1. Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream
    David Platt
    Multnomah / 2010 / Trade Paperback
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  1. jham
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    challenging book
    December 8, 2014
    jham
    Quality: 5
    Value: 5
    Meets Expectations: 4
    I am not sure i agree witbh everything in this book, but the way it challenges many parts of the american lifestyle is enormously valuable.
  2. dcamp
    Washington
    Gender: female
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    This book will challenge you.
    December 30, 2013
    dcamp
    Washington
    Gender: female
    Quality: 5
    Value: 5
    Meets Expectations: 5
    This book leaves the reader with many points to ponder. It challenges the reader to think and grow in the understanding of Biblical truth and the impact the culture has on churches and individuals.
  3. Luiti
    Hastings, NY
    Age: 55-65
    Gender: female
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    A read that challenges you to take a good look
    December 7, 2013
    Luiti
    Hastings, NY
    Age: 55-65
    Gender: female
    Quality: 5
    Value: 5
    Meets Expectations: 5
    Platt shares some hard truths about the level of commitment to truly be like Jesus and what that really means to those of us who are used to worshipping Jesus from the comfort of our easy chairs in our warm living rooms sipping on our gourmet coffee and reading our leather gold leaf edged Bibles....truly being Christlike challenges us to be willing to step out of our comfort zone..walk away from the American dream and live like Jesus to make disciples from the four corners of the earth. It asks you to reevaluate just how committed are you to living like Jesus.
  4. Becky Williams
    Wilmington, NC
    Age: 55-65
    Gender: female
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    October 15, 2013
    Becky Williams
    Wilmington, NC
    Age: 55-65
    Gender: female
    Quality: 5
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    When I was a child, my grandmother would say, "Clean your plate, there are starving children in Africa." I had no idea what that fact had to do with me. But today, I clearly see that it has everything to do with me. "Radical" puts into words what I feel in my heart. David Platt makes the case for the truth of my grandmothers words and makes me own that truth as a Christ follower. He challenges us to break free from the seclusion and comfort that has become the convenient church life in America. In my morning devotion I keep reading " for all nations." Over and over those words jump of the pages of my Bible. My husband and I participated in a "Daniel diet" a few weeks ago. That along with reading "Radical" has brought me to a new awareness of how gluttonous our society has become while others starve. How could Jesus be pleased with the USA? What have we done with the immense blessings God has provided?

    So what I am saying is that I wish every Christian in the USA would read "Radical". We need to return to our grandmothers' insight and remember, there are starving children in Africa and prepare to move on that!
  5. oldmanchubb
    Age: 25-34
    Gender: male
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    Radical Indeed - But So Is Jesus
    October 17, 2012
    oldmanchubb
    Age: 25-34
    Gender: male
    Quality: 5
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    Meets Expectations: 4
    Platt does a wonderful job at speaking into our culture, that is to say, at speaking into the blind-spots that are hard for us to perceive in our own time. The big one he brings up is greed and how the American Dream doesn't quite fit into the Biblical picture of picking up our cross and following Jesus. Like so many issues you can go drastically to one extreme and while he certainly presents some radical ideas, it's all backed up by Scripture and the teachings of Christ. I think that many of his ideas are expressed in similar fashion in Shane Claiborne's writings and one would do well to read both authors.

    Do I agree with every end-goal conclusion he puts forth? No, but that is never the case and I certainly agree with the questions he's asking, the idea's he's presenting and the sad fact that the Christian faith for far too many is a pale shadow of what it should be. As the pastor of a small church, I plan on incorporating some of his Radical Experiment ideas in the coming months (albeit — in a form contextualized for my own congregation). One minor complaint would be that I wish there were more statistics and facts backed up by research, as I think those would help to embolden some of his arguments about poverty.

    I'd love to see David Platt and Dave Ramsey in a debate — while I appreciate much of what Ramsey is doing, I think Platt serves as a very good counter-balance.
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