FEARLESS REVIEW

        Max Lucado’s Fearless gently prods readers to live a life where your visceral reaction to life’s challenges is faith, not fear. Lucado is not dismissive about the role fear plays in our lives but rather, puts fear in proper perspecctive and equips readers to move beyond fear. Lucado offers wisdom for dealing with common fears such as not mattering, disappointing God, something happening to your children, violence, calamity, and lack. Max Lucado’s conversational style of writing makes it seem that he is personally walking you through each chapter of the book. He introduces the book with the chapter “Why Are We Afraid?” The book ends with a discussion guide that makes Fearless easy to incorporate into small groups.

        In the pages between the introduction and discussion guide, Lucado skillfully uses examples from the lives of ordinary people such as his prison pen pal to extraordinary people like David Robinson of the San Antonio Spurs to Biblical people such as Jairus. The variety of people used as examples provides experiences nearly every reader can relate to. Fearless conveyed Biblical truth in a way that is accessible, comforting, and motivating. The book discusses more than fear, but also trust. Lucado urges readers to “Trust him, not stuff.” This particular message is timely during a time when people are facing losing their “stuff” through foreclosures and reposessions. Lucado states in Fearless “Fear may fill our world, but it doesn’t have to fill our hearts.” I would recommend this book. While your life may not be devoid of fear, the book can help you to fear, LESS.