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
It is impossible to be a follower of Christ while denying, disregarding, discrediting, and disbelieving the words of Christ.
The call of Christ is to deny ourselves and to let go of our lives. To relinquish control of our lives, to surrender everything we are, everything that we do, our direction our safety our security is no longer found in the things of this world. It is found in Christ. And that is great risk when it comes to the things of this world.
The very first word out of Jesus; mouth in is ministry in the New Testament is clear: repent.
And as we meet needs on earth, we are proclaiming a gospel that transforms lives for eternity. The point is not simply to meet a temporary need or change a startling statistic; the point is to exalt the glory of Christ as we express the gospel of Christ through the radical generosity of our lives.
Somewhere along the way we have subtly and tragically taken the costly command of Christ to go, baptize, and teach all nations and mutated it into a comfortable call for Christians to come, be baptized, and listen in one location.
My prayer is that people will see that following Jesus costs you everything you are and everything you have. And my prayer is that people will see that Jesus is worth it.
Ultimate satisfaction is found not in making much of ourselves but in making much of God
To be a Christian is to realize that in your sin, you were separated from God's presence, and you deserved nothing but God's wrath.
We don’t go to Scripture for permission to do what we think is best, but for direction to do what He says is best.
Christianity does not begin with our pursuit of Christ, but with Christ’s pursuit of us.
We do not follow a health and wealth savior. We follow a homeless and wounded Savior.
Nothing is impossible for the people of God who trust in the power of God to accomplish the will of God.
Ask, could my gifts, education, career, or experience be used to spread the gospel where it’s needed most?
When God tells us to give extravagantly, we can trust Him to do the same in our lives. And this is really the core issue of it all. Do we trust Him? Do we trust Jesus when He tells us to give radically for the sake of the poor? Do we trust Him to provide for us when we begin using the resources He has given us to provide for others? Do we trust Him to know what is best for our lives, our families, and our financial futures?