Fearless: Imagine Your Life Without Fear
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- ISBN13: 9780849921391
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Each sunrise seems to bring fresh reasons for dread.
They’re talking layoffs at work, slowdowns in the economy, flare-ups in the Middle East, turnovers at headquarters, downturns in the housing market, upswings in global warming. The plague of our day, terrorism, starts with the word terror. Dread, it seems, has taken up a hundred-year lease on the building next door and set up shop. Oversized and rude, dread herds us into a prison of unlocked doors. Wouldn’t it be fantastic to walk out?
Imagine your life, wholly unconcerned by angst. What if faith, not dread, was your defaulting result to threats? If you could hover a dread magnet over your heart and extract every last shaving of dread, insecurity, or doubt, what would remain? Envision a day, just one day, where you could trust more and dread less.
Can you imagine your life lacking dread?
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Amazon.com Review
Bestselling leader and reknowned pastor Max Lucado offers to readers this introductory message to his new book Fearless.
A Message from Max Lucado
Dread seems to be in the driver’s seat these days. People are troubled and nervous. Finances are tumbling, rockets are launching, and seemingly levelheaded institutions are teetering. It’s tough for folks to know where to turn.
Two years ago I started writing a new book entitled Fearless. Small did I know then what we’d be facing now, but God did. The book examines Jesus’ statements about dread and encourages us to take heart in hard times.
The antidote to the dread epidemic? Trust. If we trust God more, we can dread less. What a comforting promise.
-Max Lucado
A Message from Thomas Nelson Publishers
For the past few years we have seen a revived Max Lucado. Since taking a different step in his role at Oak Hills Church in San Antonio, TX Max has devoted more of his time to writing and preaching, thus he is more in his “sweet spot.” Fearless is a wonderful result of that by addressing the issue of Dread in our world, our community, and our personal lives. This year, he hosted a town hall on dread at his church and was able to receive questions from the attendees and readers on Twitter, Facebook, e-mail, and by phone. It was encouraging to see Max help them realize that that they are not alone and can fight dread with the help of God, their family tree, friends, and at church. With the growth of social media, our team has had the ability to dialogue with Max Lucado readers on a whole new level. It has been encouraging to hear their tales of overcoming dread whether it may be facing financial ruin, fighting a hard relationship, going into a serious surgery, figuring out how to be cool and protecting their children, etc. It has helped our team admit more than ever how vital a message like Fearless is to everyday people. People are left inspired by Max Lucado. My hope is that someday you will be able to meet Max Lucado in person. He is as geniune of a person as he is in his books.
In 2010, it is Max’s 25th Anniversary in publishing and he will effective toward the goal of sponsoring 25,000 children through World Vision. His book “Outlive Your Life” will help capture the spirit of service that we as Christians must embrace just as the early church did in the book of Acts. We hope you will also be inspired by these words. Thank you Amazon and readers for your support of Max through the years.
–Dave Schroeder, Sr. Director of Marketing, Thomas Nelson Publishers
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Sorry to say I reflect Max Lucado missed it this time. I have no thought why he would tackle a theme like dread for Christians and come from the POV that ALL Christians have dread. Especially when we’re taught That perfect like Casts out all dread. I John 4:18
In chapter 2 – Dread Of Not Mattering – In this chapter he makes the comment on page 21 that we wear our college rings on our fingers because we covet some stilts, meaning being noticed. He takes it a step further on page 22 adage that having children gives meaning to ourselves. I was really shocked that he would use these examples. For me, I wear my high school ring because it is very dear to me and holds a lot of memories; and with my children that wasn’t even a thought in my head.
There was one chapter that I did identify with and that was Chapter 5 My Child Is In Danger. I could tell to it as a parent from jr. high on. I say that because when their small they need you for everything. Once they become teens your not needed unless it’s a crisis, and then we can’t protect them from their heart getting hurt, building the incorrect choice, it’s all up to them. We have to trust what we’ve done.
Overall, this was not a homerun for me. I establish it to be very depressing rather than encouraging and uplifting; which is a real shock coming from Max Lucado. I say read with caution. I don’t have dread in my life and yet I’m going through a huge life changing situation.
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
I wish I could say that I liked this book. At most it was an amusing read, filled with copious anecdotes and small tales designed to make you feel excellent. And while I can see that this book may be helpful to some (a very few some, in my humble opinion), mostly I viewed this book as a perfect waste of my time.
The point of this book is to encourage people to no longer be worried of life, and the chapters are divided to focus on different types of dread – i.e.: the dread of violence, the end of the world, disappointment, death, etc. All of these are very familiar fears, and I’m sure all of us has felt or known a name who has felt worried of one or more of these things. Why then did I dislike it?
The main problem with this book is that it is watered-down Christianity. The book talks about the believer claiming the promises of God. God told us not to dread, and so we should not be worried – God will take care of us. And while I judge this from the bottom of my heart, I also judge that the promises of God can only be claimed by the children of God … persons who have agreed their hearts and minds and souls to the Lord Jesus Christ.
Perhaps the leader believes that as well. I don’t know. I’m only reviewing the book. You would reflect that something vital enough as the eligibility of claiming the promises offered in this book would be worthy of a chapter by itself, or at the very least, be at the beginning. But no, I establish only 2 paragraphs at the end of chapter three, stating that in order to aver God’s promises, you must say a prayer (example included). And I’m sorry, but that is not the right motivation for salvation.
Also, the leader seems to have an improper view of the Biblical God. According to my Bible (King James Version), Jesus Christ is the Son of God, and is God. Not just a “teacher,” as this book constantly refers to Him. So I was seriously bothered by the retelling of the incident of the paraplegic man being lowered from the roof to be healed by Jesus (ref. Mark 2). When referring to the crowd gathered around the house Jesus was in, the leader facetiously states, “You’d have thought God himself was building the Capernaum appearance.” Well, according to the Bible, He was.
So, in synopsis, there is a excellent message in this book … but it’s only applicable to right, believing Christians, which I honestly don’t reflect would need this book. I reflect the people who will need it are the ones who are “playing church” and don’t know Christ as their right Savior. And it isn’t applicable to them. So please, find something else to read. This will just waste your time.
Quote taken from p. 34
**Reviewed for Thomas Nelson Book Review Blogger**
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
As part of the Thomas Nelson Publisher Book Review Bloggers, [...], I had the opportunity to read Max Lucado’s Fearless before it was unrestricted. The full name is Fearless, Imagine Your Life Lacking Dread. This was my first ever Max Lucado book. I wasn’t reasonably sure what to expect, but people I know permanently say his books are fantastic. I can say that it was ok, but I would be hard pushed to go to fantastic.
In the world we live in, there are a lot of reasons to be fearful – terrorism, job loss, the economy, violence, and death, to name a few. Mr. Lucado tackles many topics and offers scriptural back up to combat each particular dread. I am sure that if you are a person that lives w/ dread on a daily basis, this book will be comforting to you. I have to admit, it is nice to be reminded of the bible verses. I would certainly suggest this book to a name that I knew was going through a particularly scary or stressful time. It does not but, make me want to run out and buy another book by Max Lucado. – borrow one from the Library maybe, but probably not buy one..
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
I read Fearless and find it an brilliant resource for persons with anxiety about the issues they face everyday. I encourage an entire church to go through the material as a churchwide battle. [...]
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5
It is so simple for us to live with dread in this world. Permanently feeling the need to be cautious and protective. Max Lucado does a fantastic job in showing how we need to trust in God and delight in life lacking all the dread! His examples are very clear and understandable. I really loved reading the book and am applying it to my everyday life. I am going to buy a few more copies as gifts!! Highly recommend!
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5