Fearless by Max Lucado – Review
To sit down with a Max Lucado book is to sit down with a friend. You can almost imagine sitting next to him by a crackling hearth with him telling you stories about life in a warm and gentle way. I still remember reading In The Grip of Grace and being hooked. Max has a way with words that invites you to partake of the book, and his most recent release Fearless is no different.
Most authors would be hard pressed to write a book about the absence of fear, yet Lucado is not most authors. Fearless starts by setting the scene of what fear is, and giving the reader a clear picture of how Jesus sees fear. The story of the storm on Galilee is examined showing that Jesus takes our fears seriously, yet He wants to be the one that helps walk us through them.
Lucado doesn’t write off fears as something ‘all in the head’. Instead he lists 13 fears common to all, whether they take the form of lingering doubts or months of sleepless nights. Through it all though, he points us back to Jesus.
The book is an easy read, set out in short, succinct chapters and ends with a study guide. Lucado gives us the confidence that through Christ we can overcome our fears. In Fearless he doesn’t give a simple formula for success, but does instead give us hope to trust more.
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