Francis Chan Quotes About Scripture

Quotes about: Scripture

• In my desire to distance myself from sadistic Christians who revel in the idea of wrath and punishment, I may have crossed a line. Refusing to teach a passage of Scripture is just as wrong as abusing it.I really believe it's time for some of us to stop apologizing for God and start apologizing to Him for being embarrassed by the ways He has chosen to reveal Himself.

  Francis Chan

  Christian, Distance, Believe

  Francis Chan, Preston Sprinkle (2014). “The Francis Chan Collection: Crazy Love, Forgotten God, Erasing Hell, and Multiply”, p.321, David C Cook

• We are not alone. Even now there are thousands of beings in heaven watching what is going on down here—a ‘great cloud of witnesses,’ the Scripture says. It reminds me that there is so much more to our existence than what we can see. What we do reverberates through the heavens and into eternity.

  Francis Chan

  Bible, Christian, Clouds

  Francis Chan (2013). “Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God”, p.170, David C Cook

• The fact is, Scripture is filled with divine actions that don't fit our human standards of logic or morality. But they don't need to, because we are the clay and He is the Potter. We need to stop trying to domesticate God or confine Him to tidy categories and compartments that reflect our human sentiments rather than His inexplicable ways.

  Francis Chan

  Trying, Clay, Needs

  Francis Chan, Preston Sprinkle (2011). “Erasing Hell: What God Said about Eternity, and the Things We've Made Up”, p.88, David C Cook

• 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.

  Francis Chan

  Teaching, People, Giving

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

  Francis Chan

  Believe, Heart, Thought Provoking

• God is so clear in spelling out His attributes in scripture in order that others would know what He is really like.

  Francis Chan

  Order, Scripture, Attributes

  Source: garyboalnireland.blogspot.com

• Refusing to teach a passage of Scripture is just as wrong as abusing it

  Francis Chan

  Scripture, Teach, Passages

  Francis Chan, Preston Sprinkle (2014). “The Francis Chan Collection: Crazy Love, Forgotten God, Erasing Hell, and Multiply”, p.321, David C Cook

• The idea of holding back certainly didn't come from Scripture.

  Francis Chan

  Ideas, Scripture, Holding Back

  Francis Chan, Preston Sprinkle (2014). “The Francis Chan Collection: Crazy Love, Forgotten God, Erasing Hell, and Multiply”, p.91, David C Cook

• When I read the statements of Christ, there seems to be this urgency and intensity. I guess that's what I get out of it when I read the tone of the Scriptures, which is very different from
  the tone of our culture.

  Francis Chan

  Different, Culture, Scripture

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