Allow God to be as creative with you as He is with each of us.” To that thought he writes, “ Be careful not to turn others’ lives into the mold for your own. In the midst of our failed attempts at loving Jesus, His grace covers us.”Īnother caution in reading this book is that we might begin to think that our commitment to Christ must look like Chan’s or some other hero of the faith he writes about. At one point he writes, “I do not want true believers to doubt their salvation as they read this book. Let me give a caution to the reader – sometimes in reading a book like this we can begin to feel that our salvation is based on doing great things for God, but Chan makes it clear here and there in the book that our salvation is solely by grace. These deaths helped Francis Chan understand at an early age the importance of knowing God.

His father then died of cancer when Chan was 13 years old. His father remarried again when he was 10. Then, his stepmother died in a car accident when he was 9 years old. His father remarried when he was one year old. His father sent him away to Hong Kong as a baby to be taken care of by his grandmother. Their examples differ vastly from one another, but each bears the mark of a person distinctly transformed by the beauty and reality of God’s love and the guidance of the Holy Spirit.”īefore going any further, here’s some background on this unusual man: He was born in San Francisco to native Chinese parents. Some are still alive others have finished their race. Not only does Chan share his personal stories of following Christ, but he tells the stores of others whom he’s met and read about, those “who sought to live their lives fully surrendered to God. During that period they ended up traveling and ministering in various parts of Asia. He and his wife sold their house (while she was pregnant with their fifth child!) with no idea where God was leading them. Or, think about this – after thirteen years pastoring a church that had grown to 1600 members, Chan resigned. For example, some time ago he and his wife downsized their house and gave the rest to the poor. I would say that he’s doing some things with his life that many of us would consider radical. Francis Chan is an interesting and passionate writer who is sold out to Jesus. Looking for a book that will challenge your commitment to Christ? If so, this is one I would recommend to you.

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