Basic Series: Fear God, Episode 1

Christianity was intended to be a lifestyle, not an experience.

In BASIC, a seven-part short film series from Francis Chan, we are reminded that we were created to live full, satisfying and beautiful lives in Christ. So why do we see such disconnect between what is taught in Scripture and what is applied to our daily existence?

BASIC.FEAR GOD seeks to reconcile the numerous Scriptural references urging us to possess a fear of God with the concept of “respect” and “reverence” that we’ve been taught in Sunday School. Because a God who is good and loving could never be frightening, could He?

Or could it be that we’ve shackled the power of God in our lives with our own presuppositions? Have we reduced Him to a being who is merely worthy of our respect rather than a powerful Creator who demands and is worthy of our fear? Francis Chan examines the difference between fear of the Lord and simple reverence, as well as the necessity of a proper, biblical application of the fear of God.