Top 180 Matt Chandler Quotes (2025 Update)
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151. “When we learn to respond to each other rather than react, we will move much more quickly in our conflict toward resolution and reconciliation. Reactions only stoke the fires of conflict; responses, particularly godly ones, help us snuff out the conflict.”

— Matt Chandler

152. “And so creation itself is eagerly watching the sons and daughters of the King, waiting for the last one to come into the kingdom so that the rocks and trees can be set free.”

— Matt Chandler

153. “Dating becomes a lot about hiding who you really are, hiding you imperfections and in many cases, unfortunately, displaying and making primary what ought to be reserved only for marriage.”

— Matt Chandler

154. “Maturing men and women, when tempted to fall prey to anxiety, go to the Lord, humble themselves, and hand their anxieties over, trusting Him to answer however He sovereignly sees fit. In their minds, they constantly dwell on what is true, right, honorable, excellent, just, and lovely – mind and heart in sync, maturing unto the Lord.”

— Matt Chandler

155. “You don’t really need to make a vow to stick with someone in the best of times. The inclination to run doesn’t exist then. It’s the low times the covenant is made for.”

— Matt Chandler

156. “Forgiveness is the ultimate expression of God’s unique beauty.”

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157. “Grace does not make sin safe.”

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158. “God doesn’t NEED raw material. He MAKES material.”

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

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160. “So quit looking for ‘the one’. You have a better chance of finding an Oompa Loompa riding a unicorn, fighting Bigfoot.”

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161. “Fearless faith results from holding on to Christ as our treasure. Gospel courage comes from gospel preciousness. If we truly believed that our reward in heaven far surpasses all the comfort and convenience and collections of the world, we, too, would be willing to consider them all as loss.”

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162. “The longing in a single person’s heart for a wife or a husband finds its root in God’s glory.”

— Matt Chandler

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

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164. “Truth is, we’re a lot better off, and a lot closer to experiencing real, feel-good moments, when we’re wringing ourselves out for the glory of God and fulfilling our daily tasks – at work, at home, in ministry, anywhere. What did Vince Lombardi say in that famous speech: “I firmly believe that any man’s finest hour – his greatest fulfillment to all he holds dear – is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle – victorious.”

— Matt Chandler

165. “The context of the gospel message is not our benefit or our salvation; the context of the gospel is the supremacy of Christ and the glory of God. This story of the good news is personal, but it is also cosmic.”

— Matt Chandler

166. “This is the question: Are you using God to get something from Him? Or is God Himself the goal of your striving?”

— Matt Chandler

167. “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.”

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168. “To obey the commands of Scripture can finally become a delight when we see that the reasons almost always center around God’s love and provision for us in Christ.”

— Matt Chandler

169. “We’re using the gifts of God as if they themselves are gods.”

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170. “As men and women get older, they get crustier and not more fun.”

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

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172. “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.”

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173. “As we continue to look for “developmental deficiencies” in our maturation in Christ, how are you doing in the area of contentment? How quick is your impulse to find satisfaction in Christ, to go to the joy of the gospel in times of stress, frustration, disappointment, and trouble?”

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174. “If the gospel is reduced because of our preferences or misunderstandings, we leave ourselves open to heresies and to attacking our brothers-in-arms.”

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175. “The gospel creates a new reality that deepens our understanding of the world and our place in it.”

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176. “Abram, the first Jew was actually an Iraqi.”

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177. “We can never grasp the extent of our depravity until we recognize the excellencies of our created dignity.”

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178. “We must help men and women see the epic in the ordinary details of life.”

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179. “We need to let God get down underneath what we think needs changing, so that He can bring full restoration and redemption to us where we truly need changing.”

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180. “But there is a beauty even in loving without response because that kind of love is truly selfless. When we love with no expectation or promise of reciprocity, we know what it means to sacrifice and deny ourselves in ways we wouldn’t otherwise.”

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181. “When we commit to a spouse for life, we are agreeing to enter a sacred union between two sinners and Jesus, and when you’ve got two sinners walking together over the years, you will see just how sinful he or she – and you – can be.”

— Matt Chandler

182. “Lazy people are some of the most exhausted, dissatisfied, and ill-tempered folks around because the joy-backed promises of laziness our lies.”

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183. “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 that.”

— Matt Chandler

184. “The Kingdom of God wasn’t born on the Fourth of July.”

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185. “The theme of the Bible is not that the world’s not messy but that God’s at work in the mess.”

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186. “The conflict you’re having is not primarily about them; God is working in this conflict to reveal something about you.”

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187. “When everything considered valuable in life is seen to be nothing in comparison to the glory of Christ, you learn rather well that Christ alone is worth living for.”

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188. “Longing for something fresh, for something no one else has said often leads to bad exegesis.”

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189. “Moralistic, therapeutic deism is fine with sin hiding in a foxhole. The gospel wants to nuke the hole.”

— Matt Chandler