When tragedy strikes, people desperately search for answers. Believers and unbelievers alike find themselves turning to God. Best-selling author and pastor Max Lucado points to the only real answer to tragedy and crisis: Prayer. In For These Tough Times, Lucado helps us understand how to pray despite our doubt and fear.
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For These Tough Times:
I recently finished reviewing "For these tough times - reaching toward heaven for hope & healing" by Max Lucado...and was pleasantly surprised. When the book showed up in the mail, I was shocked at how small it was...only 79 pages, large font, and a very small nearly pocket-sized book. However Max packs a lot into this very small book that will provide insight and healing for those reading it. He answers such profound questions such as "Where is God?" "How can He allow good things to happen to bad... more info
Encouragement for tough times:
Tragedy happens. We experience loss. We begin to wonder where God is in all of this.
Lucado reminds us that God's thoughts are very unlike our thoughts. "We aren't even in the same neighborhood." God's goals for our lives are not those of physical comfort but are of eternal consequence. God lives in a different dimension yet He bends down to be a part of our lives.
Just as small children do not understand the decisions and actions of their parents (say, to withhold a high sugar treat), so we do... more info
God's Eye View:
I received the book, For these Tough Times, by Max Lucado a few days before Christmas. While it is a small book, and easily read in a single sitting, I was a little busy over the holidays and unable to sit down with an amount of dedicated time. I finally had the opportunity to sit down with it over the course of a few mornings and now offer my thoughts and review of the book. If you are familiar at all with Christian literature, you will recognize the name of Max Lucado. I think he is probably among... more info
Max Lucado:
For These Tough Times; Reaching toward heaven for hope & healing is a great addition to the library of any Max Lucado fan. Now I've been a fan of Mr. Lucado's--let's just call him Max, for several years, thanks in large part to his simple clear writing style which helps people, like me, understand sometimes difficult spiritual concepts like the ones this book focuses on; Is God still for us? Does He still have our interests at heart? Does He still care? To answer these questions and more, Max... more info
