Choosing one thing over another doesn't necessarily mean we love the thing we choose. If given the choice to eat spinach or broccoli, you may choose broccoli. It may only mean you don't want to eat spinach. Heaven is not for people who just want to s...
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...
God ultimately raises up leaders for one primary reason: His glory. He shows His power in our weakness. He demonstrates His wisdom in our folly. We are all like a turtle on a fence post. If you walk by a fence post and see a turtle on top of it, then...
God doesn't NEED raw material. He MAKES material.
You and I are stymied in our own creativity. We can only create as sub-creators, and even then our best work is only sub-creation.
A schoolmate of Matt Chandler's with the locker next to his: "I need to tell you about Jesus. When do you want to do that?
We are supernaturalists first, not naturalists. The only reason we feel compelled to accommodate science is that science says we ought to. But it is science that should accommodate revelation. Revelation has been around much longer.
Without a heart transformed by the grace of Christ, we just continue to manage external and internal darkness.
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 to the point where our love and hope are steadfastly ...
The reality is that all God has to do is reveal himself to you,and you'll gladly join the mission in service to his kingdom. He doesn't force the issue; he just has to reveal himself as is: mighty,wondrous, gracious, loving, and radically saving. No ...
Trying to figure out God is like trying to catch a fish in the Pacific Ocean with an inch of dental floss.
Horizontal (human-centered) grief is much less concerned with being broken and more concerned with being busted.
The Kingdom of God wasn't born on the Fourth of July.
So quit looking for 'the one'. You have a better chance of finding an Oompa Loompa riding a unicorn, fighting Bigfoot.
Whenever relationships can't be restored, it's because someone is not willing to move forward in the promises of God.
Sin is the native language in every ZIP code.
Why do lazy, minimum effort employees always seem to find places where they feel "underappreciated"?
God does not regret saving you. There is no sin which you commit which is beyond the cross of Christ.
It's so much more than a child's story. - Matt Chandler on LIFE Today.
He can heal me. I believe He will. I believe I'm going to be an old surely Baptist preacher. And even if He doesn't...that's the thing: I've read Philippians 1. I know what Paul says. I'm here let's work, if I go home? That's better. I understand tha...