A Call to Decision

It is utterly amazing to me that Max Lucado is able to take the lives of those who lived over 2,000 years ago, bring them into future, and make their stories not only relevant, but incredibly powerful in order to transform people's lives today. The writing in this book, the style, is absolutely brilliant. "Out Live Your Life" will most definitely bring you to a place of decision.


You will not want to miss the short, but powerful story in the final chapter, "That's Jesus playing the fiddle." If you live your life no differently than you did before you read the book, you will have looked into the eyes of Jesus, and like the "Rich Man" (Mark 10:17-25) . . . walked away. As a Christian, I just simply can't imagine doing that. Lucado humbly places himself among the many of us who sit by and do nothing. He challenges himself and others to "do something." Not only that, he gives us "ideas" on how to go about making change. Lucado points out we can't do "everything," but we can do "something."

I loved how each chapter started with powerful Scripture and ended with a Scripture and prayer. They penetrated the heart and soul and with little effort brought you into the presence of God.

I would compare this book to "The Hole in our Gospel" by Richard Stearns. I have truly never read a more powerful book on the authentic Christian and the call to live out that life. "Out Live Your Life" is a companion to Richard Stearns book, and together, if these two books, and these two men cannot motivate us to do something . . . I'm convinced nothing will.



*I received this book free in exchange for my review through the Thomas Nelson BookSneeze program.