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Francis Chan is an author, a speaker and a well-known leader throughout the world in the Church. He's a leader who left a mega-church to follow what he felt God had for him elsewhere, and he's someone who speaks Truth in a very real, very convicting way. His honesty, boldness and genuine life of faith have helped change "radical" into what should be "ordinary" for Followers of Christ.
He has written many books and presented many sermons, so it was hard to narrow down quotes, but these are one's that truly speak to every-day life and culture within the church. Here are 10 Francis Chan quotes that can radically challenge the way you live out your faith daily:
1) "We are a culture that relies on technology over community, a society in which spoken and written words are cheap, easy to come by, and excessive. Our culture says anything goes; fear of God is almost unheard of. We are slow to listen, quick to speak, and quick to become angry."
2) "We don't get to decide who God is."
3) "When it's hard and you are doubtful, give more."
4) "Christians are like manure: spread them out and they help everything grow better, but keep them in one big pile and they stink horribly."
5) "The irony is that while God doesn’t need us but still wants us, we desperately need God but don’t really want Him most of the time."
6) "Our greatest fear should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don't really matter."
7) "We never grow closer to God when we just live life. It takes deliberate pursuit and attentiveness."
8) "Both worry and stress reek of arrogance."
9) "Are we in love with God or just His stuff?"
10) "Having faith often means doing what others see as crazy. Something is wrong when our lives make sense to un-believers."
Chan puts into perspective through his writing and speaking how a life of faith should look different from the world, and how God is truly worthy of all our faith, hope and trust. If you get some time, check out any of his books. You won't be disappointed, and you won't finish reading it without being challenged in some form or fashion, regardless of your theology.
-Cliff
Cliff's Note: God is not conventional. He didn't ask us to have good bands and good speakers; He asked us to be united as One Body and to love our neighbor.