He Chose The Nails: What God did to Win Your Heart

by Max Lucado

Hardcover, 2000

Status

Available

Description

Linger on the hill of Calvary. Rub a finger on the timber and press the nail into your hand. Taste the tinge of cheap wine and feel the scrape of a thorn on your brow. Touch the velvet dirt, moist with the blood of God. Allow the tools of torture to tell their story. Listen as they tell you what God did to win your heart.

Publication

W Pub Group (2000), 215 pages

Awards

Christian Book Award (Winner — Inspirational — 2001)

Rating

(107 ratings; 4.1)

User reviews

LibraryThing member debs4jc
In his usual visual and descriptive prose Lucado uses the objects associated with the cruxifiction as springboards for a series of devotional essays. God's love and Christ's suffering offer a lot of inspiration for the Christian life.
LibraryThing member LizzieBeth95
Belief and faith in God are two things that guide many along the righteous path. The scriptures show us that anything is possible; we only need to believe. Unfortunately, that’s easier said than done. It’s hard, sometimes, to believe in something we can’t see, to place our trust in someone
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we’ve never truly met, but that’s what faith is about, isn’t it? To love God whole-heartedly and place our lives, our trust, and our beliefs within his hands.

Using aspects of his own life to show us what the grace of God has done for him, Max Lucado is able to broaden the reader’s understanding of what having faith in Him is like. He breaks things down so that anyone of any age can find significance with the passages he writes. Embedded throughout the book are lessons he’s learned along the way, lessons meant to enrich and fulfill the life he’s lead. With each stroke of the pen, he allows us to understand the sacrifice that our beloved God has made in order for us to life a fulfilling and righteous life.

The book is quite thought-provoking and the meaning behind Max’s analogies strike deep within one’s soul. This book will definitely give the reader a thorough understanding of what Jesus Christ went through in order to cleanse of us of our sins. I truly recommend this book for reading and enjoyed reading it very much.
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LibraryThing member LizzieBeth95
Belief and faith in God are two things that guide many along the righteous path. The scriptures show us that anything is possible; we only need to believe. Unfortunately, that’s easier said than done. It’s hard, sometimes, to believe in something we can’t see, to place our trust in someone
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we’ve never truly met, but that’s what faith is about, isn’t it? To love God whole-heartedly and place our lives, our trust, and our beliefs within his hands.

Using aspects of his own life to show us what the grace of God has done for him, Max Lucado is able to broaden the reader’s understanding of what having faith in Him is like. He breaks things down so that anyone of any age can find significance with the passages he writes. Embedded throughout the book are lessons he’s learned along the way, lessons meant to enrich and fulfill the life he’s lead. With each stroke of the pen, he allows us to understand the sacrifice that our beloved God has made in order for us to life a fulfilling and righteous life.

The book is quite thought-provoking and the meaning behind Max’s analogies strike deep within one’s soul. This book will definitely give the reader a thorough understanding of what Jesus Christ went through in order to cleanse of us of our sins. I truly recommend this book for reading and enjoyed reading it very much.
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LibraryThing member LizzieBeth95
Belief and faith in God are two things that guide many along the righteous path. The scriptures show us that anything is possible; we only need to believe. Unfortunately, that’s easier said than done. It’s hard, sometimes, to believe in something we can’t see, to place our trust in someone
Show More
we’ve never truly met, but that’s what faith is about, isn’t it? To love God whole-heartedly and place our lives, our trust, and our beliefs within his hands.

Using aspects of his own life to show us what the grace of God has done for him, Max Lucado is able to broaden the reader’s understanding of what having faith in Him is like. He breaks things down so that anyone of any age can find significance with the passages he writes. Embedded throughout the book are lessons he’s learned along the way, lessons meant to enrich and fulfill the life he’s lead. With each stroke of the pen, he allows us to understand the sacrifice that our beloved God has made in order for us to life a fulfilling and righteous life.

The book is quite thought-provoking and the meaning behind Max’s analogies strike deep within one’s soul. This book will definitely give the reader a thorough understanding of what Jesus Christ went through in order to cleanse of us of our sins. I truly recommend this book for reading and enjoyed reading it very much.
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LibraryThing member EffixiousSundown
I enjoyed this book had a hard time putting it down bought a few more copy for friends and family so they also could enjoy this book.Max Lucado is a very clever voice when he writes i felt intrenched by his words.I wanted to know more to read the book faster and faster than probably humanly
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possible.I felt that I was more aware of Jesus who he was and what he stood for not that I had no knowledge before but know it was engrained in my soul. I feel like a better person for having this knowledge a better christian for reading it now I never hesitate to pick up one of Max Lucado 's book I fell in love with the way he writes the way he opened up my imagination and lead me willingly to the knowledge i was seeking 5 thumbs up love love this book have read it more than once.
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LibraryThing member VhartPowers
This is the first Lucado, (Luh-CAY-do) book I've ever read. There were parts of the book that I connected with and made the book worthwhile.
What I didn't like; the scriptures at the beginning of each chapter in various versions, the story about him lying about his name pronunciation, and two quick
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examples of questionable or incomplete information.
pg. 82 "No one but the high priest entered the Holy of Holies." No one else was supposed to but Pompey, a paganist, did defile the Holy of Holies in 63BC.
pg. 133 The Facts. The movement has never been stronger. Over one billion Catholics and early as many Protestants. Does Lucado think they are Christian?
As a bonus, there is a study guide at the back of the book and it isn't strictly scripture study, but thought provoking questions. The questions are broken down by the topic of each chapter. I haven't worked on these yet, but I'm looking forward to it.
Overall, a decent book. I'd give this author another read, maybe A Gentle Thunder or When God Whispers Your Name?
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