Max Lucado

Pride and shame. They appear so different, but they have the same impact. They both keep you from your Father. Pride says, “You’re too good for him.” Shame says, “You’re too bad for him. Pride drives you away, shame keeps you away. maxlucado.com/listen/emotion…

When it came to your life on earth, you weren’t given a voice or a vote. But when it comes to life after death, you were. maxlucado.com/listen/the-pri…

“[Christ] has forgiven you all your sins: He has utterly wiped out the written evidence of broken commandments which always hung over our heads, and has completely annulled it by nailing it to the cross” (Colossians 2:13-14 Phillips). maxlucado.com/listen/gods-ha…

When soldier lifts the hammer to strike the nail, Jesus could have stopped him. Why didn’t he resist? Through the eyes of Scripture, we see what others missed but Jesus saw. maxlucado.com/listen/your-ca…

“If we confess our sins to God, He can always be trusted to forgive us and take our sins away.” [1 John 1:9] maxlucado.com/listen/give-go…

Jesus carried our sin to the cross. God speaks to Isaiah in chapter 50:6, “I did not hide my face from mocking and spitting.” The sinless One took on the face of a sinner, so that we sinners could take on the face of a saint. maxlucado.com/listen/we-have…

Search the scene of the Cross and find a wine-soaked sponge. Two crosses beside Christ. Divine gifts intended to stir that moment, that split second when your face will brighten, your eyes will widen, and God will hear you whisper, “You did this for ME?” maxlucado.com/listen/unwrap-…

Jesus began his journey when he left his home in search of us. The Bible has a word for this quest:  reconciliation. “God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself” (2 Corinthians 5:19). maxlucado.com/listen/reconci…

The cross is where God forgave his children without lowering his standards. How could he do this? In a sentence: God put our sin on his Son and punished it there. maxlucado.com/listen/god-so-…

When Christ was nailed to the cross, he took off his robe of seamless perfection and assumed a different wardrobe—the wardrobe of indignity. The indignity of nakedness, failure. He bore the indignity of sin. maxlucado.com/listen/the-sea…

How could 2 thieves see the same Jesus and 1 choose to mock and the other choose to pray? When 1 prayed, Jesus loved him enough to save him. When the other mocked, Jesus loved him enough to let him. He allowed him the choice, and He does the same for you. maxlucado.com/listen/the-val…

In so many areas of life we have no choice. “It’s not fair,” we say. But the scales of life were forever tipped on the side of fairness when God planted a tree in the Garden of Eden. maxlucado.com/listen/the-cho…

Much has been said about the prayer of the penitent thief on the cross next to Jesus. But dare we forget the one who didn’t pray? maxlucado.com/listen/the-pen…

“He has forgiven you all your sins: Christ has utterly wiped out the written evidence…and has completely annulled it by nailing it to the cross.” [Colossians 2:14] maxlucado.com/listen/jesus-h…

The same hand that stilled the seas stilled your guilt. And as the hands of Jesus opened for the nail, the doors of heaven opened for you. maxlucado.com/listen/hand-of…

Jesus never knew the fruits of sin—until he became sin for us. And when he did, all the emotions of sin tumbled in on him. Can’t you hear the emotion in his prayer at the Cross? “My God, my God, why have you rejected me?” (Matthew 27:46). maxlucado.com/listen/the-bri…

Every gift reveals God’s love, but no gift reveals his love more than the gifts of the cross. maxlucado.com/listen/gifts-o…

Heaven’s message is clear: When everything else changes, God’s presence never does. maxlucado.com/listen/afraid-…

If Jesus’ tomb is empty, then his promise is not. So let’s die with faith. Jesus grants courage for the final passage. No need to dread it or ignore it. Because of Jesus Christ, you can face it. maxlucado.com/listen/fear-of…

“Do good…be rich in good works, ready to give, and willing to share.” [1 Timothy 6:18] maxlucado.com/listen/how-to-…