Have you read Francis Chan's 2008 bestselling book, Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God?
My home group from church is currently studying its way through it.
The book probably never would have made it onto my radar screen, except that it was highly recommended by several of the pastors at our church last year. So our group took a vote, and decided to read-and-discuss our way through it.
So far so good!
I'll save my "review" of Crazy Love for after we finish reading it. in the meantime, I'll say it has fostered some good discussions.
It's written in a very laid-back, southern-California style (Chan formerly pastored Cornerstone Church in Simi Valley, California), but, make no mistake, Chan puts forth some very un-laid-back accusations and Holy-Spirit-convicting points that are directed at lukewarm, comfort-loving, affirmation-and-approval-seeking (from man), AMERICAN Christians!
You know something is afoot just by looking at the chapter titles:
"Stop Praying." "You Might Not Finish This Chapter." "Profile of the Lukewarm." "Serving Leftovers to a Holy God." "Your Best Life... Later." And so forth.
In any case, the book has amassed 381 overwhelmingly positive reviews on Amazon.com and is currently (as of this writing) #48 on their top 100 books, and climbing.
I'll give you my overall impressions and observations once we're done.
1 comment:
Good review. I saw a video of Chan recently. You're right. He doesn't seem to pull any punches. Good for us! Thanks.
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