Our greatest fear should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don't really matter.
— Francis Chan (b. 1967), Pastor, Prediger und Bestsellerautor
Topics: Meaning & Identity, Work & Vocation, Wisdom & Understanding
Occasions: For Reflection
Francis Chan
Francis Chan (* 1967) ist ein US-amerikanischer evangelikaler Pastor, Prediger und Buchautor, der in Kalifornien Großgemeinden und Hauskirchenbewegungen initiierte. Bekannt durch Werke wie „Crazy Love“, steht er für eine radikale, opferbereite Nachfolge Jesu, gelebte Schlichtheit und die Infragestellung bequemer Gemeindekonzepte. Für Bibelleser bietet er aufrüttelnde Impulse zur gelebten Glaubenspraxis, geriet jedoch in konservativen Kreisen wiederholt wegen seiner Nähe zu charismatischen Leitern in theologische Kritik.
All quotes by Francis Chan (14)
You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it rests in you.
Augustine of Hippo
Jesus calls us not to a new religion, but to life.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
I am the prodigal son every time I search for unconditional love where it cannot be found.
Henri Nouwen
To love a person means to see them as God meant them to be.
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Inner dignity remains, even when performance capacity and social role decline.
Anselm Grün
There is a God, and I'm not him.
John Mark Comer
God has put eternity into our hearts and filled it with longing.
John Piper
Prayers are tools not for doing or getting, but for being and becoming.
Eugene Peterson