Creature of the Word: The Jesus-Cente...
Matt ChandlerThe Reformers viewed the gospel as not merely one thing among many in the life of a church but rather the means by which the church exists. When the gospel is rightly declared and applied to God's people, the church becomes "a cr...
Recovering Redemption: A Gospel Satur...
Matt ChandlerRecovering Redemption. What does it mean? Recovering: Getting back, restoring. Redemption: God's plan of salvation, the gospel. Because we have a tendency to drift from the gospel, we must be reoriented back to the gospel. We must ...
Christendom is dead. And that's a good thing. The Christian culture that has underpinned Western society for centuries has been eroded. We're now at the point where to disagree with people on issues such as marriage and sexuality, is ...
Too few people attending church today, even those in evangelical churches, are exposed to the gospel explicitly. Sure, many will hear about Jesus, and about being good and avoiding bad, but the gospel message simply isn't there--at le...
The Explicit Gospel (Paperback Editio...
Matt ChandlerYou know you know it…But then again, maybe you don't.Even if you go to church, it doesn't mean that you are being exposed to the gospel explicitly. Sure, most people talk about Jesus, and about being good and avoiding bad, but the g...
To Live Is Christ to Die Is Gain
Matt ChandlerUsing Paul's radical letter to the Philippians as his road map, Matt Chandler forsakes the trendy to invite readers into authentic Christian maturity. The short book of Philippians is one of the most quoted in the Bible, yet Paul wro...