Authors: Max Lucado
ISBN-13: 9780849937415, ISBN-10: 0849937418
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Nelson, Thomas, Inc.
Date Published: June 1999
Edition: Reprint
Max Lucado, Minister of Writing and Preaching for the Oak Hills Church in San Antonio, Texas, is the husband of Denalyn and father of Jenna, Andrea, and Sara. He is the author of multiple bestsellers and is America’s leading inspirational author. Visit his website at www.maxlucado.com.
Do you find it hard to believe that the One who made everything keeps your name on His heart and on His lips? Did you realize that your name is written on the hand of God (Is. 49:16)? Perhaps you've never seen your name honored. And you can't remember when you heard it spoken with kindness. In this book, Lucado offers the inspiration to believe that God has already bought the ticket-with your name on it.
Lucado, a pastor and the award-winning author of the bestselling Tell Me the Story and He Still Moves Stones , among others, has here composed a series of short stories for those who, he says, might not realize ``that God has written their true name upon His hand.'' Allegories, the retelling of Bible stories (i.e., Moses becomes an office janitor to whom God speaks through a mop bucket) and even Lucado's own journeys are used to show God's grace and holiness and to hold out hope in the midst of life. Lucado is blessed with the gift of storytelling. And sometimes that gift shines in these short stories; at other times, however, the successful storyteller seems instead to be riding on his own coattails and merely employing an easy formula. (July)
Acknowledgments | ix |
Introduction | 1 |
PART ONE THE SONG OF THE MINSTREL | |
1 The Voice from the Mop Bucket | 11 |
2 Why Jesus Went to Parties | 19 |
3 Hidden Heroes | 27 |
4 You Might've Been in the Bible | 35 |
5 Maxims | 41 |
6 God's Christmas Cards | 45 |
7 Behind the Shower Curtain | 51 |
8 Gabriel's Questions | 55 |
9 What Is Your Price? | 61 |
10 Groceries and Grace | 71 |
11 The Choice | 73 |
12 The Prophet | 77 |
PART TWO THE TOUCH OF THE MASTER | |
13 When Crickets Make You Cranky | 87 |
14 Seeing What Eyes Can't | 97 |
15 Overcoming Your Heritage | 103 |
16 The Sweet Sound of the Second Fiddle | 111 |
17 Your Sack of Stones | 117 |
18 Of Oz and God | 123 |
19 An Inside Job | 129 |
20 Late-Night Good News | 135 |
21Healthy Habits | 141 |
22 DFW and the Holy Spirit | 147 |
23 The God Who Fights for You | 153 |
PART THREE THE GUEST OF THE MAESTRO | |
24 The Gift of Unhappiness | 171 |
25 On Seeing God | 177 |
26 Orphans at the Gate | 185 |
27 View of the High Country | 191 |
28 The Name Only God Knows | 197 |
Notes | 201 |
Discussion Guide | 205 |