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| | Description | God is love. Crazy, relentless, all-powerful love. Have you ever wondered if we’re missing it? It’s crazy, if you think about it. The God of the universe—the Creator of nitrogen and pine needles, galaxies and E-minor—loves us with a radical, unconditional, self-sacrificing love. And what is our typical response? We go to church, sing songs, and try not to cuss. Whether you’ve verbalized it yet or not...we all know somethings wrong. Does something deep inside your heart long to break free from the status quo? Are you hungry for an authentic faith that addresses the problems of our world with tangible, even radical, solutions? God is calling you to a passionate love relationship with Himself. Because the answer to religious complacency isn’t working harder at a list of do’s and don’ts—it’s falling in love with God. And once you encounter His love, as Francis describes it, you will never be the same. Because when you’re wildly in love with someone, it changes everything. | |
| | Product Details | | Author: | Francis Chan | | Paperback: | 192 pages | | Publisher: | David C. Cook | | Publication Date: | May 01, 2008 | | Language: | English | | ISBN: | 1434768511 | | Package Length: | 8.4 inches | | Package Width: | 5.6 inches | | Package Height: | 1.0 inches | | Package Weight: | 0.55 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 243 reviews |
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 An easy read Jul 28, 2010
Althought this book is very readable, it is challenging and thought provoking. I loved it.
 Putting Your Faith on the Right Track Jul 25, 2010
Francis Chan gives us a short, powerful look into what a sold-out, committed, and radical life of a Christian should look like. I enjoyed this book because it helps he to see that I am not there as much as I'd like to be. This is my second reading of this book. I read it last year when I first heard of Chan, and I just reread it to prepare for a book discussion on this. Both readings were convicting in helping me to question how my Christian life measures up to the Christians in the Bible.
The main message of Crazy Love is to "live a life worthy of the Lord" (Colossians 1:10). This is best brought to the surface in Chan's use of two quotations, one from Anne Dillard and one from Martin Luther. Both of these capture what our focus ought to be when we consider our Christian lives. Our day-to-day living should reflect what we want our overall meaning of our life to be.
Anne Dillard: "How we live our days is...how we live our lives" (165)
Martin Luther: "There are two days on my calendar: this day and that day" (137)
My favorite quotation from the book is this: "The irony is that while God doesn't need us but still wants us, we desperately need God but don't really want Him most of the time" (61).
Francis Chan has a casual writing style that is appealing and intriguing. From what I know about him, he lives up to his own advice. Now, let's see if I can as well.
Crazy Love - received as expected Jul 25, 2010
I received my book in the time and condition I expected it. Great servie.
Excellent insightful read Jul 25, 2010
This is an excellent book. Francis is a wonderful communicator, and causes me to think outside my own perceptions.
New Christians Should Read This Book! Jul 24, 2010
Before I started reading Crazy Love, I saw a review here suggesting that new Christians should not read this book as they would be discouraged by Mr. Chan's interpretations and that he misses the point on God's Grace. I couldn't disagree more. Mr. Chan intelligently and quantitatively demonstrates through Scripture the foundation and the path that all Christians should follow and for some, that message isn't convenient or easy to digest. He is spot on in his assertions that during our journey here on earth, we have two paths to follow - and the one we as Christians should aspire to, and WANT to venture down is the one, unfortunately, less travelled for many.
Why is that? It's because it's not controllable and takes us out way of our comfort zone, which is counter to what our feelings and emotions at times say to us. It feels reckless. And that makes it all the more difficult for us as human beings. But, that's why it's called a leap of faith.
This is not to say that we should all, en masse, sell off everything we own and hit the missionary road. But what Mr. Chan is suggesting is for each and everyone of us to examine our personal relationship with God and to put that first before everything else, before our jobs, our family, everything! To without question or reservation, place our trust in His plan for the reason behind our individual existence. And that runs counter to our human instincts for self-preservation here on earth. Even Jesus's disciples, while in the midst of his profound teachings and miracles, and firm in their belief that He is the Messiah, experienced moments of doubt. And even though we are many generations removed from the time that Christ walked the earth, His message of salvation has NOT changed, nor His directions to us. This message for some Christians, however, is simply inconvenient and doesn't fit into their earthly plans.
God's plans for some people may very well be, through His gifts, to earn boat loads of money so that they can fund His good works, for others, to use their spiritual gifts of teaching to spread His Word. And to do so because you joyfully and sincerely WANT to, not out of a sense of obligation or as proof of your devotion. We spend much time, energy and money preparing for our worldly careers. Mr. Chan suggests through Scriptual evidence that we prayfully do the same for Him. That we seek God's direction and through the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, discern His purpose for us in carrying out His business here on earth. And once we do, to do so not out a sense of duty, but enthusiastically, willingly and lovingly.
Another toughie is that Mr. Chan aptly points out Jesus's direction to us to love one another. Unconditionally. Even your enemies. No matter big or small, from the serial murder committing absolutely heinous and unspeakable acts to the lady front of us in line at Subway ordering lunch for the entire office. This indeed is a tough concept to wrap your brain around. And, God calls on us to forgive, period. He doesn't set a timeframe for us to arrive at this forgiveness, but rather instructs us as to its necessity. We are not to sit in judgement, that's God's job.
Mr. Chan's righteous indictment of lukewarm Christians is from their perception that tra la la la la, OK, now that you've accepted Christ as your Savior, everything's going to be just hunky dorey (imagine this sentence being spoken by Dana Carvey's Church Lady). Believing in Him is Step 1. Step 2 is really, really living the Word.
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