Who Are You, Really?

About this episode

Candace and pastor Francis Chan discuss identity, faith, and the nature of God's love in a personal and reflective conversation.

Some questions have been argued in seminaries for centuries. Others just feel personal. In this episode of the Candace Cameron Bure Podcast, Candace and pastor Francis Chan sit with both. The conversation opens with listener questions on free will and prayer, and Francis does something refreshing: he admits what he doesn't know, and explains why that's actually a gift. From there the episode moves into something close to Francis's heart right now: identity. Not the kind built on reputation or accomplishment, but the one that holds when everything else falls apart. Francis talks about the disciple John, who called himself "the one Jesus loved," and why that used to seem odd to him. Now he sees it differently. John wasn't being arrogant. He was living by faith. One of the most striking moments is a story Francis shares about a seminary friend who spent decades trying to earn God's love through sheer effort and discipline. He ended up in the hospital. His body gave out. It was only when he finally stopped performing that something broke open. Francis connects that story to a trap a lot of believers fall into without ever naming it out loud: a good week quietly feels like it earns…

People in this episode

Host: Candace Cameron Bure

Guest: Francis Chan

Topics covered

• identity
• faith
• free will
• prayer
• God's love
• Christianity

Keywords

• identity
• faith
• free will
• prayer
• God's love
• Christianity
• Francis Chan

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