Crazy Love (2008) (edit title/settings)

Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit see section history

Characters/People edit see section history

• Ronnie: Add a description of this character.
• Stan Gerlach: A friend of Chan's that passed away suddenly
• Marva J. Dawn: An American theologian and author
• John: One of Jesus' disciples; also wrote one of the gospels in the New Testament of the Bible
• Brooke Bronkowski: A 14-year-old that died in a car accident
• Jamie Lang: A 23-year-old that went to Tanzania
• Rich Mullins: A christian singer
• Paul: An apostle in the Bible
• Isaiah: Isaiah was a prophet in the Bible; also wrote the book Isaiah in the Bible
• James: An apostle in the Bible; also wrote the book of James in the Bible
• A. W. Tozer: A Christian preacher, pastor, and author
• Isaac: Isaac was the son promised to Abraham and Sara in the Old Testament of the Bible.
• Rachel Saint: A woman that worked with Wycliffe Bible Translators for a time, then spoke with the Waorani tribe about Jesus Christ
• Jeremiah: Wrote the book of Jeremiah in the Bible
• George Mueller: A man from Prussia that began a Christian orphanage with his wife.
• Moses: Moses brought God's people into the Promised Land; He also brought them the Ten Commandments
• Abraham: The father of Isaac in the Bible
• Brother Yun: A Chinese man that teaches Christianity in China; was in prison for some time due to that.
• Frederick Buechner
• Junio: A boy adopted to Jamie Lang in Tanzania
• Lucy: An elderly woman that opens her home to prostitutes, drug dealers and users, pimps, and anyone else in need of a place to stay.
• David: One of the kings in the Bible; Also referenced as "A Man After God's Own Heart"
• Grandma Clara: The grandmother of Chan's wife.
• Noah: Built the ark before God had flooded the earth
• Shane Claiborne: A man that speaks around the country that lives in The Simple Way community house in Philidelphia
• Nathan Barlow: A medical doctor that treated mossy foot in Ethiopia for sixty years
• Simpson Rebbavarapu: A man that lives in India that spreads Audio Bibles to those that are illiterate
• Susan Diego: A woman that does mission work in Uganda with her husband and children.
• Tim Kizziar
• Rings: A homeless man that lives out of his truck, and cooks for fellow homeless while preaching about Jesus
• Dayuma: A woman part of the Waorani tribe
• Nate: Rachel Saint's brother

Quotes edit see section history

• “But true faith means holding nothing back”

• “Intellectually we all know that we will die, but we do not really know it in the sense that the knowledge becomes a part of us”

• “On the contrary, we tend to live as though our lives would go on forever”

• “Tell Him what you like about Him, what you appreciate, and what brings you joy”

• “Tell Him you want to love Him more than anything on this earth”

• “This isn't meant to bash those who are gone, but rather to warn those who are alive”

• “Christians are like manure: spread them out and they help everything grow better, but keep them in one big pile and they stink horribly.”

• ““God wants us to trust Him with abandon. He wants to show us how He works and cares for us. He wants to be our refuge.””

• ““What are you doing right now that requires faith?””

• ““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.””

• ““People who are obsessed with Jesus give freely and openly, without censure. Obsessed people love those who hate them and who can never love them back.””

• ““Do you give to those who cannot repay you? To those who would do you harm, if they could? To those who have already done you harm? This is Christ’s love. He gave us something for which we can never repay Him, and then He asks us to keep giving like He gives.””

• ““The love for equals is a human thing - of friend for friend, brother for brother. It is to love what is loving and lovely. The world smiles. The love for the less fortunate is a beautiful thing - the love for those who suffer, for those who are poor, the sick, the failures, the unlovely. This is compassion, and it touches the heart of the world. The love for the more fortunate is a rare thing - to love those who succeed where we fail, to rejoice without envy with those who rejoice, the love of the poor for the rich…The world is always bewildered by its saints. And there is the love for the enemy - love for the one who does not love you but mocks, threatens, and inflicts pain. The tortured’s love for the torturer. This is God’s love. It conquers the world.” -Frederick Buechner”

• ““People who are obsessed with Jesus aren’t consumed with their personal safety and comfort above all else. Obsessed people care more about God’s kingdom coming to this earth than their own lives being shielded from pain or distress.””

• ““If one person ‘wastes’ away his day by spending hours connecting with God, and the other person believes he is too busy or has better things to do than worship the Creator and Sustainer, who is the crazy one?””

Setting & Locations edit see section history

• America

Organizations edit see section history

• Wycliffe Bible Translators: This is an organization that translates the Bible into different languages so that those that don't have a Bible in their language may have one.
• Back to Jerusalem: A movement that aims to establish a community of Christian believers and fellowship from China to Jerusalem.

First Sentence edit see section history

Table of Contents edit see section history

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Francis Chan (Author)

Other Contributors:

1. Danae Yankoski (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Awards edit see section history

• New York Times Bestseller (2008)
• Retailers Choice Awards (2009: Christian Living)

Classification edit see section history

• Library of Congress: BV4501.3 .C434 2008
• Dewey: 248.4

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Religion & Spirituality › Christianity › Christian Living

Links to Supplemental Material edit see section history

• Official Crazy Love site: The official companion site for Crazy Love. This site includes videos that go along with each chapter of the book.

More Books Like This edit see section history