Wow! Radical is right!

It's been a long time, folks. Life happens. Focus shifts for a time.

I recently signed up for a program called Blogging for Books through WaterBrook Multnomah Publishers. I learned about it through a friend and being the booklover and bargain hunter that I am, couldn't pass up an opportunity for free books. So here goes. My first official book review.

Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream by Pastor and Author David Platt. Not a book for the bedside table! Thought-provoking and challenging, I found myself pausing now and again to really digest it. Honestly, I was surprised to see myself on the pages of this book. I believe in the Jesus of the Bible, and I believe I live a set-apart life (mostly) but I don't think I've been faithful to preach the Jesus of the Bible... I'm guilty of saying the words "all we have to do is accept Jesus into our hearts," even while knowing that isn't the whole truth. David Platt highlights the early ministry of Jesus as he called his disciples to radical and life-altering decisions to follow him. Too often we minimize the cost of following Christ for the sake of adding numbers. This book has changed the way I see salvations happening in my ministry. No more A, B, C's ... From now on I'm talking believe and obey Jesus. We must live the life he calls us to, not some safe and comfortable and often boring version of it. Platt challenges his readers to radical sacrifice. It's about time American Christians get kicked out of the lazyboy and into the electric chair with insatiable desperation for the Good News.

I received this book for free from WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group for this review.