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Monday, September 20, 2010

A book I read

Out Live Your Life- You Were Made to Make a Difference is Max Lucado's newest book. I was given a copy of it for free from Booksneeze.com. In return I am to post a review of it on my blog. I am not forced into writing a positive review.

Out Live Your Life is about making a difference in this world. It is a very easy read. Light, sometimes convicting, definitely eye opening. The book takes you through several passages of the book of Acts, and retells the trials of Paul as fought to bring Christ's message to people. Lucado writes sixteen chapters, each with it's own topic of how one can make a difference in today's society. He starts out with an inspiring chapter on our once in a lifetime opportunity, followed by a call to the ordinary everyone. Then he gets into the meat of the book by taking up topics such as hospitality, working together, identifying the poor and not ignoring them, giving generously quietly, and breaking down cultural walls.

Personally, I found this book to be somewhat inspiring, a nice reminder of the potential I have to make a difference. It was not a life changing book. It seemed to be a bit shallow. I suppose I feel that anyone who sat down with this topic in mind could have come up with a book as impactful as this. I don't mean to discredit Max Lucado at all. His personal stories are great, and his message true. It just isn't a book that I would rave about to my friends as a must read.