544 Quotes by Francis Chan

I imagined God looking down on the earth and seeing people on one side of the planet gathering expectantly whenever prayer was happening. Meanwhile, on the other side of the planet, people show up only for the most talented people and the “atmosphere.” It’s embarrassing.

If you want to see the big stuff that God has, you’ve got to take some risk and trust only in the Gospel.

Do you understand that it’s impossible to please God in any way other than wholehearted surrender?

I would much rather hire someone who prayed and did nothing else than someone who worked tirelessly without praying.

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.

By catering our worship to the worshippers and not to the Object of our worship, I fear we have created human-centered churches.

Many Spirit-filled authors have exhausted the thesaurus in order to describe God with the glory He deserves. His perfect holiness, by definition, assures us that our words can’t contain Him. Isn’t it a comfort to worship a God we cannot exaggerate?

Why is it that we believe God’s promises of blessing but not his promises of punishment?

God’s art speaks of Himself, reflecting who He is and what He is like.