The Radical Question

The Radical Question: What Is Jesus Worth to You? by David Platt


My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Dr. David Platt, senior pastor of the Church at Brook Hills in Birmingham, Alabama writes this short and powerful book as a wake up call...a reminder to so many of us Americans, that our call to Christ was not a call to the American Dream that we are often found pursuing...but a call to pursue Christ, which looks much different and will call us to make radically different choices than those that do follow the American Dream.

The question that Platt poses is this, "What is Jesus worth to you?". Jesus called us to love God and to love others as He loved us. Are we following that simple commandment? Does it show in our actions, our decisions? If we REALLY loved others...if we REALLY wanted to care for the poor, the lost, the people that Jesus seemed to attract and to go out of his way to spend time with...how different would our lives look?

"We take the Jesus of the Bible and begin twisting him into a version of Jesus that we are more comfortable with." Do you know do this? How often do you fit Him into your schedule, or fit Him into your plans rather than throwing yourself before Him and doing what He asks?

When Jesus called His disciples and then told them what they would face it wasn't a pretty picture by the world's standard. They would be beaten, chased, hated and killed. And while we see this in other areas of the world, Americans are blessed with little of this persecution due to our freedom of religion, have we lost the value associated with our faith because we currently don't have to struggle to have that freedom? The cost of non-discipleship is much higher than the cost of being a disciple, but it is not recognizable from a worldly point of view.

So, read this short book. Ask the difficult questions and find out how true your faith is...try to answer the question, "What is Jesus worth to you?".


What is Christ worth to you? Can you give up ambition, family, home, comforts, dreams to follow Christ’s call. Read "The Radical Question" and ask yourself if you are doing what God has called you to do.

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