AUGUST 22, 2025 — Thomas Nelson celebrates as Max Lucado’s recent release, Tame Your Thoughts: Three Tools to Renew Your Mind and Transform Your Life, lands the No. 3 spot on Advice, How-To & Miscellaneous on the New York Times bestsellers list.
“I’m deeply grateful to see my books on The New York Times bestseller list,” says Max Lucado. “Any recognition like this is not about me, but about the timeless hope of God’s Word reaching hearts. I’m thankful beyond words Tame Your Thoughts is helping people win the battle in their minds.”
With Lucado’s story-telling skill and pastoral insight, Tame Your Thoughts explores three key thought management tools and then applies them to the most common thought problems: worry, guilt, anxiety, and other types of mental quicksand that threaten to trap us.
- Tool 1: Practice Picky Thinking – Guard your thoughts
- Tool 2: Identify UFOs – an Untruth creates a False narrative that leads to an Overreaction
- Tool 3: Uproot + Replant – Weed out your most unhealthy thought patterns
Adds Max: “God loves us too much to let us lead a life marked by poor thinking. He made our brains; he can retrain our brains. God has not left us alone in this battle of the mind.”
“We couldn’t be more delighted that Tame Your Thoughts is a New York Times bestseller,” says Nelson Books VP & Publisher Andrew Stoddard. “Max Lucado brings transformative and timeless truths to life, and we’re thrilled to see readers responding so wholeheartedly.”
With more than 150 million products in print, Max Lucado is known for combining poetic storytelling and homespun humor with the heart of a pastor. His trade books all begin as sermon series at Oak Hills Church, and his sermons all start with Max asking himself this question: “What can I say on Sunday that will still matter on Monday?” He’s been dubbed “America’s Pastor” by Christianity Today, “The Best Preacher in America” by Reader’s Digest, and the “Ted Lasso of Pastors” by the Dallas Morning News. Max Lucado has penned more than 40 works of adult nonfiction, standing alongside dozens and dozens of bestselling children’s books, gift books, Bible studies, commentaries, and collections. His books have been published in 56 languages worldwide and regularly appear on bestseller lists, including The New York Times, Publishers Weekly, and USA Today. Learn more at www.MaxLucado.com.
Thomas Nelson is a world leading publisher and provider of Christian content, providing readers with quality inspirational products for more than 200 years. With over 250 new, original books and Bibles published each year and distributed in more than 100 countries, translating content in more than 65 different languages, Thomas Nelson is committed to one central mission: inspiring the world by meeting the needs of people with content that promotes biblical principles and honors Jesus Christ. As part of HarperCollins Christian Publishing, Inc., the publishing group provides multiple formats of award-winning Bibles, books, gift books, cookbooks, curricula, and digital content. Thomas Nelson is headquartered in Nashville, TN. For additional information visit www.ThomasNelson.com.
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