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Matt Chandler

Matt Chandler is a husband, father of three, and pastor whose greatest desire is to make much of Jesus. He has served over twenty years as the Lead Pastor at The Village Church in Flower Mound, TX. He is also the Executive Chairman of the Acts 29 Network and the author of several books, including most recently The Overcomers: God’s Vision for You to Thrive in an Age of Anxiety and Outrage.

From Neighborhoods to the Nations: How Churches Can Mobilize Missionaries

From Neighborhoods to the Nations

How Churches Can Mobilize Missionaries

How can pastors work to build a missionary-sending church? We might start by preaching the big story, training toward the nations, aiming young, and praying earnestly.

My Prayer for the Furnace: How I Ask God to Heal

My Prayer for the Furnace

How I Ask God to Heal

Our sovereign God can heal us, we believe that he will heal us, and even if he doesn’t heal us now, we will praise his name.

We Fall for the Feeling of Christmas: The Subtle War in Our Celebrations

We Fall for the Feeling of Christmas

The Subtle War in Our Celebrations

We often fall for the feelings of Christmas — the music, the lights, the parties, the gifts. We have to fight the current to enjoy the child.

Everyone You Meet Will Live Forever: Evangelism in an Age of Unbelief

Everyone You Meet Will Live Forever

Evangelism in an Age of Unbelief

Perhaps more people would be willing to come with us to church on Sundays if we were willing to have them in our homes for dinner during the week.

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Why Christmas Never Lives Up to the Buildup

Why Christmas Never Lives Up to the Buildup

Christmas may fall short now, but one day our delight will be full — and it will go on increasing for all eternity. This is what Christmas is all about.

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Living Out God’s Design for Marriage in Today’s World

When we enter into the covenant of marriage, we inevitably bring baggage with us. But God gives grace for us to learn and grow and flourish together.

Cross

Unrivaled Christ, Unstoppable Gospel, Unreached Peoples, Unending Joy

Cross captures, for a new generation, the great summons to the unreached and unengaged peoples of the world.

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What Hope Does God Give Lonely Singles?

Longing for marriage can be a good, God-given desire. But finding a spouse can never replace our primary life’s passion: seeing and savoring Jesus Christ.

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Dating and Marriage for the Victims of Past Abuse

The Church is made of broken people who look to Jesus for satisfaction and joy. Many in the church experienced sexual abuse and struggle in their relationships.

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Signs a Single Should Stop Dating

To be ready for a dating relationship, a young man or woman doesn’t only need availability and desire, but a growing relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ.

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Should a Boyfriend “Lead” His Girlfriend?

Boyfriends should take the initiative to lead their girlfriends in ways that are appropriate outside the marriage covenant — especially when it comes to sexual purity.

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Should I Date a Godly Girl I Do Not Find Attractive?

Our culture may place a high premium on looks, but what attracts godly people isn’t just the right physical features, but the spirit and character that lay underneath.

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Should My Church Help Me Get Married?

The local church is a community for all kinds of people, including every age group. And members should constantly be looking for ways to learn from and serve one another across generations.

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Has Facebook Ruined Dating?

Matt Chandler joins the Ask Pastor John podcast to discuss the speed of relationships moving toward marriage, and whether social media has negatively impacted dating.

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Is Your Boyfriend Mature Enough for You?

Is Your Boyfriend Mature Enough for You?

For Christians, the church is the best context for developing relationships because a local community of faith should provide discipleship and accountability like no other place.

Marveling at the Majesty of God

Recommissioning Service for John Piper

God is at work in the world to bring about the blessing he promised to Abraham.

Getting Real with Personal Sin: An Interview with Matt Chandler

Authors on the Line

Why is our first inclination to run our sins into the dark shadows and hide like Adam tucked up against a tree trunk? We find it natural to hide our sins, even as Christians, but such an act contradicts our…

Panel Discussion

Commending Christ, Q & A

Desiring God 2009 Conference for Pastors

Commending Christ in personal evangelism is something that does not depend on a perfect strategy but rather on the content of our message and the faith to believe in the greatness of God and the goodness of the age to come.

Conference Message

Stirring Your Affections for Jesus

Campus Outreach College Event

Religion happens when we go from focusing on what stirs our affections for Jesus to focusing on what is right and good in the eyes of the community around us.

John Piper Interviews Matt Chandler, Part 1

Autobiography, Part 1

Through a circuitous series of events, Matt Chandler became a Christian, Bible study teacher, and preacher.

John Piper Interviews Matt Chandler, Part 2

Autobiography, Part 2

After his conversion, Matt Chandler struggled with the gospel-less church environment that pervaded his area, and finally was called to be a pastor of Highland Village Baptist.

John Piper Interviews Matt Chandler, Part 3

Calvinism and Sexual Complementarity

Matt Chandler became a Calvinist through his wrestling with Reformed theology, and finally was comforted by its truths and taught them unashamedly to his growing church.

John Piper Interviews Matt Chandler, Part 4

Advice for Pastors

Preaching is an indispensable means the Holy Spirit uses, so pastors should embrace the call to preach and be faithful wherever God has placed them.

Conference Message

A Shepherd and His Unregenerate Sheep

Desiring God 2009 Conference for Pastors

Background My life in Christ has not been without some God-ordained irony. I was transplanted to Texas form the Bay area. My father was military and they moved us across. My mother had a deep faith and my father wanted…

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