the book of james with francis chan session 2

Let me just start something fresh with all of those convictions rather than constantly tweaking something that I may have possibly taken in the wrong direction for a little while.'ĭriscoll and Harris, who are council members of The Gospel Coalition, expressed some concern over starting something and leaving and wondered if he would repeat that pattern in the future. I have all these thoughts and convictions. 'While I feel like I'm getting closer and closer to what the Spirit is leading me to do based on my convictions of Scripture, I don't think I can totally get there by constantly tweaking,' he explained. He said he wanted to start over and get a core group of disciples who just try 100 per cent to follow the life he felt was clearly spelled out in Scripture. A lot of it is when I look at the Scriptures I see this commitment, this devotion, this hardcore 'we will follow, we'll do anything, we're all about going out and making disciples.'' Responding to Driscoll during a frank discussion – that also included Pastor Joshua Harris of Gaithersburg, Maryland – about his decision, Chan said, 'A lot of it is personal. He preached his last sermon there in May and has since been speaking to Christians and pastors alike about his restlessness with comfortable Christianity and his desire to surrender himself fully to God.

'What is going on? What are you thinking?'Ĭhan announced in April that he would be letting go of Cornerstone Church in Simi Valley, California – a church he founded 16 years ago – to follow a stirring in his heart. You got a good church going on and you hit the eject button and now you're the international man of fu Manchu mystery,' said Pastor Mark Driscoll of Mars Hill Church in Seattle. Everybody thinks you're cuckoo for cocoa puffs. Popular author and preacher Francis Chan was recently questioned by fellow pastors who are trying to get their heads around Chan's decision to leave his megachurch.

The book of james with francis chan session 2