Your Faith Isn't Failing, It's Forming - Matt Chandler, Joby Martin, Denny Thompson

About this episode

Matt Chandler discusses the complexities of faith and personal growth in the Christian life with hosts Joby Martin and Denny Thompson.

Pastor Joby Martin and Denny Thompson sit down with Matt Chandler on this week's episode of Built 4 More. Matt is the lead pastor of The Village Church in Texas and has spent more than two decades as one of the most listened to pastors in the country. Most of us were sold a version of faith that goes straight up and to the right. Follow Jesus, and life gets cleaner, easier, better. Matt's new book Becoming Like Jesus tells the truth instead. The Christian life is a coil of highs and lows, and every low is still moving you forward. The seasons that feel like failure are usually the seasons God is using to form you. In this conversation, Joby, Denny, and Matt get into why you sin less and feel worse the longer you walk with Jesus, why we run from God when we should be running to Him, how lesser loves quietly steal our hunger for the things that matter, and why isolation is one of the enemy's most effective weapons against men. Matt also opens up about his brain cancer diagnosis and what suffering taught him about the goodness of God. If your faith feels stuck, or you have wondered whether a hard season means you are doing something wrong, this one is for you. Subscribe and turn on…

People in this episode

Hosts: Joby Martin, Denny Thompson

Guest: Matt Chandler

Topics covered

• faith formation
• Christian life
• suffering
• spiritual growth
• mental health
• isolation

Keywords

• faith
• Christianity
• suffering
• spirituality
• mental health
• isolation
• Matt Chandler
• The Village Church
• Becoming Like Jesus

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Village Church

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