Francis Chan - Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God (2008)

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God's art speaks of Himself, reflecting who He is and what He is like.

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God never excuses sin. And He is always consistent with that ethic. Whenever we start to question whether God really hates sin, we have only to think of the cross, where His Son was tortured, mocked, and beaten because of sin. Our sin

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I don't have to worry about not meeting His expectations. God will ensure my success in accordance with His plan, not mine.

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Because when you're wildly in love with someone, it changes everything.

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But God doesn't call us to be comfortable. He calls us to trust Him so completely that we are unafraid to put ourselves in situations where we will be in trouble if He doesn't come through.

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He wants all or nothing. The thought of a person calling himself a 'Christian' without being a devoted follower of Christ is absurd.

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I don't think my church's teachings were incorrect, just incomplete.

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The core problem isn't the fact that we're lukewarm, halfhearted, or stagnant Christians. The crux of it all is why we are this way, and it is because we have an inaccurate view of God. We see Him as a benevolent Being who is satisfied when people manage to fit Him into their lives in some small way. We forget that God never had an identity crisis. He knows that He's great and deserves to be the center of our lives.

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We are quick to rationalize our entertainment and priorities yet are slow to commit to serving God.

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Christians today like to play it safe. We want to put ourselves in situations where we are safe 'even if there is no God.' But if we truly desire to please God, we cannot live that way.

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True faith means holding nothing back; it bets everything on the hope of eternity

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Stress says that the things we are involved in are important enough to merit our impatience, our lack of grace toward others, or our tight grip of control.

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This book is written for those who want more Jesus. It is for those who are bored with what American Christianity offers. It is for those who don't want to plateau, those who would rather die before their convictions do.

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God is the only being who is good, and the standards are set by Him. Because God hates sin, He has to punish those guilty of sin. Maybe that's not an appealing standard. But to put it bluntly, when you get your own universe, you can make your own standards.

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Can you worship a God who isn't obligated to explain His actions to you? Could it be your arrogance that makes you think God owes you an explanation?

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When we love God because we feel we should love Him, instead of genuinely loving out of our true selves, we have forgotten who God really is.

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Nothing compares to being truly, exuberantly wanted by your children.

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Obsessed people are more concerned with obeying God than doing what is expected or fulfilling the status quo. A person who is obsessed with Jesus will do things that don't always make sense in terms of success or wealth on this earth.

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If God is truly the greatest good on this earth, would He be loving us if He didn't draw us toward what is best for us (even if that happens to be Himself)?

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I think most American churchgoers are the soil that chokes the seed because of all the thorns. Thorns are anything that distracts us from God. When we want God and a bunch of other stuff, then that means we have thorns in our soil. A relationship with God simply cannot grow when money, sins, activities, favorite sports teams, addictions, or commitments are piled on top of it.

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We are not alone. Even now there are thousands of beings in heaven watching what is going on down here—a 'great cloud of witnesses,' the Scripture says. It reminds me that there is so much more to our existence than what we can see. What we do reverberates through the heavens and into eternity.

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When I am consumed by my problems-stressed out about my life, my family, and my job-I actually convey the belief that I think the circumstances are more important than God's command to always rejoice.

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We need to stop giving people excuses not to believe in God. You've probably heard the expression 'I believe in God, just not organized religion'. I don't think people would say that if the church truly lived like we are called to live.

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We never grow closer to God when we just live life. It takes deliberate pursuit and attentiveness.

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Lukewarm people will serve God and others, but there are limits to how far they will go or how much time, money, and energy they are willing to give.

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You and I are not allowed to tell Him how much He can hate it (sin).

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"Do you know that nothing you do in this life will ever matter, unless it is about loving God and loving the people he has made?

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God exists outside of time, and since we are within time, there is no way we will ever totally grasp that concept.

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Our concern is more about going to heaven than loving the King.

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We'll first address our inaccurate view of God and, consequently of ourselves.

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