Max Lucados “His Name is Jesus” is a beautiful book in every sense of the word. The outsized, hard cover book is one that you would proudly display on your coffee table or offer as a gift for someone special. “His Name is Jesus” traces Jesus steps from his birth to his mission, his death to his resurrection and ultimately, his legacy.

Each section of every chapter of this book has excerpted portions from Lucados previous books. Lucado’s books such as “God Came Near”, “Just Like Jesus,” and “When God Whispers Your Name” are part of a host of books quoted in this compilation which serve to best highlight aspects of different stages of Jesus’ life.

Lucado has such a powerful grasp of words. He masterfully uses the economy of a sentence to dramatically emphasize God in short, restrained, encapsulated prose. Here are some literary gems as examples:

• “God had entered the world as a baby.”
• “The hands that hung the stars in the heavens also wiped away the tears of the widow and the leper.”
• “Angels were only a prayer away. Couldnt they have taken the spittle away?”

Lucado’s words capture the imagination, move the heart and stir the soul. It would be difficult to pry yourself away from “His Name is Jesus” which capture the spirit of devotion to God.

A final comment about the photographs that grace the pages of this book: I would be remiss and negligent if I were not to state how the images for this book perfectly marry the written word. The pictures take both the reader and the text to another level experientially. This is a book that genuinely serves to elevate one’s spirit and deepen ones devotion.