Radical
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David Platt
WHAT IS JESUS WORTH TO YOU? It's easy for American Christians to forget how Jesus said his followers would actually live, what their new lifestyle would actually look like. They would, he said, leave behind security, money, convenience, even family for him. They would abandon everything for the gospel. They would take up their crosses daily... BUT WHO DO YOU KNOW WHO LIVES LIKE THAT? DO YOU? In Radical, David Platt challenges you to consider with an open heart how we have manipulated the gospel to fit our cultural preferences. He shows what Jesus actually said about being his disciple--then invites you to believe and obey what you have heard. And he tells the dramatic story of what is happening as a successful" suburban church decides to get serious about the gospel according to Jesus. Finally, he urges you to join in The Radical Experiment -- a one-year journey in authentic discipleship that will transform how you live in a world that desperately needs the Good News Jesus came to bring. (From the 2010 edition)"
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Author
David Platt
Pages
240
Publisher
Doubleday Religious Publishing Group
Published Date
2012-02-28
ISBN
1601424302 9781601424303
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"This was just okay. <br/><br/>Pros: <br/><br/>1. It does challenge you to care about other people and step out of your comfort zone. <br/><br/>2. It does express that people have urgent needs that must be met around the world. <br/><br/>3. It doesn’t make the American church out to be “the best” church. <br/><br/>4. It critiques the megachurch movement. <br/><br/>Cons:<br/><br/>1. It encourages you to care about the souls of other people, but it’s a little light on meeting their physical needs. There’s value in seeking to meet needs for the sake of meeting needs. Platt encourages Christians to donate money to a humanitarian cause that is primarily church centric. So, it’s very likely that a lot of real help might not be given to people who need it desperately. Church centric humanitarians aren’t always as big on the “help” part as their secular counterparts. <br/><br/>2. David Platt encourages you to go on a poverty tour. He supports the idea that your church’s poverty tour building houses in Haiti is better and more loving than sending your plane ticket money to Haitians who build houses or permanently based missionaries. We have evidence that suggests this isn’t the case, and that brief mission trips aren’t effective. He uses one anecdote (if it’s even true?) to support his idea. <br/><br/>3. While he does praise the Asian church for being hungry for the Bible, he takes a little bit too much delight in their suffering. His critique of the American church could have been valid, cutting, and challenging without resting on the “We don’t suffer enough.” premise. <br/><br/>4. Platt is a megachurch pastor. He’s never stopped being one. He has never stayed long term in one of the communities he’s so passionate about. All of this rhetoric feels stale coming from a pastor running a church with more assets than a small town. There are church goers in America who work two jobs because they can barely feed their children, and they really get neglected by this book. So do the little churches that can barely fix the gutters. <br/>"
Sydney Johnson
"Such a great book! The overall call to be so radically different from the world gets me excited and motivated to pursue God in all that He is and wants from us. What was your big takeaway??"
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Ashton Ainsworth
"A challenge for lifestyle."
Jay Werth