A Serious Concern About Max Lucado! 

NOTE: I wouldn't necessarily call Max Lucado a "false teacher". But he certainly is endorsing false teachers and, in doing so, contributing to the problem of false teaching in the church. This is something that Christians need to be made aware of so that they can avoid unbiblical doctrine.

I have read many of Max Lucado's books, and I use to love them. I mistakenly thought he was a solid bible teacher. Within the last year or so, he was in the paper, as an LGBTI lobby group had 'dug up' a sermon he gave over 10 years, where he preached the truth about what the Bible's say's about same-sex relationships. Max Lucado then publicly caved in, he publicly apologised for being 'unloving' towards the LGBTI community, and retracted everything. That's when I knew he was a 'people-pleaser', and not standing on God's Word.

Many years ago, I read one of Max Lucado's books that vividly described the Saving Work of Christ on the Cross. Made the mistake of reading it at lunchtime and was moved to tears in the restaurant where I read it. Over the years, I'd seen him appear on TV and always had solid statements theologically, so he built that reputation. Apparently, he more recently has traded on that rep to monetize it with other popular teachers who aren't so biblically sound and has thereby diluted his own message. Now, he's at the point where he has to save his popularity by apologizing for previous solid teaching about immorality. Before that apology, I caught a home-based online devotional he led during 2020; it was so devoid of anything meaningful, just syrupy emotions, that I couldn't stay with it. Truly disappointed. I do pray that he would repent and return to God before the pop culture gets too much ahold of him.

Lucado has also made concerning statements regarding LGBT and BLM. Thanks for adding yet another reason to stay far and away from him

I've been a fan of Lucado for many years and have several of his books. So disappointed to see/learn how woke he has become. This marks the end of me reading his books. Thanks for all your work!

Isn’t Mr. Lucado part of the social justice movement now?

He joined up w/ BLM, supported Hillary Clinton, Biden, and friends with Beth Moore and Matt Chandler. That says it all.

Max LucAdo has been around forever with business books about success . He has always been a concern to those who teach true doctrine.

Hey Colin, I found your channel a few days ago and I must have watched close to 80 or 100 of your videos. Just want to say that I'm loving it and you've got another solid subscriber. Keep it up brother, Christ's flock needs men like you to stand firm. Your's in Christ, Daniel.

He also endorsed Biden along with Tim Keller. This is in character.

This is a good call out! Lucado has indeed been embracing certain false teachers that have clearly boosted his already very robust book sales, speaking engagements and fees from these endeavors. I think a lot of his capitulations, like almost every "celebrity 'pastor,'" are rooted in a desire for money, fame, notoriety, etc.

I have always been somewhat suspicious of Max Lucado. Hard to say exactly why. Perhaps simply The Holy Spirit's still, quiet voice giving discernment.

I bought one of his books back in 2007 when in was barely a teen...needless to say, I could never get myself to finish the book. I currently have The Jesus Bible in which he is one of the people who has written an article alongside John Piper, Ravi Zacharias, Louie Giglio and others. It ends up being so easy for a Believer to get lost sometimes when you find false teachers being packed in the same box as those who are doctrinally sound, as is in this Jesus Bible case. Unless someone comes across a video like this or something, they may never realise that Max Lucado and so many others are people to watch out for and be cautious.

“I’ve met all three in the person of Christine Cain” 🤯. I’ve never really liked Max anyway. I haven’t heard much from him because what little I have heard has been so wishy washy sounding that I was unimpressed to say the least. He always struck me as someone who would rather tell you a lie than hurt anyone’s feelings. A touchy-feely speaker is what I got from him. 🤮

You sir are correct as usual! Keep it up we need people like you!

I had a book by Lucado many years ago and always considered him a solid Christian teacher and writer, until I once saw him promote the heretical station Daystar ("tell a friend to watch Daystar"), which gave me second thoughts. Then his apology to the gay community, which brought a reprimand from James White made my view ever lower. Oh, and just to point out that Max pronounces his last name "looCAYdo"

I nearly forgot about this guy! I put him in the same ballpark as Thomas Kinkade. Feel-good, toasty warm, but theologically bankrupt or famished at best. But also a sign. With many false teachers, what attracts people to them isn’t just because of deception, but because of what they offer. Christianity, the true one, should also be warm and welcoming and hospitable as a RESULT of the gospel. It may not BE our gospel like the heretics, but it is one of the signs that we aren’t hypocrites about the love we preach. The Bible endorses correction, not coldness.

Ironically the Bible study group that I attend has just finished doing a series on Max Lucado’s book, “You are never alone”. He sounds very credible and sweet, but of course a ravenous wolf disguised in sheep’s clothing (Matt 7:15). I didn’t bother participating in the study as I already knew this man was just another false teacher.

