David Platt's Radical Together-The old church in a contemporary world

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Those who came to faith in the "church growth" or the "seeker" movements might see this as a rant. Rather I see it as a corrective to the many ways that the ark of faith has become a cruise ship. The writer dissects the many ways that we have aggrandized our buildings and programs and taken our eye off of our Biblical mission to,"transform people into the image of Christ and to get people in touch with the Holy Spirit of God,.." (49) This is more of a motivational book than one of theology. The desired outcome is to form small groups in the home church to proclaim and act on this mission, not to merely talk about it.

The Gospel's story is about the Basic truth of God intertwined in the human struggle to proclaim it. David Platt in "Radical Together" offers us a place to take that struggle beyond the individual and into the local church. "Radical Together" is an energized look at the personal mission Through this book he takes the notion of mission to its proper scriptural end, forming a growing community of faith.


"Radical Together" is a compact, very readable 165 pages. Platt ends it with a simple and usable group study guide. He does a good job of balancing personal stories, theology and motivating the reader to do-ing. He takes some of the common misrepresentations of God and surrounds them around the loss of the dependenceon God that many our local Christian communities seem to have . Where the above mentioned "movements" have failed is in thinking that we can succeed by merely organizing, scheduling or speaking of Christ in the correct manner. Platt proclaims "Constant Dependence" as the foundation of a satisfying life for a person and a genuine mission as a people. He also gives some hands on ways to recognize and reclaim that dependence.

This is a good and solid book for individual motivation that leads to group proclamation. Read it and "Give God no rest". Thanks to Mulnomah press for giving me this book for free in exchange for this review and thank you for reading it. You can read the first chapter for free at http://waterbrookmultnomah.com/2011/02/14/sneak-peek-radical-together-by-david-platt&ref=banner_wb_radicaltolb/