Being Biblically Courageous | Francis Chan

Crazy Love Podcast

Crazy Love Ministries

Religion & Spirituality:christianity, Religion, Christianity, Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2026

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

What matters most to God when it comes to His Church? Is it how many people we can gather in a room? How compelling the preaching is? How precisely we can unpack a verse in Greek or Hebrew? What if it’s none of those things? In this teaching, Francis Chan paints a picture of the kind of community God actually desires - one marked by deep unity, sacrificial love, and shared mission. Drawing from the early church and the call to love one another, he challenges us to reconsider what we’ve prioritized and to refocus on what will matter for eternity. This message will encourage and equip you with practical ways to show up for your brothers and sisters in Christ, pursue real unity, and navigate disagreements with humility and peace. If you long for a faith that feels more like family and a church that reflects the heart of God, this message will stir you to draw closer to Jesus and to the people He’s placed around you.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Crazy Love podcast.
0:08.0	What if we've built a version of church that looks busy but doesn't look like Jesus?
0:13.0	Today, Francis Chan calls us to slow down and ask the hard question.
0:18.0	Are we obeying Christ or just studying Him?
0:22.6	This message is a wake-up call to trade comfort for surrender
0:26.6	and our human effort for true dependence on the Holy Spirit.
0:34.6	I've never heard, that was the first time I'd ever heard Matt Carter speak.
0:40.3	I've known Matt for years and that was the first time I ever heard him speak and it just wasn't that good.
0:46.3	No, I'm kidding. No, it, uh, totally kidding.
0:58.8	No, the whole time, the whole time he was talking, I'm just going, amen.
1:00.6	No, I'm, I was joking by the first one.
1:05.9	I mean, seriously, what, I, the whole, everything he said, everything that came out of his mouth,
1:07.2	I just wanted to amen.
1:10.3	I just wanted to go, man, I can't believe he just said that.
1:11.4	That was so right on.
1:19.2	That was, it was everything the Holy Spirit's been stirring on my heart. It was, it was, it was,
1:24.4	it was eerie, honestly. It was one of those times where I sat there and go, this is too weird.
1:31.3	Everything he is saying, I feel like I want to say or I have said or I'm going to say or now I'll say it you know it's just everything and that's what I
1:36.9	loved about it I go wow I agree so much I just want I have a hard time
1:42.3	moving on from that I guess is what I'm trying to say,
1:45.0	is after he was done, I just wanted to sit there and process that.
1:49.0	And can we just try to forget that we're at a conference?
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