Megachurch Pastor Matt Chandler said he’s “deeply concerned” by church leaders today who ignore the “moral imperatives” of the Bible and instead focus on “looking cool” to avoid appearing legalistic to a watching world.
Chandler, author and pastor of the Village Church in Flower Mound, Texas, this week delivered a message titled “Citizens of Heaven: In the World But Not Of” at the annual Together for the Gospel conference in in Louisville, Kentucky.
“We’ve got a full generation of pastors, Christians and leaders who stay away from the moral imperatives of the Word of God for fear of the accusation of legalism,” he began. “Like the one thing we must not be in a day in age where we must look cool and know what’s cool and communicate what’s cool is be legalistic.”
“In putting on our responsibility to lay before our brothers and sisters the moral imperatives that God has called us into, we have given ground to showing the world the light of the glory of God in Christ,” he continued.
Throughout Scripture, God clearly outlines how He wants His people to walk, live, and relate to one another and the world around them. However, as fallen people,”…
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