Christianity was simple: fight your desires in order to please God. — Francis Chan Christianity Copy Share Image
...you have to stop loving and pursuing Christ in order to sin. — Francis Chan Christ Copy Share Image
I want the joy of knowing that I am doing something with my life, the joy of battle, — Francis Chan Battle Copy Share Image
God gave me the same power He gave Jesus. I ask myself daily, Why do I waste such a priceless gift? — Francis Chan Copy Share Image
True faith means holding nothing back. It means putting every hope in God's fidelity to His Promises. — Francis Chan Christian Copy Share Image
As a culture, were so worried about whats going to happen to us 30 years from now that we are not taking… — Francis Chan Brother Copy Share Image
“Lukewarm people are continually concerned with playing it safe; they are slaves to the god of control. This focus on safe living… — Francis Chan Playing it safe Copy Share Image
It's pride, plain and simple, that keeps me from giving God all the glory and keeping some of it for myself. It… — Francis Chan Battle Copy Share Image
A relationship with God simply cannot grow when money, sins, activities, favorite sports teams, addictions, or commitments are piled up on top… — Francis Chan Copy Share Image
The God who loans you life sees your every move, hears each word you speak, knows your every thought. You are seen… — Francis Chan Confidence in god Copy Share Image
Worry implies that we don't quite trust God is big enough, powerful enough, or loving enough to take care of what's happening… — Francis Chan Copy Share Image
The message of the Bible is not about God in Heaven who wants to take from you. It's about God who wants… — Francis Chan Bible Copy Share Image
Trying harder doesn’t work for me. Slowly I’ve learned to pray for God’s help and He has become my greatest love and… — Francis Chan Desire Copy Share Image
Where it gets weird is that nowadays there are millions of people on this earth who call themselves followers of Jesus, but… — Francis Chan Earth Copy Share Image
It is not scientific doubt, not atheism, not pantheism, not agnosticism, that in our day and in this land is likely to… — Francis Chan Agnosticism Copy Share Image
“Life is comfortable when you separate yourself from people who are different from you. That epitomizes what my life was like: characterized… — Francis Chan Comfort Copy Share Image
In China I told pastors about how, in the West, we have these church buildings and how we go to services each… — Francis Chan Copy Share Image
I want to help people understand how to study the Scriptures with other people, to give them an overview of Scripture and… — Francis Chan Copy Share Image
“Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling… — Francis Chan Laziness Copy Share Image
“Is this idea of the non-fruit bearing Christian something that we have concocted in order to make Christianity 'easier?' ...so that we… — Francis Chan Christian Copy Share Image
“I wonder, then, why the last thing Jesus told us was to go into the world, making disciples of all nations, teaching… — Francis Chan Christians Copy Share Image
The core problem isn’t the fact that we’re lukewarm, halfhearted, or stagnant Christians. The crux of it all is why we are… — Francis Chan Copy Share Image
It is easy to use the phrase 'God's will for my life' as an excuse for inaction or even disobedience. ... My… — Francis Chan Children Copy Share Image
Lukewarm people give money to charity and to the church...so long as it doesn't impinge on their standard of living. Lukewarm people… — Francis Chan Charity Copy Share Image
“Grandma Clara acted toward God the way we act toward people we're madly in love with. When you are truly in love,… — Francis Chan Love Copy Share Image
“How many of us would really leave our families, our jobs, our education, our friends, our connections, our familiar surroundings, and our… — Francis Chan Counting the cost Copy Share Image
“Worry implies that we don't quite trust God is big enough, powerful enough, or loving enough to take care of what's happening… — Francis Chan Fear Copy Share Image
“I find myself acting differently with God. Often, when I pray, I will phrase my sentences in a way that makes me… — Francis Chan Safe place Copy Share Image
Lukewarm people feel secure because they attend church, made a profession of faith at age twelve, were baptized, come from a Christian… — Francis Chan Age Copy Share Image
