Jason Kovacs:
One of the most powerful sermon series I have listened to in my life is David Platt’s Radical Series [You can listen to them here]. It will challenge you and make you uncomfortable in all the ways most of us American Christians need to be made uncomfortable. What I appreciate is that Platt does this with the gospel, so there is hope for us and for our world in desperate need.
I am excited that Platt has put this into book form
to be released in May. You can download and read the first chapter here. Here is a short excerpt:
This brings us to the crucial question for every professing or potential follower of Jesus: Do we really believe he is worth abandoning everything for? Do you and I really believe that Jesus is so good, so satisfying, and so rewarding that we will leave all we have and all we own and all we are in order to find our fullness in him?
Do you and I believe him enough to obey him and to follow him wherever he leads, even when the crowds in our culture—and maybe in our churches—turn the other way?
2 comments:
I agree with Jason about this sermon series. The first time my wife and I heard Platt was a link we saw to these sermons on the Provocations and Pantings blog by Tim Brister sometime around a year ago. At that point I had been looking into the topics Platt deals with in the book and I thought his sermon series covered and summarized much of what I'd been thinking. My wife and I ended up joining the church where Platt pastors to sit under his amazing leadership which never ceases to amaze us. I think he says a lot the church in America needs to hear, and the most important things in my opinion are to be found in this new book along with the "Radical" sermon series.
This is a great resource and thanks for the pointers. What I fear is that we become satisfied in our feelings of guilt as if they're sufficient in themselves for transformation toward Christlikeness. I mentioned this in my series of posts on Francis Chan's Crazy Love here and here.
Regardless, transformation begins with motivation and I look forward to reading (and doing) Platt's book!
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