Radical: TakingBack Your Faithfrom theAmericanDreamhttp://www.christianbook.com/ radical-taking-faith-from -american-dream/ david-platt/9781601422217/pd/ 422211?event=SHAREFB #endorsements By: David Platt Multnomah Publishers, Inc. / 2010 / Paperback $8.99 (CBD Price) Retail: $14.99 Save: $6.00 (40%) Availability: In Stock CBD Stock No: WW422211 | Excerpt | Companion Products
Product DescriptionTake a transforming journey in authentic discipleship. As the pastor of a large and wealthy congregation, David Platt began to see a discrepancy between the of his Church and the way Jesus said His followers lived.In Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream, Platt examines how American Christianity has manipulated the gospel to fit our cultural preferences and challenges readers to rediscover the path. A 21-Day Guide to Going Radical is available for download exclusively on Christianbook.com. Download the 21-Day Guide Product Information
WHAT IS JESUS WORTH TO YOU? Christians to forget how Jesussaid 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. DAVID PLATT is the pastor of The Church at Brook Hills, a four-thousand -member congregation in Birmingham,Alabama. Widely regarded as an exceptional expositor, David has traveled and taught around the world. He holds two undergraduate and three advanced degrees, including a doctorate from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. David and his wife, Heather, live in Birmingham with their family.ChristianBook Previews.com In his very provocative book, Radical, David Platt challenges the status quo and the way the Church does business. Arguing that American church culture runs counter to the gospel, he compels readers to forsake the American Dream “in radical abandonment to the person and purpose of Jesus Christ.”He contends that taking back our faith involves actively and seriously committing ourselves to spread the gospel to all nations, owning responsibility for helping others grow in Christ, and literally caring for the poor. He then shows how we can reclaim our faith by obeying the words of Jesus,trusting God and focusing on heaven. Platt, pastor of a 4,000 member church in Alabama, attacksthe “affluent model of Christianity andchurch” and describes what radical obedience to Jesus in todayÂ’s culture might look like. In a straightforward manner with a sense of humility,he points out blind spots in American Christianity. In a voice of urgency he urges Christians to reframe our thinking and orientation to life. Instead of asking,“What do we need? ”we should be asking, “ What can we give?” Platt makes his case by pointing to historical figures and ordinary people who have done what is radical in obedience to biblical mandates, counter to the world’s definition of success. He also uses biblical examples and abundant Scripture references to show that “the mark of Christ followers is that their hearts are in heavenand their treasures are spent there.” He closes with a challenge for his readers to participate in The Radical Experiment. This one-year challenge has the following five components: pray for the entire world, read through the entire Word,sacrifice your money for a specific purpose, spend your time in another context, and commit your life to a multiplying community. Radical asks tough questions and presses for a response. It will step on toes and call many readers up short, but earnestChristians cannot read it and remain unchanged. It has thepotential to have the same kind of impact as other widely read, influential Christian books such as The Purpose Driven Life, In His Steps, and The Prayer of Jabez. Highly recommended. – Dr. Pamela Jordan-Long, www.Christian BookPreviews.com Editorial ReviewsResponses to book,Radical, David Platt delivers apowerful picture of the church in America today that, on key points, stands in sharp contrast to what the Bible shows us about the person and purpose of Jesus Christ. David challenges Christians to wake up, trade in false values rooted in the American dream, and embrace the notion that each of us is blessed by God for a global purpose—to make Christ’s glory known to all the nations! This is a must-read for every believer!” Compassion Intl. “We have moved into a generation of young leaders who have a passion to surrender the American dream if necessary in order to embrace fully, compassionately, and wholeheartedly a bigger dream—the Great Commission. I have never been challenged by an author more than I have by David Platt. Read Radical, be blessed, and be changed.” Southern Baptist Convention, and pastor, First Baptist Church of Woodstock “Radical will cause you to bounce on a spectrum between two words:ouch and amen. Tough truths do that. They challenge us to examine our lives and then choose the lasting over the temporary. Read Radical if you’re ready to live differently.” First Baptist Church of Houston “David Platt’s book will leave anyone who sincerely engages with his challenge dissatisfied and faced with a decision: What will authentic faith look like in my life? This book has the potential to revitalize churches today to practice a radical,biblical lifestyle that can transform society and reach a lost world.” International Mission Board, Southern Baptist Convention “The church of the Lord Jesus has been seduced by a skilled seductress: the American dream. David Platt exposes this enemy of authentic Christianity and provides a way of escape through a radical faith that leads to a radical obedience.I am not the same after reading it. I trust that will also be true for you.” Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary “It is almost impossible to keep the idols of our own culture from influencing us, whether we want it to happen or not. This is certainly true when it comes to the so-called American dream. We need our eyes opened! We need to be called out! In this challenging and thoughtful book,David Platt shows us the way to live for Someone and something bigger.” The Journey, St. Louis “Sometimes people will commend a book by saying, ’You won’t want to put it down. ’ I can’t say that about this book. You’ll want to put it down, many times. If you’re like me,you read David Platt’s Radical, you’ll find yourself uncomfortably targeted by the Holy Spirit. You’ll see just how acclimated you are to the American dream. But you’ll find here another Way, one you know to be true, because you’ve heard it before in the words of the Lord Jesus, perhaps most forcefully in the simple call ’Follow me.’” Southern Baptist Theological Seminary “Through solid examination of the Scriptures and compelling testimonies from believers enduring persecution,my friend David Platt pulls back the curtain on subtle dangers weakening the church in our Western culture.Radical is the urgent call we need to care more about the spiritually lost and physically impoverished people of the world.” LifeWay Research | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Christianity can be condensed into four words: Admit, Submit, Commit and Transmit. -Samuel Wilberforce
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