The Applause of Heaven (by Max Lucado)

I had often liked brief quotations from Max Lucado, on websites or in books. So I was very pleased when I had the opportunity to acquire some of his books last year.  I’ve just finished ‘The Applause of Heaven’, which I read over the course of a couple of weeks, just one or two chapters at a time. 

When I started, I realised that this book is a series of studies on the Beatitudes, as given in Matthew’s gospel.  I wondered if there could be anything fresh in the book, as I have heard many ser...