544 Quotes by Francis Chan

In our impatient culture, we want to experience biblical awe without biblical devotion.

If you have not known and experienced God in ways you cannot deny, I would suggest that you are not living in a needy and dependent way.

A key to everything is surrender – to really come before the Lord and say, ‘I will literally stay here as long as you want me to stay’ or ‘God, I will really go anywhere on the earth.’

There’s no sense in improving your marriage until you are secure with God.

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 that we can control, that is safe, and that does not involve suffering.

This is the mistake a lot of couples make. They spend a lot of time looking at themselves and each other but very little time staring at God. When this is the focus, they naturally begin to structure every aspect of their lives around the few years they have with each other on earth, rather than the millions they will spend in His presence. Or away from His presence. These people live as though they are not dying. They live as though the King is not returning.

I believe He wants us to love others so much that we go to extremes to help them.

Doesn’t every encounter with God only cause us to thirst for Him more?

I don’t believe God wants our church life to be centered on buildings and services. Instead, God wants our churches – whatever specific forms our gatherings take – to be focused on active discipleship, mission, and the pursuit of unity.