(ChurchLeaders) In a sermon he gave at the Send conference in Brazil, Francis Chan challenged the crowd to count the cost of preserving their own lives instead of wholeheartedly giving themselves to God.
“We live in a time when too many Christians are obsessed with staying alive,” said Chan. “And Paul says, ‘My life has no value. I just want it used to tell others about Jesus.” Chan said, “Right now the church is filled with spiritual foodies.” What he meant was many people listen to sermon after sermon with a picky mindset, criticizing what the speakers are saying and, “Meanwhile, there’s people in the world who have never heard of Jesus!”