
Yet I am also sympathetic to Francis Chan's project. In classic 'your good is too small' fashion, Chan is insistent that loving (and being loved by) the Creator God will radically realign our relationships, our passions, and our resources. He's right that too many Christians and churches (me too?) are too quick to explain away an unremarkable walk with Christ that actually looks just like our non-Christian neighbors.
Along these lines, the title would work better with a question mark. If we have said yes to Jesus Christ, if we have considered what we have gained, and at what cost... where's the crazy love?
At the end of the day, while I'm sympathetic, I'd rather read AW Tozer. Tozer is often able to make the same case, yet he has a laser focus on God's character. In fact, Chan offers a prayer of Tozer's to open his 6th chapter. I'll end with it:
Of God, I have tasted Thy goodness, and it has both satisfied me and made me thirsty for more. I am painfully conscious of my need for further grace. I am ashamed of my lack of desire. O God, the Triune God, I want to want Thee; I long to be filled with longing; I thirst to be made more thirsty still. Show me Thy glory, I pray, that I may know Thee indeed. Begin in mercy a new work of love within me. Say to my soul, "Rise up my love, my fair one, and come away." Then give me grace to rise and follow Thee up from this misty lowland where I have wandered so long.