David Platt
David Platt
David Joseph Plattis an American pastor. He is currently the president of the Southern Baptist Convention's International Mission Board, and he is also the author of the New York Times Best Seller Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream. Platt released a follow-up book, Radical Together: Unleashing the People of God for the Purpose of God in April 2011. And in February 2013, he released Follow Me: A Call to Die. a Call to Live, which included an...
ProfessionReligious Leader
Date of Birth11 July 1979
CityAtlanta, GA
God blesses his people with extravagant grace so they might extend his extravagant glory to all peoples on the earth
God involves us in his missions not because He needs us, but because He loves us. And in His mercy He has invited us to be involved in His sovereign design for the spread of the gospel to the ends of the earth.
I want to move from what we let go of to whom we hold on to. I want to explore not just the gravity of what we forsake in this world, but also the greatness of the one we follow in this world.
Jesus came to live the life we could not live and to die the death we deserve to die.
We can accomplish more in one month of dependence on the Spirit than we can in 100 years of dependence on ourselves.
The more Christ fulfills the cravings of our souls, the more he changes our taste capacities from the inside out. The more we walk with him, the more we want him. The more we taste of him, the more we enjoy him. And this transforms how we live and what we live for.
The body of Christ is a multicultural citizenry of an otherworldly kingdom.
Gospel possession requires gospel proclamation.
To be a disciple of Jesus is to make disciples of Jesus.
We desperately need each other in the daily fight to follow Christ in a world that's full of sin.
Jesus is not some puny religious teacher begging for an invitation from anyone. He is the all-sovereign Lord who deserves submission from everyone.
The Word of God and the Spirit of God are enough for the people of God to enjoy and spread the worship of God.
For God to be holy does not just mean He is without error. It means He is without equal. May it not be said of any one of us that there is not respect for the author of the universe. He is sovereign over all nature, over all nations and over every single one of our lives.
Instead of trying to conquer sin by working hard to change our actions, we can conquer sin by trusting Christ to change our affections.