Forgotten God: Reversing Our Tragic Neglect of the Holy Spirit
Written by Francis Chan and Danae Yankoski
Narrated by Francis Chan
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Francis Chan
Francis Chan is the best-selling author of Crazy Love and the host of the BASIC.series. Francis is the founding pastor of Cornerstone Church in Simi Valley, California and the founder of Eternity Bible College. He also sits on the board of directors of Children’s Hunger Fund and World Impact. Francis now lives in Northern California with his wife, Lisa, and their four daughters and one son.
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Reviews for Forgotten God
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Chan's second book focuses on the part of the Trinity most people don't understand and find most mysterious: the Holy Spirit. Chan brings the same passion for God he described in Crazy Love to this book and challenges the reader to really think about his or her relationship to God and how they are living.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This is an easy read and great teaching on the Holy Spirit.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I think this book is very practical and honest. It encouraged and challanged me in my walk with God and what I can do for him.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This book has challenged me to question and reevaluate my thinking, to examine my relationship with Holy Spirit. If you are ready to be challenged and inspired then this book is a must read/listen.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Well spoken, clearly stated and biblically accurate. He makes no assumptions and just highlights the forgotten parts of the Bible. Well done.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Very powerful! Didn't know that the Holy spirit is a person
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This book challenged me to realize that my tripod of God (father/son/Holy Spirit) was missing a leg and therefore my relationship with God was lopsided and severely lacking. I am excited to see what God has for my life with a better relationship with the Trinity of our God. Thankyou for writing this book!
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Important book. Clear, helpful, desperately needed truths for the Western church today.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Highly recommend this book! Even better that the author read the book himself! ❤️
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Sencillo, excelentes ejemplos al final de cada capitulo. Un libro retador con un mensaje Claro: Necesitamos anhelar, buscar extensamente y sin cansarnos la llenura del Espiritu Santo.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5If you’re looking for a theologically rich examination of the doctrine of the Holy Spirit, then, this is not the book to read. However, if you’re looking to be powerfully challenged to live a life full of the Holy Spirt, following his leading, and filled with his power; then, that is what this book is for. It’s a powerful challenge to live in the power of the Spirit day to day. A tremendously convicting book that will change you.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Francis Chan is one of the great literally men after God who lives today. I hope he continues to chase God and help us to have a fresh view of biblical challenges.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Good! Yes I Liked the book a lot. Thank you.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This book was definitely a reminder to be more in tune with the Holy Spirit.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5God is 1 in 3 persons. It’s great to finally read a BIBLICAL view of the precious Holy Spirit and how He works in our lives...or tries to! This is beautifully written, with challenging questions and inspiring testimonies. I will definitely come back to this book!
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Really great book that will challenge you and your life before God. 100% recommend.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Great book, would recommend to anyone interested in learning more about the Holy Spirit, and God’s desire for our lives.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Amazing, well done book! Listen now! You’ll love it.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Good based examples from bible and real life,
I do recommend book - Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This book has changed my life for the better! Praise God!!
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5An inspiring book based on God's word. A great reminder that we are to only be in the world not OF it
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5My 2nd time reading this book. Love it even more 5 years later.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Always worth the time to listen to. Biblical advice for a counter cultural perspective.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5By God's grace and mercy, I was led to this recording. I must without fail live a Godly life. I am inspired and strengthened. I must listen again.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Francis Chan picks up the mantle of Bill Bright in helping the church form a biblical understanding of the way that the indwelling of the Holy Spirit should change us. This is a challenging book and you may or may not agree with everything (I didn't) but all believers do need to think through the things he is saying. Come Holy Spirit and fill your church!
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I love reading Francis Chan's books. He writes with such an easy voice. It is like he is having a conversation with just you. His book Crazy Love changed the way I see my faith. I picked up Forgotten God because I wanted to learn about creating a relationship with the Holy Spirit. This book had a lot of insight and practical information and lessons. I appreciated reading about real people making powerful connections with the Spirit of God as well. This is a book I need to purchase.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This is a dangerous book! Read it only if you dare!If you claim to be a Christian, this book could very well convict you, as it did me. Convict you of thinking or praying too much to God to reveal what He wants you to DO rather than praying to Him about who God wants you to BE . Do you wonder about what God's will is for you in a year? 2 years? What is God's 5-year plan for you? WHY? Why are you not seeking to understand God's will for you TODAY?This book will also remind you that Christians believe in a triune God, three persons - three co-EQUAL persons - manifested in one God. I know for me, as I read it and discussed it in a small group, I started to understand Chan's message more and more and realized that I had, perhaps unintentionally, excluded an equal focus on the Holy Spirit as I do on God the Father and Jesus the Son of God.Chan is not telling us we must change to a different faith tradition that may focus more on the Spirit. In fact, he specifically tells us such a change is not what he is suggesting. What he is teaching is that to fully have God's presence in our lives, we must seek out the Holy Spirit's guidance and presence in our lives as much as we seek out God the Father's and Jesus the Son's guidance and presence. After all, before Jesus left his physical life on earth, he gave a part of himself to his disciples and us in the form of the Spirit. For me, that has pushed me to not only pray specifically to God the Father and to God the Son, but also to the Holy Spirit every day.I really enjoyed the book. A couple in the group struggled a bit more with understanding that Chan's teaching is not in conflict with their Christian beliefs.I think that the traditions they grew up in simply did not focus on the Spirit as a co-equal. And that was the reason they struggled with Chan's teaching.I challenge you to read and discuss this book in a small group.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This book was Important for me to read. It made me think about how all the things we as Christians want to do and be can only truly happen when we are connected to Christ...specifically His Holy Spirit. Not in a deep and difficult way but in a day by day way.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Frances Chan gathers together a nice primer on the Holy Spirit. Top clips from the book are as follows:forget what God wants for our life and concentrate on what God wants you to do right now (dwelling on God's plan for us in the future often enables us to neglect God's call NOW.)sometimes we don't feel the HS because our life is too safe; or too louddon't let the church normalize, mellow, or institutionalize you
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A discussion of the Person and work of the Holy Spirit.A fairly good discussion, although the author never seems to account for likely differences between the work of the Spirit in the first century from what He has done since the first century. Nevertheless, Chan makes many compelling observations about how whatever God is doing, man must also work as well and submit his will to His; that we should seek to follow God more than keep begging to try to find out His particular will for us; that we should seek to participate in God's work more than expecting God to bless our work; that if we live according to the Spirit there should be evidence of His fruit in our lives-- love, peace, patience, etc. A more theological bent that is greatly appreciated; nevertheless, an issue that still requires a lot of wrestling and challenges, and many vexing issues that could have some clarification and yet not.
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