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Francis Chan Biography

Francis Chan (August 31, 1967) is an American preacher. He is the former teaching pastor of a Church in Simi Valley, California, a church he and his wife started in 1994. He is also the Founder and Chancellor of Eternity Bible College and author of the best-selling books, Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God, which came out in 2009, and most recently, You and Me Forever: Marriage In Light of Eternity, which came out in 2014. He released his second book Forgotten God: Reversing Our Tragic Neglect of the Holy Spirit in August 2009. His other works include Erasing Hell in 2011, Multiply: Disciples Making Disciples in 2012, and the Basic Series by Francis Chan, a DVD series started in 2010. He also sits on the board of directors of Children's Hunger Fund, World Impact and Gospel for Asia.

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God is so clear in spelling out His attributes in scripture in order that others would know what He is really like.

Attributes, Clear, Know, Order, Scripture

When I am consumed by my problems-stressed out about my life, my family, and my job-I actually convey the belief that I think the circumstances are more important than God's command to always rejoice.

Command, Convey, Family, Jobs, Stressed, Thinking

We need to be more concerned about who we are before God than our reputation before people.

Concerned, Needs, People, Reputation, Who We Are

Most of us use ‘I’m waiting for God to reveal His calling on my life’ as a means of avoiding action. Did you hear God calling you to sit in front of the television yesterday? Or to go on your last vacation? Or exercise this morning? Probably not, but you still did it. The point isn’t that vacations or exercise are wrong, but that we are quick to rationalize our entertainment and priorities yet are slow to commit to serving God.

Exercise, Mean, Morning, Television, Use, Vacation

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

Big, God, Risk, Stuff, Want

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

Leadership, Christian, People, Selfie, Gap, Understand

Our lives should be more than just focusing on our marriage but on focusing our marriage toward what God's mission is for us as a couple.

Couple, Focusing, Lives, Love, Marriage

Whatever God's reasons for such diversity, creativity, and sophistication in the universe, on earth, and in our own bodies, the point of it all is His glory. God's art speaks of Himself, reflecting who He is and what He is like.

Art, Creativity, Diversity, Glory, Point

We need to stop giving people excuses not to believe in God.

Believe, Excuses, Giving, People, Stop

He wants all or nothing. The thought of a person calling himself a 'Christian' without being a devoted follower of Christ is absurd.

Calling, Christian, Followers, Nothing, Thought

When you read the New Testament, you see the Holy Spirit was supposed to change everything so that this gathering of people who call themselves Christians had this supernatural element about them.

Christian, Holy, People, See, Supernatural Elements, Supposed

Something is wrong when our lives make sense to unbelievers.

Christian Inspirational, Christianity, Lives, Religion, Unbelievers, Wrong

A person who is obsessed with Jesus knows that the best thing he can do is be faithful to his Savior in every aspect of his life, continually saying "Thank You!" to God. An obsessed person knows there can never be intimacy if he is always trying to pay God back or work hard enough to be worthy. He revels in his role as a child and friend of God.

Christian, Jesus, Children, Faithful, Child

There is nothing better than giving up everything and stepping into a passionate love relationship with God, the God of the universe who made galaxies, leaves, laughter, and me and you.

Giving, Giving Up, God, Laughter, Love Relationship, Relationship

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 could attract more people to Jesus by hiding certain things about him.

Arrogance, Attract, Confess, Guy, Jesus, People

The Bible teaches that true joy is formed in the midst of the difficult seasons of life.

Bible, Difficult, Formed, Midst, True Joy

The point of your life is to point to Him. Whatever you are doing, God wants to be glorified, because this whole thing is His.

Christian, Glorified, God, Inspiration, Want, Whole

As I see it, a lukewarm Christian is an oxymoron; there is no such thing. To put it plainly, churchgoers who are 'lukewarm' are not Christians. We will not see them in heaven.

Christian, Christians, Heaven, Oxymoron, See

We don't get to decide who God is.

Christian, Decide, Decision, God

God specifically created us to be like Him. This is impossible to wrap our minds around, but God created us like Him in some respect and then set us in the midst of this world to represent Him!

Created, Impossible, Midst, Mind, Set, World

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