Win Today: Your Roadmap to Wholeness 460: MAKE IT STOP! Therapy Culture Isn’t Working. Matt Chandler Unpacks Identity Confusion, The Cost of Complaining, and Killing the Safe Christianese Jargon
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Oct 15, 2025 
Matt Chandler, a senior pastor and church planting leader, delves into the pitfalls of therapy culture in today's spiritual landscape. He discusses how curated identities lead to exhaustion and insecurity, and contrasts therapeutic approaches with Christ's promise of true renewal. Chandler warns against a diluted faith that confuses comfort for spiritual growth. He emphasizes the danger of sanitized Christianity and encourages a return to hunger for God’s presence. This powerful conversation challenges listeners to seek genuine spiritual transformation.
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A New Move Among Gen Z
- Matt Chandler sees a significant Holy Spirit outpouring with Gen Z leading renewed church interest.
- He urges stewardship of this moment rather than passive observation.
Therapy Limits Vs. Christ's Newness
- Therapy can explain behavior but cannot enact the gospel's newness that only Christ provides.
- Chandler warns against therapies that point inward instead of to Jesus' transforming work.
Curated Identity Is Exhausting
- Curating identity exhausts and enslaves because you must continually perform a self-made image.
- Receiving identity from God frees you from that treadmill and insecurity.
