Max On Life by Max Lucado

As a writer and ministry worker, Max Lucado has received many questions throughout his life.  Max On Life is a collection of one hundred and fifty of these questions and his answers.  The questions are divided into different grouping such as Hope, Hurt, Him/Her, ect.  There is a little something for everyone in this book.

I love that Max bases all his answers on scripture.  My favorite thing about the book is that if I have a problem with something in my life I can look up a question that's related to what I'm going through and find a scripture to reference.  Obviously, since he answers so many questions the answers are short (about a page each).  I feel like this is a good reference book (a start), but doesn't go in detail or at length on any subject.  Whole books can be written on just one of these questions or topics.

While I did like the scripture and his writing is easy to read, it took me awhile to get through this book.  Questions that I had were very interesting to me, but many I could not relate to or I already knew what he was going to say.  I would give this book a 3 out of 5 stars.

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Book Review: Cast of Characters by Max Lucado

So, I've joined http://www.booksneeze.com.  It's a great site where you can get free books by reviewing them and posting your reviews on your blog and a customer retail website (like Amazon).  For my first book I choose Cast of Characters by Max Lucado.  Here's my review:

Cast of Characters is a compilation of several of Max Lucado’s books, chronicling the lives of people in the Bible.  Each chapter describes a different character, relating their story to our own.  The pages are a celebration of what an awesome God can do with the lives of common people. 

This was my first time reading a book by Max Lucado and I enjoyed it immensely.  His writing style is casual, interesting, and easy to follow.  I used it as a devotional to help me get back into reading my Bible more consistently.  For many of the characters in the Bible I knew well, the author was able to bring a new perspective to their story. The discussion questions at the end of each chapter were very helpful.  They really made me think about how I can apply the godly truths I’ve discovered within the stories.  It was also nice to be able to dig deeper in the Bible, answering questions by reading other passages that related to the topics of the chapters.  I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who is searching to get an overview of many great characters in the Bible.