Enjoy this Free Session from To Live is Christ with Matt Chandler

In ‘To Live is Christ’ Matt Chandler, Pastor of the Village Church in Dallas, Texas, helps paint a beautiful picture of what it is to be a mature Christian.

Everyone wants new revelation. They don’t always, however, want to be obedient to what they already know. Growing in Truth is inseparably connected to practicing the Truth that you know.

In ‘To Live is Christ, To Die is Gain,’ Matt Chandler, Pastor of the Village Church in Dallas, Texas, walks us through one of Paul’s most intimate letters to paint a beautiful picture of what it is to be a mature Christian.

Use this Free Session for personal reflection or group discussion. Even more, we’re thrilled to announce that To Live is Christ, To Die is Gain is officially Back-in-Stock! Head to The Hub Store to purchase the full kit and highly applicable study guide.

By The Hub|February 17th, 2017|Matt Chandler, Philippians|0 Comments

There’s simply no greater relationship to invest in than your marriage. Join Matt and Lauren Chandler this February for the Mingling Of Souls Conference!

Whether you’re in a season where marriage is difficult and you’re hurting, or you’re doing well but could be doing better, or perhaps you’re doing amazing but want to be equipped to serve others, the 2017 Mingling of Souls Marriage Conference with Matt and Lauren Chandler will be an incredible opportunity for us all to gaze on God’s good design for our marriages!

Listen in as Matt and Lauren share their hope and heart for this conference, and read below on how you can be a part of this most-meaningful weekend:

You can join in a couple of ways:

Register today to join thousands of other couples in-person at Houston’s First Baptist Church on Friday and Saturday, February 10+11th!

Couples can plan their own Marriage Retreat without ever having to leave the house! Our Mingling Of Souls Live Stream allows you and your spouse to invest in your marriage from the comfort of your home!

We’d love to see Small Groups and Bible Studies set aside a few days to invest in their marriage through the Mingling of Souls Watch Party, with unlimited, On-Demand Viewing available for 30 days!

Churches of all sizes can serve coupes in their community and ministry by partnering with the Hub to build an event around the Mingling of Souls Live Stream or On-Demand Option!

Anyone can join from anywhere. Don’t miss this incredible opportunity to invest in the relationship that matters most. Register today and join us in the hopes that we might be ministered to by the Word of God deeply by the power of the Holy Spirit!

Whether in-person or online, we’ll see you this February for the Mingling Of Souls Marriage Conference with Matt and Lauren Chandler!

By The Hub|January 10th, 2017|Matt Chandler|0 Comments

Matt Chandler – Philippians: The Worthy Life

Employment evaluation with a supervisor is no one’s favorite. It is difficult to sit down toe-to-toe with him or her and hear whether or not you have measured up to expectations. It is easier to simply assume everything is OK, focus on your personal strengths, and never have anyone point out your blind spots.

It is easier, but it is not best.

Every so often it is helpful as an employee to evaluate if you are worth what they are paying you. It is healthy and appropriate to determine: are you worth it? Are you worthy of the paycheck you are receiving? Are the actions and results you produce in your daily job, worth what you are being paid?

If we would be doing that for something as silly and temporary as a job, why wouldn’t we do that with our faith? It should be a wonderful checkup for us to evaluate our lives, examine our hearts and see if we are living a life worthy of the gospel.

Are we?

Want the whole teaching series on Philippians for your next group study? You can either it buy it on DVD or rent/buy one session at a time with our exclusive digital delivery service. Click Here to Learn More. This topic is featured in Session 2 of Philippians.

By hubadmin|January 13th, 2010|Hub Thots, Matt Chandler, Weekly Devos|3 Comments

Philippians – Odd Beginnings

Ironically, in this study on Paul’s letter to the Philippians, we ask you first to open your Bible to…not Philippians. We start out this study of Philippians in the 16th chapter of the book of Acts. Allow me to illustrate why that would be.

Though I am not as avid a world-traveler as many, I have been on numerous national and international mission trips. When I get back home, I generally tell my friends and family only a little bit about the culture, the sights, the accommodations, and the travel itself, but I spend the majority of my time talking to anyone that will listen about the people.

