Eric Mishne

“You can’t take Philippians 4:13 and make it mean you can do anything you want. That’s not what Paul is saying. In context, he is saying, “I’ve learned to be content when I received everything I want; I learned to be content when I got nothing I wanted. I can do either one by the power of Christ.” When Paul says, “To live is Christ, and to die is gain,” he means it. If you want to kill me, I will be more than fine: I will get to be with Jesus. My death will be filled with Christ. And if you want to let me live, I will press on in mission. My life will be filled with Christ. If you want to torture me or imprison me or mock me, I will trust in God. My suffering will make me like Christ. I will see it as a sharing of His own suffering.”
― Matt Chandler, To Live Is Christ to Die Is Gain

“I was used to being the smartest guy in the room, and then God dropped me in a place that was well beyond me. It was painfully awesome.”
― Matt Chandler

“God is more interested in declaring than explaining.”
― Matt Chandler, The Explicit Gospel

“Trying to figure out God is like trying to catch a fish in the Pacific Ocean with an inch of dental floss.”
― Matt Chandler, The Explicit Gospel