Best-selling author Max Lucado leads readers through a word-by-word study of John 3:16, the passage that he calls the "Hope Diamond" of Scripture.
A twenty-six-word parade of hope: beginning with God, ending with life and urging us to do the same. Brief enough to write on a napkin or memorize in a moment, yet solid enough to weather two thousand years of storms and questions. The heart of the human problem is the heart of the human. And God's treatment is prescribed in John 3:16. He loves. He gave. We believe. We live.
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
Far Less Than Expected:
I am somewhat torn in writing this review, for I am critiquing the writing of a brother in Christ whose intent is right, whose heart is right, and his understanding that, in my words, "of the Gospel, through the Gospel, and to the Gospel is all life," is understood. Max introduces by saying, at the very foundation, the Gospel is everything: We can only know God by the Gospel, man was created because of the Gospel, man understands all theology and doctrine by the Gospel, all life decisions are to be... more info
The Gospel Shines Forth:
If you've been to a Christian bookstore in the past two months, you've probably seen Max Lucado's newest book: 3:16 - The Numbers of Hope. Thomas Nelson has given this book substantial promotion, and it looks like the campaign is just beginning. Soon to follow is a teen edition, not to mention the trinkets that typically accompany our evangelical fads. But leaving aside the faddishness of evangelicalism today for a moment, let's get to the book itself. 3:16 will probably be Lucado's best-remembered... more info
Numbers to live by:
Master storyteller and popular pastor Max Lucado is at his best in his 130-page riff on one of the best-loved passages of the Bible, John 3:16, a verse he beautifully calls "an alphabet of grace, a table of contents to the Christian hope, each word a safe-deposit box of jewels." Following the main text is a 40-day devotional study on the life of Jesus, excerpted from many of his widely-read books. Lucado kicks off his book with a retelling of Nicodemus's famous conversation with Christ, in which Jesus... more info
3:16 The Numbers of Hope:
I thoroughly enjoyed the vivid homey style of Max Lucado in this work which is just one more example of his ability and skill as writer who knows his subject well and lovingly.
