Francis Chan

I could be wrong about salvation. I could be wrong about a lot of things.

Our culture is all about shallow relationships. But that doesn't mean we should stop looking each other in the eye and having deep conversations.

Parents are supposed to instruct their kids. It doesn't mean they necessarily have that gift of teaching.

I want to help people understand how to study the Scriptures with other people, to give them an overview of Scripture and assume that by understanding the Scriptures better, the Holy Spirit will bring to mind the right stories, the right teachings.

For a person to be truly discipled and growing in their faith, they need more than one person discipling them.

There are just certain times I sense the Lord is wanting me to write, and so I write.

Churchgoers in America are notorious for jumping into movements, even ideas that are hard to listen to. But when they actually have to change their lifestyle and do something about it, it rarely translates into action.

I've never felt a need to really respond to someone else's writing.

Honestly, when I read the Scriptures, I really believe the Lord puts a heart in us when we become believers.

When I don't think biblically, I go nuts. I just go, 'This is crazy.'

There are periods that we forget that in the pursuit of fruit, that if we just abide in Him, then fruitfulness is a guarantee.

Due to our consumer mindset, people are prone to jump from church to church, which weakens the church overall.

One of my biggest fears - maybe my biggest weakness as a Christian - is that I have a hard time going up to a stranger and talking to them about Jesus.

I want the joy of knowing that I am doing something with my life, the joy of battle.

Churches we build only by our own efforts and not in the strength of the Spirit will quickly collapse when we don't push and prod people along.

Our God listens to us. Our God is a living God. He's not a block of wood you made up that's not going to answer you. My God listens to me. He answers me.

If I have a script, I tend to stick to it even if God may be leading me elsewhere in the moment.

I could fill my whole time doing interviews, speaking to crowds, and there's this natural human tendency because of our culture to think that the more people I talk to, the bigger the impact I'll have, and yet Jesus didn't spend His time just speaking to the masses. He spent the bulk of his time with a small group of people.

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.

Even in my own church I heard the words, 'Francis Chan' more than I heard the words, 'Holy Spirit.'