Blog Posts by Max Lucado

For Kids: Jesus Knows Some people might think, Jesus, it’s easy for You up there. You’re in Heaven. You just don’t know how hard it is down here. But those ...

Elie Wiesel was a correspondent for a Jewish newspaper in Paris, France, in 1954. A decade earlier he was a prisoner in a Jewish concentration camp. A decade later he ...

The Word became flesh and blood, and moved into the neighborhood. — John 1:14 MSG The celebration of Advent is possible only to those who are troubled in soul, who ...

Holiday time is highway time. Ever since the magi packed their bags for Bethlehem, the birth of Jesus has caused people to hit the road. Our Christmas trips have a ...

No one is like the Lord our God, who rules from Heaven. — Psalm 113:5 NCV On a trip to the United Kingdom, our family visited a castle. In the ...

Paul traveled through Turkey and arrived in Ephesus, where he found several disciples. “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” he asked them. “No,” they replied, “we don’t ...

Editor's note: Join us for the God Never Gives Up on You Online Bible Study starting 10/23! * The revelation awaits an appointed time; it speaks of the end and ...

Editor's note: Join us for the God Never Gives Up on You Online Bible Study starting 10/23! * Genesis 28:10-17 You’ve had, or will have, moments of deep despair. You’ve had, or ...

Editor's note: Join us for the God Never Gives Up on You Online Bible Study starting 10/23! * Genesis 30:25-31:55 Let’s Talk About the Laban in Your Life. I know. You’d rather ...

One day while studying for a message, I read the words Jesus used to describe the Holy Spirit: comforter and friend. I recall having this wonderful realization: “I know that ...

God did not keep back His own Son, but He gave Him for us. If God did this, won’t He freely give us everything else? — Romans 8:32 CEV What ...

A troublemaker plants seeds of strife; gossip separates the best of friends. — Proverbs 16:28 NLT Great God, you are so good to me. Healthy friendships are a gift from ...

Before You Begin Read Mark 5:21–24, 35–43 NIV When Jesus had again crossed over by boat to the other side of the lake, a large crowd gathered around Him while ...

The Burden of Fear I will fear no evil. — Psalm 23:4 NKJV It’s the expression of Jesus that puzzles us. We’ve never seen His face like this. Jesus smiling, ...

Esther 1:1-2:18 WELCOME The middle school lunchroom. Do you remember the place? Plastic trays, mystery meat, mini-milk cartons, soggy potato chips… and you. You’re a twelve-year-old kid who has just ...

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through Him all things were made; ...