"We are travellers…not yet in our native land" – St. Augustine
Okay, I’ll stop quoting Chan for a bit, I promise…
“It is true that God may have called you to be exactly where you are. But, it is absolutely vital to grasp that he didn’t call you there so you could settle in and live your life in comfort and superficial peace.”
― Francis Chan, Forgotten God: Reversing Our Tragic Neglect of the Holy Spirit
We have finally made it! In today’s episode we draw to a close our journey through “Mere Christianity”. Lewis closes out Book IV by talking in more detail about “The New Men”…
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Episode 41: The New Men (Download)
Today we address a question which is often asked by skeptics: why are all Christians not obviously nicer than non-Christians? In response, Jack asks “Did Christ come to make nice people or new men?”
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Episode 40: Nice people or new men? (Download)
“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.”
Francis Chan
Yesterday I posted a quotation from Francis Chan. Today I would like to share a video I came across where he explained why he left his megachurch:
This kind of stuff really speaks to me. I belong to a small parish myself and the more I am a part of it, the more convinced I am that this should be our normal pattern for the Christian life.
My Francis Chan kick continues…
“Our greatest fear should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don’t really matter.”
Francis Chan, Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God
This weekend I finished Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God by Francis Chan. It has been quite some time since I’ve read a book by a contemporary Protestant author which blew me away, but this is definitely one of those books. Over the course of this short volume, Chan re-sensitizes us to the holiness of God, to demands of obedience and to the call of Jesus to give him EVERYTHING.
If you want your life to continue uninterrupted, don’t read this book. If you are satisfied with a happy, comfortable Christianity, don’t even think about cracking the cover… However, if you have a sneaking suspicion that you’ve grown lukewarm in your faith, order this book right away. Don’t be surprised if you are made to feel more than a little uncomfortable.