My photo albums are not filled with pictures of the (often breathtaking) scenery, but I have scores of pictures of the people that I met while serving there. The individuals in the area are the reason I went in the first place. They are the topics that consume my
post-trip conversations and memories which I will keep with me for life. The most important thing about the mission trip is the people. It is the people that endear the city to our heart. The same is true for Paul and the Philippians.

On Paul’s second missionary journey (recorded in Acts 16), he spends time in Philippi. It is this experience in Philippi that sets the backdrop for the letter that he would write later to the Philippians. Before we study that letter we need to meet the people that Paul met. This first session introduces us to three people that Paul met in Philippi whose stories the Scriptures have preserved for us to study for centuries. Their stories and backgrounds could not possibly be any different.

Though every church has a somewhat unique story of its beginnings, none is as unique as Philippi, the first church in the history of all of Europe. The story is far from how you and I would start the Christian movement on a continent. But then, again, God is a touch smarter than we are. The birth of the church in Philippi is truly an odd and seemingly unadvisable way to start a church, but isn’t that just like God?

Let us hear from you.

What are some amazing stories of how God started the church you attend? What are some of those people’s stories who are in your church? Perhaps you are one of those stories?

Want the whole teaching series on Philippians for your next group study?

You can either it buy it on DVD or rent/buy one session at a time with our exclusive digital delivery service. This topic is featured in Session 1 of Philippians.

By hubadmin|January 6th, 2010|Matt Chandler|1 Comment

God is with Matt Chandler

Friends, we have been praying for Matt Chandler, friend of The Hub and Pastor of The Village Church in Dallas, TX. The pathology report is back and the tumor was malignant and they were not able to remove it all. For a full report from The Village, go here.

This is very difficult. For Matt, Lauren, their kids, family and for The Village. Not in my life have I seen God raise up so much love for a preacher in such a short time than I have with Matt.

It is a must that we bend our knees, hearts and minds and look only at Jesus. This does not and will not make sense to our human mind. We are not able to comprehend this kind of pain and suffering.

Do we bend our knees, hearts and mind with hope? Absolutely! As Paul says in Romans, we do not grieve as those without hope.

Matt, family, and The Village, those of us who have been blessed by God using you and His gifts He gave you to teach, we commit to pray for you all.

We will pray for physical healing. We will pray for Christ to be made known around the world so that many others will experience spiritual and eternal healing through this struggle.

It is not our way, but God’s ways are trustworthy, for He is the only true Trustworthy one.

God is with you, and us.

By doug|December 16th, 2009|Hub Thots, Matt Chandler, Tuesday's with Doug|2 Comments

I am weak. He is strong.

Friends,

Our dear friend Matt Chandler is in a fight. For those of you who don’t know, here is the link to The Village Church website to get the latest updates.

Matt is a friend and the teacher of our brand new series on Philippians. The title of his series is the epic verse in Philippians, To Live is Christ and to Die is Gain. Clearly a description for the journey Matt is on right now and of course it is the description for everyone of our lives. The one major difference for Matt at this time in his life, is that he is clearly aware of his mortality and as he has said in his own words, “God is sovereign.” For many of us…we still live in the land of ‘life is pretty good and may last forever.’

This is one of the most amazing journey’s I can only imagine and it is evident that God’s truth, love and grace are absolutely sustaining Matt and his family. When you watch this video of him just a day or so before brain surgery and you read his blog post, it is clear that as Matt’s body is weak, Christ is (of course) being made so real and strong. God is giving Matt tremendous courage and He is being made STRONG in Matt.

I am grateful that in Matt’s blog and video there is clear evidence of real/honest/true emotions: tears, fear, questions – but it is even more obvious the trust, belief, hope, confidence in Things Not Seen – but Things That Are Certain.

God, we wish it was not this way, that pain, awful struggle like Matt and his family are experiencing, are ways that we see your overwhelming love, power and peace, but it is clearly evident in Matt’s countenance and words.

God, we join with millions to pray. Please heal Matt. But we agree with Matt that your will be done and that through whatever struggle someone reading this might have, how great or how small, as we are found weak, we will trust you more because in those moments you are made strong.

