David Platt may refer to:
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.
So the challenge for us is to live in such a way that we are radically dependent on and desperate for the power that only God can provide.
Unreached peoples are unreached for a reason. They're hard, difficult, and dangerous to reach. All the easy ones are taken
The mega-strategy of Jesus: make disciples.
Who God is and what Christ did have huge implications for who we are personally and what we desire sexually.
Instead of trying to conquer sin by working hard to change our actions, we can conquer sin by trusting Christ to change our affections.
I was immersed in comfortable Christianity. Years ago, I found myself living what seemed like the American church dream - pastoring a large church, living in a large house, and surrounded by all the comforts this world has to offer. But inside I had a sinking feeling that I was missing the point.
The road that leads to heaven is risky, lonely, and costly in this world, and few are willing to pay the price. Following Jesus involves losing your life-and finding new life in him.
God blesses his people with extravagant grace so they might extend his extravagant glory to all peoples on the earth
Craig Bellamy's got pace, but he's also rapid as well
We do not have time to waste our lives coasting out casual, comfortable Christianity.
We owe Christ to the world--to the least person and to the greatest person, to the richest person and to the poorest person, to the best person and to the worst person. We are in debt to the nations.
The Word of God and the Spirit of God are enough for the people of God to enjoy and spread the worship of God.
When we realize that Jesus is the one who takes the initiative and invites us to follow him, everything changes-on multiple levels.
Clearly our greatest need is not more regulations in order to merit salvation.
Jesus is no longer one to be accepted or invited in but one who is infinitely worthy of our immediate and total surrender.
We don't have stomachs for the things of this world because we have feasted on the goodness of our God.
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.
If our lives do not reflect radical compassion for the poor, there is reason to wonder if Christ is really in us at all
[. . . ]there is no injustice in God. The injustice lies in Christians who possess the gospel and refuse to give their lives to making it known among those who haven't heard.