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Preach Like Matt
Chandler.
Disarm, open a wound, chain the Scriptures, and never assume the gospel.
- ✓8 of his sermons, studied start to finish
- ✓Ten steps to preach the way he did
- ✓A fill-in outline in his shape, 9 pages
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— Why he’s one of the greats
Disarm, open a wound, chain the Scriptures, and never assume the gospel.
In 2002 Chandler took over Highland Village First Baptist Church, about 160 people, which became The Village Church in Flower Mound, Texas. He survived brain cancer in 2009-10 and led the Acts 29 church-planting network from 2012. His secret: he disarms the room with humor, then opens a real wound of his own. He reads the text and chains cross-references to show its theme across the whole Bible. He makes the cross explicit by the midpoint (“Do not, please, do not assume the gospel”) and widens to God’s glory before coming back to diagnose the hearer. He preaches about 50 minutes from a skeleton outline, not a manuscript.
- 160People when he took over in 2002
- 10,000Passed by 2012, now reported at more than 14,000
- 250KSermon downloads a month by 2010
What makes his style unique
“Chandler doesn’t preach Gospel lite.”
— Who wrote this
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Pastor Center is built and written by pastors — a lead pastor who planted churches, and a church planter who grew one to 4,000 in four years. The same team teaches 9 free courses and 164 lessons. This guide is the short version.
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What’s inside
Preach Like Matt Chandler — Disarm, open a wound, chain the Scriptures, and never assume the gospel..
- 01Why he’s one of the greatsThe story, the numbers and what made his style his own.
- 02What he does8 of his sermons, studied start to finish, and the shape they share.
- 03How he does itTen steps to preach the way he did.
- 04His outlineWhere the time goes, movement by movement.
- 05Write one like Matt ChandlerA fill-in outline in his shape, ready for your own text.
- 06SourcesEvery quote and number, cited.
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