Fearless: Imagine Your Life Without Fear by Max Lucado

Nobody weaves a biblical story with a life application like Max Lucado, and few use as powerful, creative, or beautiful language.  His words, through rhyme, analogy, and alliteration, seem to soothe and pierce all at the same time.  Lucado’s newest book, Fearless, is no different.  Over the course of 15 chapters, Lucado addresses just over a dozen of the most common and relevant fears in today’s world (parenting, violence, money, and death, to name a few) and he does it in such a way that I found myself feeling encouraged with Scripture and personal stories, as if I was speaking with a trusted friend, and also counseled as if by the Holy Spirit Himself. 

“The promise of Christ and the contention of this book are simple,” Lucado says, “we can fear less tomorrow than we do today.” Statements such as these soothed me. “To sin is to disregard God, ignore his teachings, deny his blessings. Sin is ‘God-less’ living, centering life on the center letter of the word sIn.” Statements such as these convicted me. Lucado’s unique style of writing draws the reader in as if reading a gripping novel, yet teaches timeless truths in an unforgettable way.

Although theologically sound, Fearless is not exceptionally theologically deep.  It may be information we have heard preached before, but it will be old information written in a beautiful and powerful way.  I recommend this book as one of Max Lucado’s better books.

You can check out the details of this book and order it at Thomas Nelson Publishers, where I am a Book Review Blogger - http://brb.thomasnelson.com/. You can also visit http://www.thefearlessbook.com/ for more information and a town hall webcast with Max Lucado.