Review: Outlive Your Life by Max Lucado

I’m embarassed to admit it, but I have a bad habit of writing off authors like Max Lucado that have massive appeal and seem to have a new book out every other month. For some reason that makes some part of me say, “Anything that has such a massive audience must pander to the lowest common denominator and can’t be that good”. All this judging before I’ve even picked up one of their books. Silly I know. 

Especially when the subject is as important as in Outlive Your Life. Because, let’s face it, you are going to die. I am going to die. And chances are it’s going to happen sooner than we think. In this book Mr. Lucado sets out to win your emotions and logic with stories and statistics that show that 1) You were created to make a difference 2) It is possible for you to make a difference and even 3) God is waiting and wanting to use you in all this difference making. His writing is easy to read –but that isn’t a bad thing. It’s obvious he’s hoping that you will see yourself differently and respond accordingly, not use his book as a basis for grand theological discussions and keep living as though you were immortal.

This book was provided to me for review purposes for free.