Matt Chandler recently spoke at the Code Orange Revival at Stephen Furtick’s church (Elevation Church). Justin Taylor posted on Monday about it. He wrote,
How do you go and preach in an environment where the pastor and the church have a very different understanding of theology, celebrity, and ministry philosophy than the one you live and proclaim? I thought Matt Chandler showed how in this talk at Elevation Church pastored by Steven Furtick. It’s a combination of boldness, winsomeness, and gospel proclamation
The video that Taylor had posted was from the official Code Orange YouTube page. It was removed shortly after posting. Chandler’s Christ-exalting, God-glorifying message runs smack in the face of much of the philosophy of Elevation Church. The video has since been posted elsewhere on YouTube. Chandler does not attack anyone by name or any church. His sermon is simply a powerful display, as Taylor pointed out, of gospel proclamation.
This was a great sermon among a sea of nonsense. You should post it together with the sermon Perry Noble did. It is a stark contrast. Also, the Fighting for the Faith podcast has done a series of terrific reviews and analysis of this “revival”.
Do you happen to have a link to Perry Noble’s message? I’d like to give it a listen but can’t find it on the Elevation or the Code Orange site.
I heard it on the fighting for the faith podcast… I think the show for the 18th. It doesn’t start till around halfway through and Rosebrough comments throughout. http://www.fightingforthefaith.com/ is the site for his podcast. He reviews a few and was the one who broke the story about chandler.
It is so sad that any Christians could be offended by this sermon and want it removed from their site. It shows how far Furtick & Co. are from the truth.
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Thanks for this, James! So glad I attend a church that teaches the same truths. LOVED the Matt Chandler sermon!
See the video on YouTube: http://youtu.be/9yqQuTT1S40
The sermon is on Elevation’s site: http://www.elevationchurch.org/sermons/codeorangerevival/part5
Furtick apologized that it didn’t get rebroadcasted at the appointed time, and then had it rebroadcast twice: https://twitter.com/#!/stevenfurtick/status/158191064715501568
If they are trying to censor it out, they’re not doing a very good job.
But I WILL say that if you look at Furtick’s feed, you’ll find 3-6 posts after each speaker praising how awesome their message was and how blown away he was by their preaching. He does not even post a thank you tweet after Chandler’s message.
It’s really “fishy” all around. Especially considering Perry Noble’s talk two nights after Chandler’s. Noble who completely hereticized (made up word) a passage about the prophets longing to see Jesus (Matt 13:17). Noble basically did the exact thing Chandler warned against–making the Bible about you–by applying that passage to Furtick and Elevation church, almost equating Furtick with the Messiah. Noble’s sermon was completely Christ-less and hence, unchristian. Furtick *should* have renounced Noble’s talk.
According to Chandler’s site, he is speaking at Noble’s church later in the spring……..curious to see what he does there.
Saw these guys on Elephant room. They are on same page, but approaching differently. They understand and honor one another. they are not of PAul Peter or Apollos. Why don’t we follow the same track and be about Jesus.