Francis Chan Quotes About Church

Quotes about: Church

• 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 people would say that if the church truly lived like we are called to live.

  Francis Chan

  Believe, Thinking, Expression

  Francis Chan (2013). “Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God”, p.23, David C Cook

• 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 us with a radical, unconditional, self-sacrificing love. And what is our typical response? We go to church, sing songs, and try not to cuss.

  Francis Chan

  Song, Crazy, Sacrifice

  Francis Chan (2013). “Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God”, p.2, David C Cook

• 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 what is popular over what is right. Lukewarm people don't really want to be saved from their sin; they want to be saved from the penalty of their sin. Lukewarm people rarely share their faith with their neighbors, coworkers, or friends. Lukewarm people are thankful for their luxuries and comforts, and rarely consider trying to give as much as possible to the poor.

  Francis Chan

  Christian, Luxury, Long

• 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, put their sin to death, and serve the church. Christians talk about being born again say that they they were dead but now have come to life. We have become hardened to those words, but they are powerful words that have significant meaning. Yet when those outside the church see no difference in our lives, they begin to question our integrity, out sanity, or even worse, our God. And can you blame them?

  Francis Chan

  Christian, Powerful, Integrity

• When the church really takes on the humble characteristics of Christ, that's going to lead to revival.

  Francis Chan

  Humble, Church, Christ

• 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 and churches can be explained apart from the work and presence of the Spirit of God.

  Francis Chan

  Church, Spirit, Creation

  Francis Chan, Preston Sprinkle (2014). “The Francis Chan Collection: Crazy Love, Forgotten God, Erasing Hell, and Multiply”, p.152, David C Cook

• In China I told pastors about how, in the West, we have these church buildings and how we go to services each week that last an hour or so. I told them how if we don't like the music or the message then we can go to different buildings and services... They all broke out into laughter. They thought I was the funniest guy they had ever seen.

  Francis Chan

  Laughter, Guy, Church

• 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 of American Christianity are often a nice marriage, children who don't swear, and good church attendance. Taking the words of Christ literally, and seriously, is rarely considered. That's for the 'radicals' who are 'unbalanced' and who go 'overboard.' Most of us want a balanced life we can control, that is safe, and that does not involve suffering.

  Francis Chan

  Children, Nice, Goal

• 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 that glimmers. The Bible teaches that the church is to be that light, that sign of hope, in an increasingly dark and hopeless world.

  Francis Chan

  Christian, Dark, Sacrifice

• 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 of the gospel. It is a proud, sensuous, selfish, luxurious, church-going, hollow-hearted prosperity.

  Francis Chan

  Selfish, Light, Land

  Francis Chan, Preston Sprinkle (2014). “The Francis Chan Collection: Crazy Love, Forgotten God, Erasing Hell, and Multiply”, p.44, David C Cook

• My only prayer for my time with you is, "God I just want these men and women to long for you."

  Francis Chan

  Leadership, Christian, Prayer

• We are so used to multi-tasking. 2014 was probably the most productive year of my life...But I noticed during the last couple of months when I would get alone with God it was hard to do one thing at a time.

  Francis Chan

  Leadership, Christian, Couple

• 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 other gathering of people without the Holy Spirit. But when believers live in the power of the Spirit, the evidence in their lives is supernatural. The church cannot help but be different, and the world cannot help but notice.

  Francis Chan

  People, Church, Gathering

  Francis Chan, Preston Sprinkle (2014). “The Francis Chan Collection: Crazy Love, Forgotten God, Erasing Hell, and Multiply”, p.151, David C Cook

• I don't want to lose the awe we get to help another human being.

  Francis Chan

  Leadership, Christian, Church

• Multi-tasking is keeping me from whole-hearted worship.

  Francis Chan

  Leadership, Christian, Church

• Christ can come back at any time so the one thing you want to have in your life is a focused prayer time.

  Francis Chan

  Leadership, Christian, Prayer

• This could all end at any moment...Therefore, be self-controlled.

  Francis Chan

  Leadership, Christian, Self

• We have to learn how to control our minds. We have to learn self-control.

  Francis Chan

  Leadership, Christian, Self

• I've grown up in a generation that questions God for setting boundaries. Does He have the right to set boundaries? I've grown up in a generation that thinks where meeting with a God is an ordinary thing.

  Francis Chan

  Leadership, Christian, Thinking

• Some people say I would love to take a selfie with Moses. Do you understand the gap between Moses and God?

  Francis Chan

  Leadership, Christian, People

• The enemy just hates our prayers.

  Francis Chan

  Leadership, Christian, Prayer

• You have access to the Tent Of Meeting.

  Francis Chan

  Leadership, Christian, Church

• ...I don't think my church's teachings were incorrect, just incomplete.

  Francis Chan

  Teaching, Thinking, Church

  Francis Chan, Preston Sprinkle (2014). “The Francis Chan Collection: Crazy Love, Forgotten God, Erasing Hell, and Multiply”, p.13, David C Cook

• 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 extra and it is easy and safe to give, they do so. After all, God loves a cheerful giver, right?

  Francis Chan

  Long, People, Giving

  Francis Chan, Preston Sprinkle (2014). “The Francis Chan Collection: Crazy Love, Forgotten God, Erasing Hell, and Multiply”, p.47, David C Cook

• 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, or live in America. Just as the prophets in the Old Testament warned Israel that they were not safe just because they lived in the land of Israel, so we are not safe just because we wear the label 'Christian' or because some people persist in calling us a 'Christian nation.

  Francis Chan

  Christian, Land, America

  Francis Chan, Preston Sprinkle (2014). “The Francis Chan Collection: Crazy Love, Forgotten God, Erasing Hell, and Multiply”, p.53, David C Cook

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