Radical by David Platt

Expect many more quotes from this book over the next few weeks. I am reading it. Our pastor is preaching on it. Our LifeGroup is studying it.

David Platt has been called "the youngest megachurch pastor in history."

"But I found myself becoming uneasy. For one thing, my model in ministry is a guy who spent the majority of his ministry time with twelve men. A guy who, when he left this earth, had only about 120 people who were actually sticking around and doing what he told them to do. More like a minichurch, really. Jesus Christ --the youngest minichurch pastor in history."

"This, after all, is the goal of the American dream: to make much of ourselves. But here the gospel and the American dream are clearly and ultimately antithetical to each other. While the goal of the American dream is to make much of us, the goal of the gospel is to make much of God."

"The reality is that it doesn't matter how many resources the church has. The church I lead could have all the man-made resources that one could imagine, but apart from the power of the Holy Spirit, such a church will do nothing of significance for the glory of God."

Things that make you go, hmmm . . . .