Thanks for this information .from Germany

Slight correction brother Colin: LUKE - "A" (long sound) - DOE.

As the list of false teachers; continues to enlarge in it's self. It's rather hard to believe those folks are not reading their Bible. That would be the first problem. Right behind, would be not having a personal relationship with Christ. God said: "the scriptures were written so, even the simplest fool would not error." Colin please speak on the root cause.

I've seen Max's name in so many places. Never read his books but wow, what happened to Christians using their God given talents to win those to Christ? It's clear to me that these people, whether Hillsong, Max Lucado, Joel Olsteen, Amy Grant etc. all they care about is money and saying rosey things with no foundation or substance. Such a sad testimony on their part. Good video Colin!

Max Lucado would rather please man than to obey God, this is what is referred as in some circles as a Pantie Waist Preacher . We all need to pray for him.

More like “Max Locodude” …get it?……..tough crowd 😞

We need merch that says “let’s do this using three biblical points…” and on the back “shall we?” 🙌🏻😁

Hi Colin watch the Nelson Walters video "Why Christians will betray one another in the End times". Nelson talks about Pastors growing tares in their Churches because of false doctrine. Greetings Brisbane 😊🇦🇺🇦🇺

He has written really good books in the past! But like so many he is endorsing the social justice movement in the church.

I have encountered Max Lucado before, in an email exchange. He is very dismissive and takes these accusations very lightly.

I read The King James Version Bible. I Timothy 2:12 is not saying that a woman can not teach or preach. It was saying that a wife couldn't be dominated over her husband. Back in those days if a wife did not understand something that was preached or taught in church, she had to get an understanding from her husband outside of church. She wasn't allowed to ask questions in church. If she knew something, she wasn't allowed to teach it to her husband or members in church. She would have been out of line. That was in those days. Some Pastors do not allow their members to ask questions in Bible Studies and some does. Well in churches where members can ask questions, a wife can asks questions, she does not have to wait to ask her husband when they are alone. Some churches let women teach Bible Study. For people that believe that a woman can't teach or preach, I would like to know what a woman can do in church? Does a saved woman have a ministry? Does a saved woman has a calling and what would it be? Back to I Timothy 2. It''s about a husband and wife. I Timothy 2:11 Let the women learn in silence with all subjection. (Who is the woman being subjected to?) I Timothy 2:12 But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. (Notice this verse does not say men, but man instead. So who is "the man" this verse is talking about? The husband) I Timothy 2:13 For Adam was first formed then Eve. (Adam was Eve's husband. Eve was Adam's wife.) I Timothy 2:14 And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression. I Timothy 2:15 Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety. (They = husband and wife)

Thank you Colin for exposing yet another false teacher. This way we know who to avoid!

Hey Colin! You said that you have an issue with the statement "there was something about this man's faith that activated a miracle". I get your point, that it's God who does the miracle and not the faith that directly causes it, but the idea that faith is involved is actually a Biblical viewpoint. Just to make you aware of a few verses here that might contradict what you're implying about Cristine Cain's comment: Mark 5:34 "And he said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace, and be healed of your disease.” Matthew 8:13 "And to the centurion Jesus said, “Go; let it be done for you as you have believed.” And the servant was healed at that very moment." Why would Jesus say that "your faith has made you well" in the first passage, if he didn't mean that "your faith has made you well"? Can you please explain to me why the comment of Jesus in this passage is different from "this man's faith activated a miracle"? If it's true what you say, that words are important, and that faith is never to be misunderstood as the thing that "activates" or "causes" a miracle, then why would Jesus not be clear? Is Jesus mistaken or confused? I have never listened to Cristine Cain, and I don't contend for the prosperity gospel, but I think it hurts your message when you take snippets of what someone said while they're paraphrasing a Biblical truth and then focus so much on the semantics that you're willing to completely throw the baby out with the bath water. It seems that your disdain for some of these people (or perhaps zeal for exposing false teachers) is so strong that you will latch onto the tiniest possible semantical issue and risk your credibility. I commend you for trying to expose the truth and to ensure that Christians are not being misled, but please, brother, give us only irrefutable truth and not semantics-based commentary.

Max is a great guy. That said he has fallen into the mutual admiration society of prosperity preachers. D.Bonhoeffer would say he is being crushed by the weight of the never ending river of cheap grace he has dispensed over the past twenty years.

Good job I'll be aware of Max lucado

PLEASE STOP SAYING LUCODO!! No Max Lucado isn’t just known for a kid’s book. He’s well known in the Christian community for his books and sermons and TBN interviews.

If these fake Christians n fake pastors don’t repent for their evil wicked deeds & harm they have brought upon people they will suffer eternity burning in hell.

