Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God
2008 • 187 pages
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Ratings41
Average rating4.2
Revised & Updated Edition! 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 something's 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. Learn more about Crazy Love at www.crazylovebook.com.
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Honest and convicting read truly exuding Chan's love for the Lord and for people to know and love the Lord in a genuine way. This would be a great read for any believer wanting to think more deeply through what it means to live out having a crazy love for God. I appreciated Chan's exhortations to avoid complacency and blunt challenges to live a life that actually serves to glorify the Lord and point others to Christ. Some of the theology seemed shaky, which is the only caveat I would give anyone reading this book; however, this book is still a worthy read giving me much to continue thinking through even after finishing it.
This book is easily the most life changing book I have ever read. It's a convicting book that actually makes you want to do something, rather than just merely convict you and do nothing about it. This book helped me understand God's love in a way that I never understood it before, in a way that for the first time, I can embrace it, which in turn makes me want to serve God. It's not an easy listen though, it's quite offensive, but in a good way, one that angers you because it's if he's calling you out personally, but it's for the better. It's what makes you want to change. I could not recommend this book highly enough for anyone.
A brilliant exhortation that's been extremely formative to my pattern of thought in the faith. It's nothing but pure orthodoxy when Pastor Chan says that lukewarm Christians are actually not Christians at all, but the fact that he has to add a warning before that truth shows how desperate the situation in the modern American church really is. I think this book should be read not as telling you to do the exact same thing as many of the examples, but instead really counting the cost of following Christ and how you can apply that radical worldview to your own life. Will be reading Bonhoeffer’s "The Cost of Discipleship" as a follow-up to this.
