matt Chandler
“Grace does not make sin safe. But grace does make sinners safe.” DoeSinGraceSafeSinner Author:Matt Chandler
“God does not regret saving you. There is no sin which you commit which is beyond the cross of Christ.” DoeChristSinRegretCrossesCommitSaving 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