Hey Colin, Would love to know your statement of faith so I can learn more about your perspective better. Thank you!

Thanks for this video, I had been wondering what to think of this man. Good video.

How sad that Max Lucado would speak like that.

"Now the just shall live by faith; But if anyone draws back, My soul has no pleasure in him.” - Hebrews 10:38

I have a question that I've turned over in my head often lately. I would be the first to say a woman ought not teach adult mixed audiences based on the Bible's teachings. But what about female teachers on you tube or other places online? What if a woman wants to put out Christian content? If we are being absolutely pendantic, she can't teach males, but she has no control over who watches her material. Does this mean she cannot teach online through a RU-vid channel or some such?

The Holy Spirit should tell you that Max Lucado is not good.

Dude.....please give us more than calling people out!!! What about some teaching!!! A message that God has placed on your heart!!!!!! Cmon bro....balance

11.09.2021 I believe that Max Lucado recently, as within the past few months ... either retracted or apologized for his negative beliefs/statements from decades ago concerning the alphabet crowd's lifestyle. Now, he may not necessarily endorse their lifestyle, but he doesn't see anything unbiblical about it or worse yet; not staying with his original Biblical stand. There's a Utube video some where that gives his opinions. Sorry, I don't recall it more clearly, but that's a huge reason that I don't buy his products or follow him anymore.🤷‍♀️

You seem a little angry

I used to like Lucado, even bought a couple of his books years ago. Then I realized he puts out books by the dozen, and they all say the same thing basically. In it for the money.

Lucado - not solid. A pragmatic man. Compromiser.

This kid is so condescending and negative it blows my mind. There is a way to call out false teachers without his attitude

Lucado is about 3 years beyond the point of needing to repent. He unfortunately believes that he is bigger than God and the Bible and can forge his own way regardless of the truth. His pride has destroyed the truth he used to speak. He is a false teacher at this point who needs to publicly repent.

Thanks for this video

Spencer Smith outlines the contrast between "neovangelicals" and fundamental, Bible-believing Christians. Max falls into the former category. He embraces the ecumenical movement, while softening the gospel, in order to profit from his watered-down form of Christianity. His book sales are his priority. It's not called "sheep's clothing" for no reason.

Why do Christian preachers constantly trash each other? No wonder so many people leave the church, or never join up in the first place.

Luke 14:26-27 Jesus declared "If anyone wants to follow Him. They must hate your mother and father, your wife and children and brothers and sisters." This is biblical teaching. Do you agree? It is in the bible.

Matthew 7:2 “For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.”

Love this channel 👍full of gossip and some guy who claims to know truth and exposes all the false teachers.

I'm very suspicious of his support of the New Apostolic Reformatiom

I had respect him. Now I put him right up there with Joel and Joyce

Thank you. He is behind the campaign 'He Gets Us' and just published this week the book with the same title. Concerning.

Hey Colin, I absolutely love your videos, and I think they are firmly rooted in scriptures. One request though. Could you not only talk about false doctrine but also make videos directly focused on true biblical doctrine? I feel like that would really help lots of people on this channel. But none the less, keep up the good work👍

Thanks girl this heads up. I've never read any of his books and I won't now. His voice is on the Bible app I listen to and read along... I will pray for him to come to know God's truth and to repent for supporting the prosperity gospel and any other heresies.

How sad! Max is a weak, last days heretic. He has compromised himself, and brought shame to the gospel of Christ.

If she is like Paul and Esther, why is she not risking her life?

All men without God are nothing. Just because Max had done things in the past only Jesus knows everyone’s heart! As we all fall short , but thank you Lord for your grace & mercy! As long as we repent of our sins and try Not to sin No more & pick up the cross daily and keep unity and love is what christianity is all about. Love God and your neighbor!! Everyone is in a different season & journey called life ! But eternity is forever! So seek Christ Jesus and humble ourselves and let God judge man !!!

The old saying birds of a feather flock together and if you sleep with dogs you catch fleas has never been more appropriate Lucardo and he’s associations with WOF Heretics will always leave him outside of sound Christian doctrine And is another one to be avoided no matter how many books he writes

Max Lucado is the essence of weak sauce

Only God can judge anybody he will also be the one who will correct stop judging them that doesn’t make you any better

Never was much into Max Lucado. He seems like a weak, shallow teacher, and he seems to be a compromising type as well. To be honest, I don't know many other solid teachers that reference, support, or know him (but I could be wrong). The things I do know about him is that he writes a lot of books and I believe he's a pastor or leading figure in the Church of Christ (who believe you need to be baptized to be saved despite Ephesians 2:8-9, as well as forbidding use of musical instruments in worship singing despite the mention of instruments in the Psalms), unless Lucado isn't associated with that denomination any more. If he compromising about false teachers as well, just another reason to avoid him.

