Warning: This book will ruin your life!
The social gospel movement has become quite popular as of late, along with the various brands of the emerging or emergant church. The movie and book Lord Save Us From Your Followers by fellow Portlander Dan Merchant
All of these teachings and movements share one thing in common – They imply that Christianity and evangelism as we have known it is all wrong, and all that matters is how we treat our fellow man. Missional living is a common buzz word used to describe the lifestyle that we are supposed to live. These teachings, while grounded partly in the truth, are long on good deeds, but come up short in actually stressing our need for a savior, and sharing that savior and his wonderful grace with the lost.
This is what I thought the book Radical would be about when I first heard about it. I thought “great, another book tearing down the roots of our faith an telling me that I don’t do enough accepting and loving those who intentionally choose to go against Gods stated will for us, and if I would just accept them and love them, they would accept Christ.”
What author David Platt gives us is the best teaching of Christ’s commands as lived out by the early church, what they mean to us today, and why we need to get over our love of the American dream and lifestyle, and go unto all of the world.
He does all of this with a grounding in scripture, and many examples of people living out the great commission. These examples are often funny, entertaining, and always inspirational. The author speaks with passion and conviction yet manages not to make the reader feel guilty or like a second class Christian for having enjoyed the luxuries of American life, but at the same time calls us to question the importance and value that we put on these blessings.
Read this book. It will forever change the way view the poor, needy, and unsaved in this world, and challenge you to use all that you have to change someones life forever.Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream
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Replying to a quote with another quote Sin is blcasaily the failure to respond to God’s invitation. Think of the parable of the sower as a parable of personal calling. Sin is when the seed falls on the footpath and is trampled, or when it falls on the rock and fails to take root. Sin is when it falls among thistles and we are seduced by the glamorous, or the superficial, or the safe; when we prefer to feed our egos or guard our imagined securities, rather than risk responding to God’s personal word to us. Francis Dewar Called or Collared?It is audacity to say no to God he gave us the freedom to do so. But being audacious is not necessarily beneficial, or wise.Pierre recently posted..