Fearless by Max Lucado
Imagine Your Life Without Fear
I was prepared to love this new book by Max Lucado. I didn’t, at least I didn’t at first. It took me until about midway through to really start appreciating what was going on here.
I guess when you write a book about living a fearless life in total dependence and dedication to the Lord, you need to start out talking about the things that people fear and Lucado starts by talking about many of those fears. For me, that’s not a good way to start. Frankly, I was depressed by the first few chapters. People can be fearful in many ways, some I can surely identify with, others not so much.
About midway through Fearless, the tone changes and Lucado begins to develop the confident, but down home tone that he is so much known for. Fearless is a valuable reference guide to the promises of scripture and this book is not so much a narrative as it is a reminder that God’s promises run deep and true throughout scripture and the biggest reminder is how often God tells us not to fear. Jesus many times at the outset of a great miracle prefaces that miracle with the phrase “Fear not” or variants thereof.
Lucado’s Fearless is a tender, but persistant reminder of the character and nature of God and in the end, I enjoyed this book quite a lot.
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