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Praise for Weird

"I've got bad news: 'Normal' stinks! The normal family is broke, stressed, over-worked, and generally unhappy.  If we want God's best for our families, faith, and finances, we've got to stop striving for normal - and start being weird!"
- Dave Ramsey, host of The Dave Ramsey Show and bestselling author of The Total Money Makeover

"Craig Groeschel is the weirdest person I've ever known. And once you've read this book, you'll understand - that's the highest compliment I could ever pay him.  His passion for God, integrity, and wisdom are abnormal.  He approaches his relationship with God on a level that compels all of us to go higher.  And it's these very distinctions that make him the perfect person to help you stand apart from a world that is dying in a sea of normalcy. I can't recommend Weird highly enough."
- Steven Furtick, senior pastor of Elevation Church and author of Sun Stand Still

"Craig Groeschel has always been different ... in a good sort of way.  Weird will motivate you to abandon the normal path and live for Jesus with all your heart."
- Jentezen Franklin, pastor of Free Chapel and author of the New York Times bestselling book Fasting

"Craig Groeschel is weird in the best kind of way.  If anyone can give advice on how to be set apart from the world and just plain weird for God, it's him!  His book WEIRD: Because Normal Isn't Working is a must read!"
- Christine Caine, director of Equip & Empower Ministries and author of The Core Issue

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Normal Isn't Working

Normal people are stressed, overwhelmed, and exhausted.  Many of their relationships are, at best, strained and, in most cases, just surviving.  Even though we live in one of the most prosperous places on earth, normal is still living paycheck to paycheck and never getting ahead.  In our oversexed world, lust, premarital sex, guilt, and shame are far more common than purity, virginity, and a healthy married sex life.  And when it comes to God, the majority believe in him, but the teachings of Scripture rarely make it into their everyday lives.

Simply put, normal isn't working.

"When people describe my lifestyle or family as weird, I find comfort."

Journey with author and pastor Craig Groeschel as he shares a Christ-centered philosophy, on everything from money to scheduling to purity, that will help you break out of the normal rut and live according to the rhythms of God's grace and the truth of his Word.


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CRAIG GROESCHEL

is the founding and senior pastor of LifeChurch.tv, a pace-setting multicampus church and creators of the popular and free YouVersion Bible App.  He is the author of several books including The Christian Atheist and It.  Craig, his wife, Amy, and their six children live in Edmond, Oklahoma.