Introduction

Hello!  This is the initial post for the Christian Assembly Book Club, started on April 10, 2016.  We met at the church for our first discussion of Crazy Love by Francis Chan.  There were seven in attendance.  We discussed the first three chapters. The purpose of this blog is to allow not only those who attend the book club meetings at the church to comment on the discussion, but also to give those who are unable to attend an opportunity to participate in the discussion of a particular book.

There are just a few rules or guidelines:  (1) Please refer to which specific chapter in the book you are commenting on and/or specific point or topic; (2) If you are commenting on a post of another participant, please identify who that person is and reference the point they made to which you are reacting/responding; (3) And, of course, identify yourself so all participants know who you are.

All comments are welcome!  Please feel free to ask questions which you may wish others to attempt to answer. Here are some questions referenced to the first chapters that you may wish to answer:

Chapter One

1.  Chan lists several attributes of God.  Which of these do you find most significant and why?

2. Chan suggests that many Christians have "spiritual amnesia"(p. 31).  What do you think he means by this?

3. Why is it difficult for some people to love God?

Chapter Two

1.  Why does Chan say "we need to get over ourselves"?

2. Are we sinning when we don't feel like rejoicing whatever our circumstances?

Chapter Three

1. Has your relationship with your earthly father influenced your relationship with your Heavenly Father?

2. Why does God force us to love Him since the consequence of rejecting Him is to burn in hell for eternity?