Update #5 from Francis Chan Beyond Expectations It has been an amazing couple of months as you probably saw from Lisa’s updates. I don’t even know where to start. Once again, God far exceeded my expectations. He has a way of doing that… Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly than […]
Revelation 12: Why Are There So Many Scrooges During Christmas? (Part 2 of 4)
I think if we understood the spiritual importance of this holiday season, we would slow down, we’d be more prayerful, and we’d more attentive to people around us who may be hurting inside. Toward that end, I want to study the 4 characters in this chapter: 1) a woman, 2) a child birthed by that […]
Revelation 12: Why Are There So Many Scrooges During Christmas? (Part 1 of 4)
Text: Revelation 12:1-12, 17, 13:1 Christmas is only a few days away so I wish everyone an early Merry Christmas. For kids, no holiday season even comes close to Christmas. Not Halloween, not the Easter Bunny. No, these are all distant seconds. Growing up, I loved Christmas. I mean, you wake up and under the […]
Henry Blackaby Devotional: The Race
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. (2 Timothy 4:7) There is much satisfaction in finishing something you have begun! The success of a race is determined not only by how well you begin but also by how well you end. Many athletes can begin a […]
Where is Francis Chan now? (Dec 2010)
Update #4 from Lisa Chan Obviously…I am not meant to blog. I allow far too much time to pass, and too many things happen in the space of that time! I cannot believe December is here and we have been gone for six weeks now. Our time with the children at Life Impact and in […]
Romans 8:28 – The Conditional Part of God’s Unconditional Love (Part 4 of 4)
We know this to be the case if we think of a relationship between a parent and their child. I love my kids unconditionally. They could become criminals and land themselves in jail, but as their father, I would love them unconditionally. But how much or how little I have input into their lives is […]