Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God

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.

Chan brings up some amazing ideas and some uncomfortable ideas. I don't mean uncomfortable to say he's gone off the deep end, but uncomfortable in that they require an honest look at myself and ask questions that are uncomfortable to answer.

Sometimes I finish a book and feel that I've had a big helping of confirmation bias. That isn't always bad, but I need my thinking challenged. Chan accomplishes this here. I may have to come back to this one again and get challenged in my thinking again. In the meantime, I have a journal of deep questions that have come up, thanks to Chan.

Chan is the voice of our deepest conscience: Are we doing all we can to bring others to Christ? Are we driven to be all God wants us to be?

And, of course, we must answer, No. And, of course, we must resolve to do better.

Chan helps us with inspiriting, uplifting, truly amazing stories of others who are out there doing all they can to bring others to Christ and becoming all God would have them become.

Chan also gives us verse after verse of Bible wisdom to guide us and provoke us and send us on our way.

A powerful read.