3:16: The Numbers of Hope

By Max Lucado

Book Overview

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

Discover how amazingly deep, wide, long, and high God's love is for you.

Sometimes life appears to fall to pieces and can seem irreparable. We've all had our fair share of disappointments, loss, or hardships. But for every challenge there is a breathtaking promise: It's going to be okay. How can we know? Because God so loved the world.

In 3:16, pastor and New York Times bestselling author Max Lucado encourages you to study closely the "Hope Diamond of the Bible" John 3:16.

Max says of his favorite verse, "Every time I recall these words, they are fresh and as stunning as my first encounter with them. The mind-bending awareness of God's limitless love, his incalculable sacrifice, and the priceless teaching at the core. How can we not review it again and again? I want this generation, and all who come after, to look closely at the key promise of God and choose the gift beyond all gifts."

Throughout this updated and expanded edition of 3:16, Max will invite you to:

Stand in awe of how deep, wide, long, and high God's love is for youUnderstand more fully the living hope you have through Jesus' death and resurrectionRest in the assurance that salvation is a gift from God, not something you can earn

If you know nothing of the Bible, start here. John 3:16 invites you to know God's love deeply and intimately. And once you accept God's love, your life will never be the same.

If you know everything in the Bible, return here. Let John 3:16 become the banner of your life, so much so that the message of God's unending and unbending love overflows from you to others.

3:16 also includes a 40-day devotional designed to help you draw closer to your loving Savior.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1400233038
• ISBN13: 9781400233038
• Release Date: February 2022
• Publisher: Thomas Nelson
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

excellent study

This is sooooooooooooo good!!!! Buy it! Get it! Get a group together to study it.

Bringing words to life...

Max Lucado is one of my favorite Christian authors, in that he has a style of writing that takes you beyond the words and into the emotions of people and places. In 3:16: The Numbers of Hope, he uses the verse John 3:16 for a number of mini-sermons that place emphasis on each word and phrase of the verse. It's an excellent read, and forced me to stop and actually contemplate all that the verse means again... Contents: The Most Famous Conversation in the Bible; No One Like Him; Hope for the Hard Heart; When You Get Booted Out; The Only One and Only; The Heart He Offers; Heaven's "Whoever" Policy; Believe and Receive; God's Gracious Grip; Hell's Supreme Surprise; What Makes Heaven Heavenly; The Last Word on Life; The 3:16ed Life; Only Jesus - 40 Days with the Son; Notes Lucado is able to break down the verse in ways that you might never think of. Each chapter starts off with a story from his life or some illustration from life that anyone can relate to. From there, he turns the illustration in a spiritual direction and shows how the words of John 3:16 in many ways encapsulates everything that the Bible teaches and stands for. To me, the best value comes from his ability to paint color with his words, to give us a scene from the Bible and bring the characters and the message to life in a way that brings fresh perspective. I guess since I've always had a hard time doing that on my own, I appreciate and value it all the more when I come across it in someone's writing. For non-Christians, this book will succinctly provide the message of the Gospel. For Christians, you'll once again be reminded in fresh ways of God's love... An excellent read...

A book that makes a great gift

Max Lucado has a way to illustrate concepts in the bible to make them crystal clear. I was raised with daily bible reading at the dinner table and know the bible well. As well as I know it, reading Max Lucado's books, and especially 3:16, has renewed and deepened the realization that God's love as expressed in Jesus is all encompassing and unconditional. He loves me when I don't love, or even like, myself.