The Numbers of Hope 3:16
This month at Christian Book Club we will be reading Max Lucado’s 3:16 The Numbers of Hope. I always enjoy reading Max Lucado. His writing style flows in a way that makes reading the book very enjoyable. He is an amazing storyteller. There is so much power in story. Here is how we will read the book:
- Week 1 - Chapters 1 - 3
- Week 2 - Chapters 4 - 6
- Week 3 - Chapters 7 - 9
- Week 4 - Chapters 10 - 12
I would also suggest reading the 40 day devotional that begins on page 135. I know that there are only 30 days in June but we could discuss the first 30 days and I think we will enjoy the extra discussion. As always I look forward to reading your comments. Your insight really adds to reading the book.
A Personal Note
I am sorry I didn’t post sooner. At the church I pastor we had one of our members get hit by a car while she was running on Thursday morning and she went to be with Jesus. Her name was Dawn. She was really quite an amazing woman. She had a very difficult past, drugs and alcohol and a lot of personal tragedy. Five years ago she gave her life to Jesus and she had a huge impact on people. She was an amazing example of what it means to be “Born Again”. I have been ministering to her friends and family and hearing about the impact she has had on them. I had just finished reading Your God is Too Safe when I got the phone call Thursday morning.All I could think about was the C.S. Lewis scene that Buchanan had talked about at the end of the book. Where the children are with Aslan and they find out that they had been in a train wreck and that they had died and were going to stay with Aslan. This was the quote that really stuck with me.
“All their life in this world and all their adventures in Narnia had only been the cover and title page: now at last they were beginning Chapter One of the Great Story, which no one on earth has read: which goes on for ever and ever: in which every chapter is better than the one before.”
Dawn is beginning Chapter One of the Great Story. She will be missed but I am glad that she is with Jesus in the for ever story.
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Comment by Sarah on 5 June 2008:
I’ve only read the first two chapters and the first devotional, but I’m really liking it so far. I enjoy Max Lucado’s writing, and I’ve heard him speak a couple of times at Women of Faith.
I really like the way he broke down “Born Again” in the first chapter. Being born is a passive act, the mother does all the work. Being born again is also a passive act, it’s God who does the work. We can’t get into heaven by our works or accomplishments; it’s all because of God’s mercy.
Comment by stephenlawes on 6 June 2008:
I hope everyone is also reading the daily devotional in the back of the book. It is an excellent bonus read. Max is telling the story of Jesus life in little snippets of time. Each day has been excellent so far!