Matt Chandler - De-churched

"Preaching the Gospel to the De-churched"
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June 4, 2009

Full audio @: http://www.desiringgod.org/ResourceLibrary/MediaPlayer/3956/Audio/

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[ixthustruth]

@ixthustruth

but they all preach the Gospel..everytime, no exceptions. Chandler is louder, Keller is quite, Piper pleads, Chan sounds like his having a conversation, Driscoll is passionate and has been know to yell at the men for being less than men. Ravi is an apologist and so is very rational. But again, they always preach and teach Christ crucified for our purification and Christ risen for our life. Everytime.

[ftrblkblt02]

Good stuff. Keep in mind when watching this video that this is part of a much larger sermon, careful not to take it out of context. Anyone who has seen Matt Chandler knows his passion and style. He is real, his faith is being tested even now and he stands firm in his conviction and calling through the grace of Jesus Christ. There are plenty of times in Scripture where the Bible says that Jesus or His apostles "cried out loudly". There is nothing wrong with being yourself in a sermon.

[Roy5595]

@Chivalryhasyettodie I agree totally. And thats why people leave the mainstream church system. Its not very Christ-like. There are divisions between denominations, in-fighting, back-biting etc. Its a witch hunt with x calling y a heretic and y calling x a heretic. It makes me ill thinking of all the divisions in the church. A person does not need to be attending a church to be faithful. I am not saying that falling away from Christ is ok, but if someone wants to leave the church system, fine.

[Chivalryhasyettodie]

@Roy5595 But the thing is, if they aren't united or if they're making it more of a business, it really isn't a church. The church is the body of Christ. The body isn't supposed to fight against itself. Your right arms shouldn't fight the left. The church is supposed to be followers of Christ that bring fame to his name, not hypocrites, not businessmen, not people filled with complacency of tradition rather than honest belief. What we have a lot of nowadays are clubs or gathering places.

[sweetsweatyfeet]

It's amazes me how sanctimonious preachers love to pretend to speak for others. But they'll never ask what is really in the hearts and minds of the people who leave the church because... they're too afraid to find out the truth... that rapidly growing numbers of people are coming to the realization that Christianity is a steaming pile of rancid shit.

[popaspice]

I feel really sorry for the morons that blindly follow this. I know people in the Village church in Denton and it is very sad to see some of the brainwashing techniques first hand. 1 get someone who seems troubled and convince them they have something wrong with them 2 innocently tell them to come to church, and again and again 3 disassociate them with other social groups and make them watch this guy from a week to week basis 4 kool aid

[Roy5595]

This isn't the only reason people leave church. Sometimes people leave church Inc. because they're tired of the business approach to God, and lets be honest, sometimes church sucks. The people in it are judgmental, moralists and largely Biblically ignorant. I prefer to meet in homes with other believers. If someone wants to follow Jesus, even if he leads them outside of the church, whats the problem? Christian fellowship can be found outside the church. God is not contained within walls.

[Grandmastu]

Does this guy pretend to be straight?

[joseg1984]

I want the whole sermon

[3Onlooker7]

love pure love

[thekenny1175]

@TxTechAirRAID How many lies have you told in your life? Have you ever stolen something? Have you had sex outside of marriage? Have you blasphemed God's name (oh my G--)? No wonder you don't want to believe in God, because you are in big trouble on judgement day.