As I've already shared, the book RADICAL by David Platt intrigued me from page 1. You can read my initial thoughts here and here. Tonight I finished the book and have much more food for thought and conviction for my heart. But what can one poor housewife do to change the world - to "take back my faith from the American dream"? Well, biblically, A LOT!! God can bless a widow's mite (Mark, chapter 12) - and God can bless the prayers and timid attempts at ministry of an introverted homebody!! Not for my sake - but for HIS GLORY! The challenge is in the book - it isn't a formula for spiritual success but a radical experiment to live for God's glory by abandoning the pursuit of the American dream for eternal purposes.
David Platt's teaching is very biblical, in my opinion - as well as practical. The examples of those already doing their part to abandon all for Jesus are inspiring. For example, while teaching on Romans chapters 1-3, he reiterates that it is the church's responsibility to get the gospel to all people. He tells how a friend of his went to find a people group in Southeast Asia who did not know who Jesus was ... and as he was invited into the tribe, he began to ask them questions like, "Who do you think created our world?" and as a result, they asked him to tell them about God. As he began teaching them, the tribes people offered him a familiar red can of Coca-Cola to drink! A company from Atlanta, Georgia had infiltrated a forlorn tribe in Southeast Asia before the Gospel had! What a sad testimony to our lack of effort to get the Gospel to all people as Jesus commands us to.
Anyway, there is so much more - but you'd have to read the book to understand. I can whole-heartedly recommend it. It is also available from amazon.com.
RADICAL was provided to me at no cost from Waterbrook Multnomah for this review.
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