Matt and Lauren, God is with you.

By doug|December 8th, 2009|Hub Thots, Matt Chandler|1 Comment

Matt Chandler and Philippians

Our passion at SOS is the Bible and how it communicates God’s love and truth to us. The greatness of the Bible and God, His written down, literal word, is that it catches us wherever we are at any moment in life.

If you sense at this moment you are at the top of your game, at the lowest point in a long time, bored with life or even fulfilled at the moment, God is always relevant and ready to speak truth in your life.

Matt Chandler, Pastor of The Village in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area does an amazing job bringing the meaning of the book of Philippians to live. Our title for this series is To Live is Christ & To Die is Gain. Sound familiar? Of course, it is straight from the scriptures.

Matt starts by taking a look at the first 3 ‘characters’ mentioned in the letter. It is so important to me that when you read scripture, especially New Testament letters that you ‘get into the story.’ Remember, these are literally letters written from a person to a group of people. Of course the words and meaning are inspired directly from God, but there is personality and insight that comes from the text.

So, over the next few days or so, we will look at a profile of these 3 characters, and for fun, you can all vote on which one of these folks you and your story with Christ is most like.

Blessings…Doug

By doug|August 4th, 2009|Matt Chandler|0 Comments

Connor is the Man

A dear friend of ours, Connor Cruse was healed of his 5 year fight with cancer on July 10th. He was 9 years old when God healed him on ‘the other side.’

He complained of a stomach ache 5 years ago and within 6 hours of that moment his parents were told “your son has Stage 4 Neuroblastoma and will not live very long.”

Connor has fought like the most valiant of all warriors. He has encouraged more men, dads, wives, mothers, kids, pastors, elderly than I will ever dream of. He has routinely stared death in the face and said, “Have courage and believe in Jesus.”

For many of us, whether we have been rejected too many times, bored with life, given up on God, lost hope in anything truly fulfilling, Connor has represented the Great Hope of Revelation 21:4-5. God is on His Throne and will make all things new!

This is the hope that every Christian should be holding onto. This world is not our home and we should not hold onto our health or anything so tightly. This is our time to live for Christ. In Matt Chandler’s new series on Philippians, he communicates this brilliantly. Paul could say to Live is Christ, that is the only reason we are not saved and then swept away, and to Die is gain. Heaven, no tears, no pain, no cancer, no understanding how the Cruse’s could lose their son at 9 years old, none of that.

All good, all joy, all the time. Now that is worth living and dying for. Thank you God for giving us that HOPE.

Later, Doug

By doug|August 3rd, 2009|Hub Thots|0 Comments

Matt Chandler Live Video Chat a Big Success!

The Live Video Chat with Matt Chandler went rather well yesterday. We had over 400 people attend the chat session and we want to thank all of you who participated.

Matt Chandler will give a live video chat that discusses his newest study that is exclusive to The Hub. This 30 minute video chat session will feature a 20 minute overview of the study followed by a 10 minute Q&A session. This chat is a “must watch” for anyone who is a Pastor, Teacher, Bible Study leader or anyone who is passionate about life-changing Bible teaching.

Topic: Matt Chandler and Philippians Live Chat
Host: Doug Hudson
Date and Time:
August 17, 2009 2:00 pm, Central Daylight Time (Chicago, GMT-05:00)
August 17, 2009 3:00 pm, Eastern Daylight Time (New York, GMT-04:00)
August 17, 2009 2:00 pm, Central Daylight Time (Chicago, GMT-05:00)
Conference Password is HUMBLE

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To register for the online event
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1. Click here to join the online event.
Or copy and paste the following link to a browser:
https://wbs27beta.webex.com/wbs27beta/onstage/g.php?d=346360687&t=a&RT=MiM3&p
2. Click “Register”.
3. On the registration form, enter your information and then click “Submit”.

Once the host approves your registration, you will receive a confirmation email message with instructions on how to join the event.

Sincerely,
Doug Hudson

Please leave questions or comments in the feedback form below. If you can’t attend we will record and post the session on this site as well as our youtube site.

By hubadmin|July 30th, 2009|Matt Chandler|6 Comments

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