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Church Quotes by Francis Chan
- Lukewarm people give money to charity and to the church...so long as it doesn't impinge on their standard of living. Lukewarm people tend to choose…
- It's crazy, if you think about it. The God of the universe - the creator of nitrogen and pine needles, galaxies and E-minor - loves…
- Tend to choose what is popular over what is right when they are in conflict. They desire to fit in both at church and outside of…
- We live in a relativistic culture, where people are more con- cerned with being liked than being truthful. In A Sweet and Bitter Providence, John…
- Proclaiming the gospel to a lost world cannot be just another activity to add to the church's crowded agenda. It must be central to who…
- Your problems are not just your problems. Ultimately, they belong to the church body that God has placed you in.
- Non-churchgoer s tend to see Christians as takers rather than givers. When Christians sacrifice and give wildly to the poor, that is truly a light…
- The church becomes irrelevant when it becomes purely a human creation. We are not all we were made to be when everything in our lives…
- Lukewarm people feel secure because they attend church, made a profession of faith at age twelve, were baptized, come from a Christian family, vote Republican,…
- Churches we build only by our own efforts and not in the strength of the Spirit will quickly collapse when we don't push and prod…
- Due to our consumer mindset, people are prone to jump from church to church, which weakens the church overall.
- Even in my own church I heard the words, 'Francis Chan' more than I heard the words, 'Holy Spirit.'
- It's easy to write for God and about God, because what a thrill to remind the church that the Holy Spirit of God is in…
- I confess to you guys, I confess to the church, I know I have backed away from certain things because of my arrogance. I thought…
- I believe He wants us to love others so much that we go to extremes to help them. I believe He wants us to be…
- When the church really takes on the humble characteristics of Christ, that's going to lead to revival.
- Churchgoers all across the nation say the Holy Spirit has entered them. They claim that God has given them a supernatural ability to follow Christ,…
- We need to stop giving people excuses not to believe in God. You've probably heard the expression 'I believe in God, just not organized religion'.…
- ...I don't think my church's teachings were incorrect, just incomplete.
- The world is not moved by love or actions that are of human creation. And the church is not empowered to live differently from any…
- It is not scientific doubt, not atheism, not pantheism, not agnosticism, that in our day and in this land is likely to quench the light…
- I quickly found that the American church is a difficult place to fit in if you want to live out New Testament Christianity. The goals…
- Lukewarm people give money to charity and to the church....as long as it doesn't impinge on their standard of living. If they have a little…
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- It will, I believe, be everywhere found, that as the clergy are, or are not what they ought to be, so are… — Jane Austen
- If I should say anything that is not in conformity with what is held by the Holy Roman Catholic Church, it will… — Teresa of Avila
- I was born into a Christian family and brought up in a Lutheran church. My faith has been the center point of… — Michele Bachmann
- We must never forget what government is not. Government is not a philanthropic organization. Government is not the family. And government certainly… — Michele Bachmann
- I don't know that the Libertarian Party has an official position on the separation of church and state. — Michael Badnarik
- I am politically pro-choice, but personally pro-life. I have my faith but refuse to force it on the world at large -… — Julianna Baggott
- A group of politicians deciding to dump a President because his morals are bad is like the Mafia getting together to bump… — Russell Baker
- People go to church for the same reasons they go to a tavern: to stupefy themselves, to forget their misery, to imagine… — Mikhail Bakunin
- I was married awfully young and I felt trapped. My wife had been divorced and all the time we were married we… — Don Adams
- See, my hope and dream is that people have a good time watching basketball. It's not church. It's not serious. — Charles Barkley
- In the Church of Jesus Christ there can and should be no non-theologians. — Karl Barth