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David PlattMultnomah / 2011 / Trade PaperbackOur Price$11.494.7 out of 5 stars for Radical Together: Unleashing the People of God for the Purpose of God. View reviews of this product. 57 Reviews
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JessicaTurnerAge: 25-34Gender: female5 Stars Out Of 5Thought provoking book!February 29, 2012JessicaTurnerAge: 25-34Gender: femaleQuality: 5Value: 5Meets Expectations: 5When I first noticed the title Radical Together, I wondered if it was any different than the book, Radical. I read Radical as soon as it came out and fell in love with the book. My 13 year old read it as soon as I finished it. We were speechless. We started listening to some of David Platt's sermons and tried getting a feel for what he is doing in this world. I was concerned that I might find Radical Together boring, but that is far from the truth. The book was very well written and has a lot of detail not mentioned in Radical. If you are on fire for the Lord and are ready to stop pursuing the "American Dream" and do something for the world, I would strongly recommend this book! Here is a link to an excerpt of Radical Together: http://waterbrookmultnomah.com/catalog.php?isbn=9781601423726&view=excerpt. This book can change your life if you will let it. I received this ebook for free from Waterbrook Multnomah in exchange of an honest review. I read this book in it's entirety and did not have to post a positive review.
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HernandoChandler, AZAge: 45-54Gender: male5 Stars Out Of 5Great themeNovember 17, 2011HernandoChandler, AZAge: 45-54Gender: maleQuality: 5Value: 4Meets Expectations: 4Good bok, stright to the point. We all should follow his advice.
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JonBLeola, PAAge: 55-65Gender: male5 Stars Out Of 5Abandonment to GodNovember 8, 2011JonBLeola, PAAge: 55-65Gender: maleQuality: 5Value: 4Meets Expectations: 5In this "sequel" to Radical, David Platt sets before himself a single goal. Based upon Scripture, he seeks to clarify "the practical implications for how a right understanding of the church fuels a radical obedience among Christians." Better said, he hones in on this basic question: How can believers be mobilized to fulfill God's design (that they walk "... in single-minded, death defying obedience to one objective, the declaration of his gospel for the demonstration of his glory to all nations.")?
In the book, Platt explores six notions that he sees as critical to walking in radical obedience to Christ:
The worst enemy of Christians is good things in the church. (I.e., in many cases, the church is not doing what is best, and we can know what that may be, if we would only question all that we are doing and allow Christ "to determine what needs to stay and what needs to go.")
The gospel that saves us from work saves to work. (I.e., we need to appreciate that the fruit of God's gracious gift of salvation, our works of righteousness, is also a gift from God.)
The Word does the work. (I.e., we need to rightly understand that the it is the Word that has transformed and continues to transform lives, as we walk with his Spirit.)
Building the right church depends on using all the wrong people. (I.e., God's purpose is for all of his followers to be engaging the world with the Gospel.)
We are living — and longing-- for the end of the world. (I.e., the end will come when people from every ethnic group have heard and responded to the gospel, so fulfilling the Great Commission hastens that day.)
We are selfless followers of a self-centered God. (I.e., true followers know that death to self is required, and that our God, as Lord, Master and King, is free to spend our lives however he pleases, that he alone may be exalted.)
As he does this, he relates the experiences of the Church at Brook Hills in their journey of obedience, to provide context and to unpack the realities of what it looks like to live lives abandoned to God. These are not shared as a model to be followed or self-directed praise; I found them to be a great encouragement to pursue the better ways that are a part of God's plan.
This book should a "must read" for all leaders within any local church that is serious about mobilizing the people they lead to whole-heartedly follow Christ and take the gospel to folks near and far. But the reading must be followed by the hard questioning, grappling, obeying the Word and "relentless prayer." A "must," as well, as Platt stresses, is that leaders realize that the sheep will likely never be what they cannot see in their shepherds.
By the way, if your church leaders have not read Radical, this should not, in my view, hinder their reading and positively responding to this book, and moving to a position where God can speak to needed changes in the the way your church seeks to minister. -
Justus GuysAge: 55-65Gender: male5 Stars Out Of 5Read this book NOW!September 27, 2011Justus GuysAge: 55-65Gender: maleQuality: 5Value: 5Meets Expectations: 5Life will never be the same after reading this book! This is an incredibly moving account of what Christian community can look like when the people of God look to the Word of God to hear the heart of God. His Story and the journey of one congregation should move believers everywhere to live as He designed and desires us to.... Read this book NOW!
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Marta5 Stars Out Of 5A ministry-changing bookSeptember 24, 2011MartaQuality: 5Meets Expectations: 5This book picks up from the book RADICAL with practical challenges to implement ministering radically for Christ. This book is not just for ministry leaders. Lay people will come away convicted and challenged to live for Christ in a way that has an impact on the world.
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