God beckons storm clouds and they come. He tells the wind to blow and the rain to fall, and they obey immediately. He speaks to the mountains, 'You go there,' and He says to the seas, 'You stop here, and they do it. Everything in all creation responds in obedience to the Creator...until we get to you and me. We have the audacity to look God in the face and say, 'No.
David PlattI could not help but think that somewhere along the way we had missed what was radical about our faith and replaced it with what is comfortable.
David PlattWe desperately need to explore how much of our understanding of the gospel is American and how much is biblical.
David PlattGod's revelation is in the gospel not only reveals who He is, but it also reveals who we are.
David PlattShould it concern us that the bible never calls us to ask Jesus into our hearts. Should it concern us that the bible never mentions such a superstitious sinners prayer and yet that is exactly what we have sold to so many as salvation.
David PlattTag: radical podcast southern-seminary
So what is the difference between someone who willfully indulges in sexual pleasures while ignoring the Bible on moral purity and someone who willfully indulges in the selfish pursuit of more and more material possessions while ignoring the Bible on caring for the poor? The difference is that one involves a social taboo in the church and the other involves the social norm in the church.
David PlattTag: religion spirituality
Every saved person this side of heaven owes the gospel to every lost person this side of hell.
David PlattWe can so easily deceive ourselves, mistaking the presence of physical bodies in a crowd for the existence of spiritual life in a community.
David PlattHow many of us are embracing the comforts of suburban America while we turn a deaf ear to inner cities in need of the gospel?
David PlattIn the process we have unnecessarily (and unbiblically) drawn a line of distinction, assigning the obligations of Christianity to a few while keeping the privileges of Christianity for us all.
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