Fantastic way to look at life a little differently. Focusing on being a little weird, and doing the unexpected. Who needs to fit in when we are called to stand out!?

My favorite of Craig's books!!! Just love his teaching..so real and love his biblical teaching.

Am I normal? I hope not, so I was intrigued by the book WEIRD (because normal isn’t working). If you’re a Christian and believe you should be living differently then check out this book. It’s easy to read, but will challenge you to make changes. The first four sections on Time, Money, Relationships and Sex are good, but I didn’t get much from them. The 5th section on Values really hit home for me.

This was a very good book about living through true Christianity and being honest with your faith.

Really inspiring read.

I am loving Craig's writing. Definitely one of my favorite Christian authors.

4.6/5

Nothing like a friend asking to borrow a book to get me to finally actually read it. My pastor Craig wrote this book earlier this year to accompany a sermon series of the same name that had one of my favorite weeks of the last couple of years (Week 2, Weird is Better). When I've seen the messages, I tend to take the book for granted. I'm glad I finally pulled this off the shelf.

The voice is totally Craig's. His message: If you want to be like normal people, think and act the way normal people act. Looking at what is the norm in our culture and the world around me, I'll take "weird" every time (Frustrated side note: You'll hear folks talk about The U.S. being a "Christian Nation." If this is true, something has gone very wrong with Chrisianity.) The book's focus is to be different in the way you handle: 1) your time, 2) your money, 3) your relationships, 4) sex, and 5) your values.

A good read for any Christian who wants something different than the norm, especially young Christians.

I picked up this book because it is written by the pastor of the mega church that my daughter and son in law have started attending. I wanted to get a feel for what this guy is all about. He is head of a many campus church that people in all locations watch remotely every week.

The goal of the book is to urge us not to live lukewarm and compromising lives as Christians.
The repeated use of calling the Christian life weird got old and annoying. Rather than encouraging us to live pure Christian lives we are encouraged to be weird … I get it….not like current culture. Even so I don’t think God is asking us to be weird.

I didn’t buy the book but read the ebook on Scribd while listening to the audiobook.
I should have read the book in print. The audiobook is read in a sing songy style.
Parts of the book that seemed self promoting seemed even more so because of the style in which they were out loud.

The point that this is not our home is good, and that we are different because we have been changed. And I did appreciate the challenge at the end of the book:

What is the one thing I desire of God?
What one thing do I lack?
What one thing do I need to let go?
What one thing do I need to claim?

VERY good book!! I highly recommend it!!

Excellent read. It provides plenty of motivation to be a Christian on fire for the Lord. I highly recommend it.