Chapter Three Summary and Analysis

Chan begins this chapter by pointing out how few people really understand the depth and wideness of the love of God. He argues lack of understanding of God's love is because people often have bad relationships with their earthly fathers. In their mind, they equate their relationship with God to the one that they have had with their earthly father. Even the best of earthly fathers cannot love the way that God does, so this connection often leads to a misunderstanding of the true nature of God.

Chan writes that what he remembers most about his relationship with his father was that Chan tried his best not to annoy his father. Chan indicates that he carried this belief into his relationship with God and found himself just trying not to annoy God until the point that he became a...