Max Lucado is the comfort food of Christian writers. He has a talent for taking tough, hard to digest ideas and making them easily understandable. In Next Door Savior, Lucado has taken the idea of Jesus as both God and Man and explained how and why that is necessary.
Subtitled Near Enough to Touch, Strong Enough to Trust, this book demonstrates how no one is too broken or too far away to experience the love of God. Jesus became a man, literally, in order to fully experience what we do, and to reassure us that He has been where we are and lived what we live. He has complete understanding of what it means to be human.
The first section of the book is called No Person He Won't Touch. This section discusses nine different types of people whom Jesus loves. These include Every Person, Shady People, Desperate People, Discouraged People, Suffering People, Grieving People, Tormented People, Spiritually Weary People, and Imperfect People. If you look hard enough, I'm sure there is a category you fit in. Lucado shares anecdotes and scripture to illustrate his points.
The second section is called No Place He Won't Go. Covered in this section are: Every Place, Inward Places, Ordinary Places, Religious Places, Unexpected Places, Wilderness Places, Stormy Places, The Highest Place, Godforsaken Places, God-Ordained Places, and Incredible Places. Again, I'm sure the place you are in is mentioned. The good news? Jesus has been there and will go again for YOU.
This book is a great answer for anyone who has said "I'd love to come to church/become a Christian, but I've got to get myself right first". Thanks to Jesus, the God-Man, we don't need to get ourselves right first. He does it for us.
Included in this edition of the book is a discussion guide, which makes it perfect for small group or Bible studies.
P. S. The anecdote of the little boy who had knots in his shoelaces is priceless. "Do you untie knots?"
I give Next Door Savior 5 out of 5 stars.
I was given a review copy of this book by Thomas Nelson Publishers in exchange for an honest review.
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