Staff Talks with Francis: The Fear of God in a Confused Church

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Crazy Love Ministries

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

4.8 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2026

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Has the church lost the fear of God? In this episode of Staff Talks, Francis reflects on a growing burden he feels for the modern church - a drift away from honor, biblical conviction, and the simple authority of Scripture. From teaching in prison to worshiping openly on Stanford’s campus, Francis contrasts the fear of man with the fear of God and wrestles with what happens when culture, influence, and endless opinions begin shaping our understanding of truth. As more voices reinterpret long-held Christian beliefs, this conversation explores a few of the tensions many believers feel today: Who do we trust? How do we stay grounded? And what does it look like to hold to Scripture as our anchor in a sea of voices all vying to be the answer to our questions? More than anything, this episode is a call to return to a faith marked by reverence for God, confidence in His Word, the awareness that eternity is real, and a passionate pursuit of truth that leads us to love others well.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Crazy Love podcast.
0:08.3	What happens when the church is shaped more by culture than by Scripture?
0:13.3	In this episode of Staff Talks, Francis shares a growing burden for the modern church,
0:18.4	the loss of reverence, the fear of man, and the tendency to follow
0:22.7	influential voices over God's word. As truth becomes increasingly blurred, Francis
0:29.0	urges believers to stop following the noise of the culture and return to a faith grounded
0:34.9	in the fear of God.
0:44.3	I was in, I was teaching in the jail on Sunday,
0:48.3	and then teaching at Stanford on Monday, which is a good contrast.
0:50.3	But, you know, there was this one cell where, this one block where, you know there was this one cell where this one block where you know how was telling me the
0:59.3	week before they were just out of control or whatever so I was like okay you you teach first and
1:04.5	then I'll just kind of listen and and chime in and and you know as I'm praying for the people in there, you know, asking God to give me a heart of love for them.
1:21.6	Yeah, I just started thinking, okay, do I care about these guys?
1:25.1	And the truth is, I don't, you know,
1:29.3	sometimes the natural thing to talk to them about
1:33.6	is their life when they get out,
1:35.6	how it can it be helpful, this or that,
1:39.6	trying to get them out of the situations they're in,
1:42.2	whatever it may be, it's just other stuff.
1:45.8	But as I'm praying for them, you know, God's showing me, is that what I really care about?
1:52.7	You know, and it's almost disingenuous sometimes because it's an easier thing to care about.
1:59.8	But the reality is what I care about is the day they stand before God.
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