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Max Lucado Answers Twitter Followers’ Questions

By Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service
RNS photo courtesy www.KarenJames.com
Christian author Max Lucado talked to Religion News Service about grace. RNS photo courtesy www.KarenJames.com
Sep 19, 2012
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Prolific author Max Lucado talked to Religion News Service about grace, the topic of his 29th book, and answered a range of questions from people who follow RNS on Twitter. Lucado, 57, is the minister of preaching at Oak Hills Church, a nondenominational congregation in San Antonio.

The interview has been edited for length and clarity.

Q: You write that people don’t have a deep understanding of grace. What’s the difference between grace and mercy?

A: My hunch is that most people have settled for a wimpy grace. It’s something that doesn’t change their lives. There is a difference between grace and mercy. Mercy is the decision of God not to punish us. But grace is the decision of God to save and bless us.

Q: @tunde_ogunyinka wants to know: What is the one thing you can’t do without each day?

A. I think the one thing that I cannot do without each day is hope. If you put me in a position where you took all my hope away, I’m not sure I could make it through the day.

Q: @kaykay_ayodeji asked: Which book or writer has inspired your style of writing?

A: Early in my writing I was influenced by a man named Frederick Buechner. Back in the ‘90s I read many of his books and it really influenced my thinking and my writing. He has a slight irreverence that I thought was refreshing but it’s not an irreverence that’s unbiblical. It’s just real appreciation for God’s greatness. It’s like it released him to be a happy writer.

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Christian author Max Lucado talked to Religion News Service about grace. RNS photo courtesy www.KarenJames.com
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