Francis Chan

Francis Chan is the founder and former teaching pastor of Cornerstone Community Church in Simi Valley, California. He is a noted speaker and author of Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God and Forgotten God: Reversing Our Tragic Neglect of the Holy Spirit, His most recent book, Erasing Hell: What God Said About Eternity, and the Things We’ve Made Up, was a response to Rob Bell’s Love Wins.

Episode 9 | 13 min

Podcast

Preaching with Intensity

Finding and conveying the emotion of the text in your sermon.

Sermon

Stay Strong in the Lord

Don’t live a backwards life, live a courageous life.

Article

Why People Get So Mad at Pastors

There’s more going on than clashing personalities.

Sermon

Experiencing the Holy Spirit

We can expect to experience the power of God if we start taking risks.

Sermon

It’s God’s Party, Not Yours

The purpose of your life involves bowing to the authority of Christ.

Sermon

Falling Madly in Love with God

Let the Holy Spirit work a miracle in your heart—loving the God who loves you.

Sermon

Think Hard, Stay Humble

Does your love-in-action make people say, “Being with you is like being with Jesus?”

Sermon

When God Doesn’t Listen

Prayer is a serious business that should not be taken lightly in connection with individual and communal sin.

Article

Francis Chan on What Drives Prophetic Preaching

For those who speak a challenging word, the Word of God is fire in the bones.

Article

Francis Chan Gives Up

“I cannot make someone fall in love with Jesus.”

Article

Catching Waves

Francis Chan says we should stop trying to make people love Jesus, and learn to rely on prayer, elders, and the Holy Spirit instead.

Sermon

What Do You Need to Be Happy?

When we give everything to Christ, we discover the secret of being content.

Sermon

God Is Strong—Am I?

We must be people of courage, with faith in our mighty God.

Video

Francis Chan: Turning up the Heat

Are you willing to call people to the same level of commitment that Jesus did, even if it means a smaller crowd?

Sermon

Living with Jesus

The surpassing greatness of Christ is worth our everything.

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