I was afraid that Lucado was in with prosperity churches when I heard him speaking in another video. My heart sank.

Jesus explicitly said our faith or belief in Him creates miracle.Explicit, not implicit. Start at MARK 2.

Thank you.

I didn't really care about his books.

I'm so happy I'm supporting you god bless you.

Thank you for this.

It’s worse than all that in my opinion. I discovered almost 20 years ago what his belief of baptism is. He places more emphasis on its role in salvation than I believe is biblical. Folks can check it out to make sure I’m right, it I haven’t recommended any of his resources since then.

Currently reading “Anxious for Nothing” and I love it!

The church that I’m in has Max’s Lucado books and they read his books. I have topic. Can you do a video on sara young Jesus calling

Thank you once again

Do you think 1 Timothy 2:12 isn't speaking to to all of the world? What about Romans 16 woman deacons and ministers

Thanks Colin

Lucado is a man-pleaser, I think. I am just finishing up going through his "You'll Get Through This" video series with a group from my church. Lots of eisegesis and his very sappy speaking style is off-putting.

Paul is talking, not God. God never said women can’t preach, that was Paul.

The only thing I'll play literal devil's advocate on is that healing is by one's own faith. The healing is of God if you received miraculous healing, but requires faith. Jesus said more than once to people he healed "Go. Your faith has made you well." When Moses made the cross that healed the people, it required them to have true faith to receive. You get the picture.

Jesus did say "According to your faith be it unto you." So miracles do happen at God's will.

Colin, I never cared for him. The Lord told me that about him...

Hey Colin…maybe you should do a video on a false teacher named “Missionary Spencer Smith.”

I've always thought Max Lucardos books like "What's so Amazing about Grace" are over rated gimmicks at best. It's a pitty so many in the church have been bewitched by them.

What's that in your eye? Log??????

Max Lucado falsely teaches the heresy that the Holy Spirt is feminine and mother like. Does this not make him a false teacher? There is a sermon he did two years ago about the Holy Spirit, given at the National Cathedral. It can be viewed on RU-vid. This video is where I learned his views on the Holy Spirit. Have not listened to him since that day.

Yes he used to be a fav but I have burned all his books.

Max comes from a Church Of Christ background. There are problematic beliefs and practice from that group.

Colin Jesus taught in May. 5:29-30. If your right hand offends you cut it off. Colin do you agree we should cut off our hands according to the clear command of scripture?

Exactly!

He supported Hillary

Ensure you read the 2 Timothy 2 for full context regarding women teaching. “I desire therefore that the men pray everywhere, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting; in like manner also, that the women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with propriety and moderation, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or costly clothing, but, which is proper for women professing godliness, with good works. Let a woman learn in silence with all submission. And I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man, but to be in silence. For Adam was formed first, then Eve. And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived, fell into transgression. Nevertheless she will be saved in childbearing if they continue in faith, love, and holiness, with self-control.” ‭‭I Timothy‬ ‭2‬:‭8‬-‭15‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ When taken in context , one does not conclude with resounding clarity, as indicated in this video, Scripture’s condemnation of women teaching in the church.

It is very challenging to fing anyone who teaches/preaches Truth as recorded in Scripture. I think they are afraid of it, afraid most people would rather have their ears tickled. The Truth indeed is not popular. There are so many bad doctrines and false teachers out there im afraid the Gospel gets beat down to sloppy grace. What is not preached is the good ole baptism of the Holy Ghost, i miss those tent meetings when i was a Kid, the Holy Ghost was ever present and baptism was preached and done in the wonderful name of Jesus. This is where the power is. The name!

Do you say a pray for these people before you post these videos? Or is it all about content for your channel? Fell free to respond 😊

I’ve always found his books to be a lot of rambling. The titles are always intriguing but the text inside is pointless to me 🤷‍♂️

Keep up the great work

Colin, let me tell you how to pronounce Max's last name. The A in Lucado is a long A. Also, this is the least of what Lucado stands for. When BLM began, Max apologized for his so called racism and in a sermon back in February of 2021 Max apologized to the LGBTQ community. I encourage you to watch both of the videos. He also spoke about the Holy Spirit as being feminine. This is why I will not watch Lucado. Colin, I have watched you become a joyless Christian. I see this with McArthur, Peters, Polite Leader and others. Please do not allow this to happen in your life.

There are those of us who love the teachings of Max Lucado. So, if you don't have anything of importance or nice to say......don't say anything at all. Hopefully, after years and years of learning your Bible, you will grow enough to learn not to spread gossip or speak ill of another person.

It's Max Lucado Long A sound.