Radical, by Pastor David Platt is a life-changing book if you dare to take the challenge of choosing to live your life for God instead of for this world. I have personally heard David Platt’s sermons for several years, and his enthusiasm and love for God in person is translated into his written word for all to bear witness.

This book, like his sermons inspire the audience to change their lives. Not just think about changing, but to actually transform thoughts into actions. Every day, especially as Americans, we face temptation and pressure to take the easy way out and act like the world by our pursuits, thoughts, and lack of action. Radical challenges the reader by exposing how and what living a watered-down Christian life is and backing his view with scripture, so that he or she may see faults in his or her own life. Then, Platt encourages the reader to change those faults or weaknesses by turning the American view of Christianity on its head (similar to the picture on the front of the book) and provides challenges of how one can change their life for the better today.

I recommend this book to anyone who is tired of living their life like the world and wants to learn how they can accomplish living a radical Godly life. Also, at the end of the book there is a section for the reader to fill out permanent changes that they want to happen in their life in the Radical Experiment, like “I will pray for the entire world… I will sacrifice my money for a specific purpose.” These short answer questions provide a way for the reader to write down the changes they are making in order to keep one accountable. There is also a notes section at the end of the book that provides a list of the scriptures used in every chapter along with notes by David Platt to help root the message with what he presented.

I would like to thank everyone at WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing for giving me a free copy of  Radical by David Platt to review as a part of their Blogging for Books review program.


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