Stories Quotes by Max Lucado

Here's what I really love: I love a funny story that I can tag a serious line on the end of.

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I try to be honest; I really do try not to exaggerate the story. I try to be accurate.

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Every faith has its story; every faith has its roots.

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I think you have to be very careful about any story that puffs you up.

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I think there is something about a story that is enduring. Stories take on a life of their own.

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Our society is just less open to platitudes, more open to stories.

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The Bible is full of stories of men and women who've found themselves in frightening situations but who chose to look up…

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You cover 50 yards on the playing field of faith with a story that downplays your success. You cover 3 yards, or…

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It's my hope that as you dip your toe into the Bible's story and viewpoint, you'll find yourself feeling that the Good…

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I didn't want to just write stories that were entertaining. Nor did I want to be so scholarly that people couldn't digest…

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God cast you in His play, wrote you into His story. He has a definite direction for your life. Fulfill it and…

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In order to find Jesus, every one of us needs direction. God gives it. The story of the wise men shows us…

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A story does that: it will reach out and hook somebody and hold them for just a few moments while you unpack…

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I would guess that about 75% of my stories are like that - personal experiences that I probably over-milk.

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I think you can tilt too far to the side of the story where the message is just simply entertainment. So I…

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And we need to share our story. Not with everyone but with someone. There is someone who is like you were. And…

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The Prodigal Son story is, I think, the greatest short-story ever written. It has such drama in it, such great characters, it's…

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In this post-modern culture in which we live - where people question absolute truth - stories are resistant to platitudes; they're resistant…

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I'm convinced that the Christian claim is really true, that this is just a warm up to the big event. That this…

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Matthew loved the magi. He gave their story more square inches of text than he gave the narrative of the birth of…

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If we think that this life is all there is to life, then there is no interpretation of our problems, our pain,…

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I could easily go through all my books and mark the ones that were original, mark the ones that were adapted or…

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What you and I might rate as an absolute disaster, God may rate as a pimple-level problem that will pass. He views…

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I've found great virtue in two-thirds of the way into the message; right before I'm really want to nail home a point,…

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For all its peculiarities and unevenness, the Bible has a simple story. God made man. Man rejected God. God won't give up…

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I think there is a time, if I can say this; there is a time in a message where you might just…

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The Bible is the story of two gardens. Eden and Gethsemane. In the first, Adam took a fall. In the second, Jesus…

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Truth can arrive within the story and ride latent - a bit incognito - within a story, and people are more prone…

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The strength of a story is that it stays with people and it gives an opportunity for that story to connect with…

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My book centers in on the New Testament, the goal being to help a person who wants to understand the Bible to…

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What I may intend for a story to communicate and what a story ends up communicating could be two different things. And…

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I think a story is an attention grabber. I think it's a truth conveyor. Those are two great features of a good…

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I believe the Bible tells a story we recognize as true. I don't just mean it tells an accurate story - though…

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It's such a unique story. Book of Joshua in the Bible wasn't always my favorite book, by the way. Only some ago…

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I do think there is great strength, though, in starting a sermon with a story, then returning to that story at the…

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Every time we equip the church with a verse, chapter or a story from the Bible, we're really placing another weapon in…

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I firmly believe that the purpose of life is not this life. It is to equip us, whatever our role is going…

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Well, I think the main message is there is more to your story. There is more than what happens between the crib…

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The Bible is the story of two gardens: Eden and Gethsemane. In the first, Adam took a fall. In the second, Jesus…

— Max Lucado