David Platt
David Platt
David Joseph Plattis an American pastor. He is currently the president of the Southern Baptist Convention's International Mission Board, and he is also the author of the New York Times Best Seller Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream. Platt released a follow-up book, Radical Together: Unleashing the People of God for the Purpose of God in April 2011. And in February 2013, he released Follow Me: A Call to Die. a Call to Live, which included an...
ProfessionReligious Leader
Date of Birth11 July 1979
CityAtlanta, GA
Despite the obvious qualifications of all of Jesse's other sons, God appoints the unlikely David to become the king of Israel.
When we realize that Jesus is the one who takes the initiative and invites us to follow him, everything changes-on multiple levels.
And this is why Jesus came: to endure the holy wrath of God due us.
The Bible clearly reminds us that left to ourselves, we would be lost forever.
Disciple making also involves teaching people to obey all that Christ has commanded us. Now some might say, "Isn't that what preachers are supposed to do?" And in one sense, the answer to this question is yes. God has clearly called and gifted some people in the church to teach his Word formally. At the same time, he has commanded every follower of Jesus to teach his Word relationally.
Our possessions can be deadly. They can be subtly deadly.
Accept Him? Do we really think Jesus needs our acceptance? Don't we need Him?
What if the very reason we have breath is because we have been saved for a global mission? And what if anything less than passionate involvement in global mission is actually selling God short by frustrating the very purpose for which he created us?
Let me introduce you to Jesus.
Jesus is no longer one to be accepted or invited in but one who is infinitely worthy of our immediate and total surrender.
Jesus has not given us options to consider. He has given us commands to obey.
The faith in Christ that saves us from our sins involves an internal transformation that has external implications.
If you claim to be a follower of Christ, I encourage you to consider your present commitment to a local church.
God has clearly called and gifted some people in the church to teach his Word formally.