Letters to the Church

This is a hard book to criticize. For starters, it literally opens with a chapter telling the reader that if they criticize the Church or its leaders they are in danger of being killed by God. Let me be clear: I love Francis Chan. His conviction and passion for Jesus are absolutely infectious. The BA......more

I haven’t been challenged so much by a book since I first read Francis Chan’s book Crazy Love several years ago. This book has a lot of similarities to Crazy Love, as the author looks at what a church should be according to scripture and shows where the American church is lacking. I read the book in......more

As someone who likes Francis Chan, I think this is easily his worst book. When someone who is passionate about what they do gets a platform to speak to people, one scenario that could unfold is that that person talks about their conviction as if it should be everyone's conviction, passion, and calli......more

Every single person should read this book. Especially people who say they’re Christians. Jesus forgive me for not really believing in the power of your Spirit. Forgive me to not using my gifts to build up your church. Forgive me for being lazy and seeing ministry as someone else’s problem. Forgive m......more