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God, bring me closer to You during this trip, whatever it takes.…
Preston M. Sprinkle • The Francis Chan Collection: Crazy Love, Forgotten God, Erasing Hell, and Multiply
Perhaps it’s not theology we’re missing, but rather theological integrity. Many have the knowledge but lack the courage to admit the discrepancy between what we know and how we live.
Preston M. Sprinkle • The Francis Chan Collection: Crazy Love, Forgotten God, Erasing Hell, and Multiply
In the United States, numbers impress us. We gauge the success of an event by how many people attend or come forward. We measure churches by how many members they boast. We are wowed by big crowds. Jesus questioned the authenticity of this kind of record keeping. According to the account in Luke chapter 8, when a crowd started following Him, Jesus
... See moreFrancis Chan, Danae Yankoski • Crazy Love
People who are obsessed with Jesus aren’t consumed with their personal safety and comfort above all else. Obsessed people care more about God’s kingdom coming to this earth than their own lives being shielded from pain or distress.
Francis Chan, Danae Yankoski • Crazy Love

We all need to prioritize our eternal relationship with our Creator above all things. Besides, until you relate properly to God, you won’t be much help to anyone else. People who aren’t living well make matters worse by living together.
Lisa Chan • You and Me Forever: Marriage in Light of Eternity
“I tell you the truth, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me” (v. 45).
Francis Chan, Danae Yankoski • Crazy Love
Satan, the great deceiver, loves it when we read Christian books and listen to sermons as ends in themselves. If we don’t actually change, we deceive ourselves.
Francis Chan, Danae Yankoski • Crazy Love
“If you do away with the yoke of oppression, with the pointing finger and malicious talk, and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like the noonday.