Jesus didn't come to find perfect people. Instead, He came to find those hungry for His presence and willing to be transformed into His image. But we often fall into the trap of thinking that as believers, our lives should be free of spiritual failure. Ed Stetzer talks with Matt Chandler about his book, Becoming Like Jesus: The Everyday Journey to Living a Life of Holiness and how the Holy Spirit uses our ups and downs to shape us into who God designed us to be on Ed Stetzer Live.
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Matt Chandler has served as the lead pastor of The Village Church in the Dallas–Fort Worth area for over twenty years and is the executive chairman of Acts 29, a global church-planting network. He is also an author, speaker, and podcast host, and has spent decades helping believers follow Jesus with courage, humility, and conviction in everyday life.
Ed Stetzer, Ph.D., is Dean of the Talbot School of Theology at Biola University. He has planted, revitalized, and pastored churches; trained pastors and church planters on six continents; earned two master’s degrees and two doctorates; and he has written hundreds of articles and a dozen books. He is Regional Director for Lausanne North America, is the Editor-in-Chief of Outreach Magazine, and regularly writes for news outlets such as USA Today and CNN. He serves at his local church, Mariners Church, as a teaching pastor. Ed and his wife Donna have been married for more than 35 years and are the parents of three daughters.
Discover new ways to show and share the love of Jesus to a broken and a hurting world. Join Ed Stetzer in an engaging discussion of todays cultural trends.
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