"His Name is Jesus" by Max Lucado is a beautiful gift book that helps one know Jesus in a wonderful way. The author has such a unique way with words. He has us smelling, hearing, smiling, sighing, listening as he takes us on journeys following in the sandal-prints of Jesus. I love the paragraph that is in the preface of the book:

"His story was extraordinary. He called himself divine, yet allowed a minimum-wage Roman soldier to drive a nail into his wrist. He demanded purity, yet stood for the rights of a repentant whore. He called men to march, yet refused to allow them to call Him King. He sent men into all the world, yet equipped them with only bended knees and memories of a resurrected carpenter".

About His birth he says "Jesus...He could hold the universe in His palm but gave it up to float in the womb of a maiden."

Other quotes "The greatest discovery in the universe is the greatest love in the universe" and "The life of Jesus Christ is a message of hope, a message of mercy, a message of life in a dark world."

Most of the book reads like poetry. His short sentences and catchy phrases make it so readable and interesting. The photographs in the book are breathtaking and many of the passages are from Lucado's books written over the years that we have all come to love.

At the end of the book he gives all who read it a soul-searching quetion: what will be do with this God-man Jesus? He urges us to love Him and accept His gift of salvation but states, in the end, the choice is yours and mine.