Can God Really Forgive Me with Max Lucado

Made For This with Jennie Allen

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 6.1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 October 2023

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Jennie sits down with Max Lucado, a beloved pastor and author. Their conversation delves into Max's extensive ministry experience and his reflections on faith, grace, and the story of Jacob from the Bible, emphasizing God's relentless love and forgiveness. The discussion highlights the universal struggle to accept and believe in God's grace, especially when confronted with our own imperfections and failures. This episode is a great reminder that grace can transform lives and cultivate a desire for holiness.

MAIN POINTS:

0:31 Jennie introduces Max Lucado
3:17 Max Lucado's background and love for the church
5:12 Introduction of Max Lucado's book, "God Never Gives Up on You"
5:46 Max Lucado explains the story of Jacob
10:51 Jennie and Max discuss the concept of grace
21:04 Max Lucado prays for listeners to understand and embrace God's grace

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0:00.0	This is Jenny Allen, and you are listening to The Made For This podcast.
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0:31.0	You all are in for such a treat today because you love this man, you love this pastor.
0:36.0	I love this pastor. He's kind of just America's pastor. It's Max Lucato, and you have blessed my life so much Max.
0:45.0	I specifically think back, and I think this is such a picture of who you are that in the middle of COVID, we kept watching you.
0:53.0	And I think it was because you issue such peace, and you can speak to when the waters are wild, and it feels like everything's crazy.
1:02.0	I think your faith and your voice and the way that you communicate it just brings peace.
1:07.0	And my kids wanted to listen to you, which is pretty incredible, Max.
1:10.0	You're really spanning the generations here. So anyway, I'm just grateful for your life and the way that you serve.
1:18.0	And I mean, something that we haven't talked about, you've been on the show before, but your local church, you have been at that church for how many years?
1:24.0	Yeah, 35 years. I came here in 1988. The church was already a healthy church. I didn't start the church.
1:33.0	I moved here from South America, by the way, thank you for those kind words, and thank you for letting me be on the part of the conversation today.
1:42.0	So we came here in 1988, and I was 33 at the time, and the church was healthy.
1:49.0	Had about 400 members had been in existence already for 30 years at that point.
1:56.0	So it was a very established church. More of a neighborhood church met, we met in a building about 20 minutes away from where we'd been the last 10 or 15 years.
2:09.0	The big move came for us when the Lord gave us a 36 acre parcel of land outside of San Antonio.
2:18.0	It used to be outside of San Antonio, but like other cities, everything is grown up around where we are.
2:24.0	But that turned out to be such a blessing. A lot of us have plenty of available room and build a couple of different sanctuaries over the years.
2:33.0	And it's been a great run. It really has.
2:36.0	Well, I think what a gift to be somewhere for that many years, and just to dig roots, because as you have dug roots in that local church,
2:45.0	your words have gone out to the world, 145 million products in print, 56 languages across 80 countries.
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