Crazy Love

1.The title "You Might Not Finish This Chapter" is a deliberate jolt. How did you feel reading it? Did it strike you as gimmicky, or did it land with genuine weight? Why?

1.Chan describes God's love as "crazy" — not sentimental or safe, but wild and relentless in a way that defies logic. In what ways does the love described in Romans 5:8 ("while we were still sinners, Christ died for us") qualify as "crazy" by any normal human standard?

1.Chan opens with the chilling words of Jesus to the church at Laodicea: "Because you are lukewarm — neither hot nor cold — I am about to spit you out of my mouth" (Revelation 3:16). Why is lukewarmness more nauseating to God, in some sense, than outright coldness? What does lukewarmness say about what we actually believe?

1.Chan draws on Malachi 1, where God rebukes the priests of Israel for offering blind, lame, and sick animals on His altar — the castoffs they wouldn't dare bring to a human governor. What are the modern equivalents of bringing "leftovers" to God? What do we typically give Him what's left of?

1.Chan uses the analogy of being newly in love — the way a person in the early stages of a relationship thinks constantly about the other person, rearranges their schedule for them, and gives with abandon. How does that kind of love describe what our relationship with God could and should feel like? Does it feel aspirational, foreign, or both?

1.Chan pushes back hard against the idea that God's primary goal is our comfort and prosperity in the present life. Where do you see this "best life now" mentality showing up — in popular Christian culture, in your own prayers, or in what you expect from God?

1.Chan describes the "obsessed" as people who risk their security, give away their possessions, and look foolish by the world's standards — but are simply living in response to what they believe is true. Who in your life comes closest to this description? What is it about them that stands out?

1.Chan profiles several real people in this chapter — including George Müller, who fed thousands of orphans through radical faith; Mother Teresa, who left comfort to serve the dying in Calcutta; and Lucy, a young woman from Chan's own congregation who gave away nearly everything she earned. Which story affected you most, and why?

1.Chan argues in this chapter that the crux of the matter is not trying harder to be a better Christian — it is dying to yourself and being filled with the Holy Spirit. How does that reframe the problem? If the issue is not willpower but emptiness and surrender, how does that change your approach to change?

1.Chan's appendix and closing material include additional profiles of ordinary people living radically for God. Did any of these later stories hit you differently than the earlier ones — now that you have more context from the rest of the book? Why or why not?

1.When you read the title *Crazy Love* before beginning this study, what did you expect the book to be about? Now that you have finished it, how would you describe its central message in two or three sentences to someone who has never read it?