"Following God may end badly." - Matt Chandler

[Mashetimoses]

This guy is awesome! He sounds like Dane Cook!

[annhalaseh]

i love this man. thank God for people like him!

[sllim02]

So true. But in a way, it can never end badly for a Christian since in the end, we will have our reward - Jesus. :)

[FilmHawks]

@sllim02 Amen!

[Keruaran]

@sllim02

Yes, for to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord (2 Corinthians 5:8).

[igofighter]

So true, but not sad. It is a truly wonderful day, when a obedient servant meets his master in eternal glory. I am sure God looked to his servant, and said "well done my good an faithful servant". so rejoice for a brother in the faith did what was asked of him, and rejoice for you too have a wonderful savior who is there for you, when the tough times and persecution are upon you (they will come you can count on it)

[SAMSII82]

The funny part isn't John being beheaded the funny part is that many people believe that if that they follow God then everything will just be peachy. This is funny because the people who would argue the that when they follow God life is going to be gravy. He just uses John as an example,to show that that argument that many people believe is not true. Its like egg on their faces when it is explained that is where the humor is.

[godzchyld08]

funny but true.

[HowManyCan]

I read the bible for the first time a few years ago. When I got to the part when John the Baptist was beheaded, I cried. Considering the way he talks about it at 1:37, I don't think this part of the bible hit him the same way it hit me. Not a funny part of the bible.

[Firestarter30fly]

good sermon i agree with him

[janeym]

Yup. True story, bro.

[dludeau]

That's good preaching! I would have loved to hear the whole sermon.

[andrewdreiling11]

Thank you Matt...Jesus, You are enough for us...let us have complete joy in You, and teach us to be obedient during the hardest of times. Amen.

[jobabey01]

I don t understand his way of preaching.

[Christknight1991]

Take that Joel Olsteen!!

[ZepShepley]

Why is everybody laughing?

[musichalloffame]

@ZepShepley Short answer: it's funny. Long answer: what he is saying is an ironic truth, the God who loves you could send you into death (which is good for the believer) .

plus it goes counter to what the prosperity people are talking about. you would never hear them preach like this.

[StockportWesleyanC]

@ZepShepley I'm afraid you took the words right out of my mouth! Still waiting for him to "unpack the gospel," BTW

[kparmstrong]

Although he does make reference to Osteen often, there's no reason to think Chandler's taking a shot at him in this video. He's taking a shot at the clowns who teach prosperity. Osteen happens to be one of them:)

[ixthustruth]

LOL..he takes shots at Osteen all the time..calls him "our friend down in Houston". He has to address it though..Osteen is big around here.

[gncarlson]

Where can I find the full video or podcast of this?

[steffanielyn]

Oh my word! I think I watched this like more than 10 times in one seating.... wazzup with that?!! wow!

[jajohnson330]

John the Baptist got his head cut off because of a stripper; I never really thought of it that way... thinking along these lines really intensifies Chandler's point.

[bigdaddydave1984]

Chandler is so on point... And yeah I definitely think he took a shot at Osteen lol...

[fakirJ]

@bigdaddydave1984 haha! I'd love to see that one preached out of Joel's mouth

[ABarnett]

Ye. This isnt his church so i was just wondrin if u had this preach on video?

[brettmorey]

@ABarnett

He's the pastor of the Village Church in Highlands Village, TX.

[brettmorey]

This is from the 2008 Catalyst Conference in Gwinnett, GA. (Just northeast of Atlanta).