Radical

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(Posted on 5/3/12)

The content of the book is awesome but I was really bummed by the bad editing of the recording. most of the sentences were cut short so that what the reader was saying was cut short. The ending of words were cut off almost every sentence. "Disciples" became "Discipl", "Forgiveness" became "Forgivene", "Jesus" became "Jesu". It was distracting and at times made the statements confusing.

That being said I think this audio recoding is something that everyone should listen to. If it wasn't for the editing problems this would be a 5 star product.

(Update from christianaudio: We have run a complete quality check on our files for Radical, and this issue has been resolved.)

(Posted on 9/20/11)

I'm getting tired of male preachers standing in their pulpits and/or writing in their books about how unwilling Americans are to serve and do the will of God. Tell me, Mr. Platt, is your wife any less willing to serve God because she has to sit in your shadow? Perhaps many women would stand up for Christ and do the ministry around the world if men wouldn't chain us to lives of childcare and housekeeping so they can be "humble" servants of Christ and try to shame everyone else with their fancy sermons and books if it wasn't that the women in their lives hadn't taken up the roles they had abandoned? My Bible indicates a man has no business being in a spiritual leadership role if he does not first take care of his family. Please stop acting like we must be unwilling if we are not on the field. Perhaps we cannot go for circumstances beyond our control. For some of us, the real sacrifice is staying in America, doing the menial and unseen things.

(Posted on 8/31/11)

I am not exactly sure what God has for my life but I know it must be lived for Him. I heard the gospel as a young boy, went to Bible College but not for the right purpose. Did not finish Bible College and strayed from God & lived my live in sin. My body became very sick, to the point I wish it had ended. The Holy Spirit convicted me, through the physical pain, reached my heart. The Spirit of God led me back to a Bible believing church. It had the book Crazy Love, by Pastor Chan. Then a friend of mine from Bible College, found me on facebook and gave me, Radical by Pastor Platt. The Word of God has never become so clear & direct to me, after hearing these messages as well as, surrending my life over to the God I was made for. Who through His great love and by whatever means necessary, brought me back to Him. Has shown me what a real Christ Follower is supposed to be. 100% sold on serving God, just like Jesus did. Radical is penetrating & straight forward but done in passion & love. Thank you Lord for using your servant David Platt, to show us your way.

(Posted on 7/11/11)

The book is challenging, it helps us to go back to the claims of basic discipleship, and not basic chuch membership.

(Posted on 7/6/11)

Doctrinally sound and powerfully convicting.

(Posted on 4/13/11)

This book will open th listeners eyes to a totally different way of thinking. This book challenges you to become a radical Christian and to worship and love the Lord in a totally new way. This is a must for any Christian looking for something different in regards to what it means to be a Christian.

The narration is excellent too. The message and the feelings from the chapters are conveyed precisely.

(Posted on 2/28/11)

Radical – it’s a great title, because that is what will be asked of each reader/listener. David Platt will challenge your thinking, he will challenge your actions, and he will call you to move (outside of your comfort zone).

I have never listened to a book thru an app interface, but it is simple and easy to use and best of all it remembers where you left off. David Platt challenges the listener to think about simple changes we can make in our own lives that will extend our Kingdom impact. For example – what if you gave up one Starbucks coffee a day for one month and gave that money to someone in need. Simple acts that open doors for you to share.

He challenges you with understanding the very tenants you believe about your own faith, how you live out that faith, and how we can be less dependent upon american consumerism. We all have clothes hanging in our closet that we might think about where years from now – the question is – what would happen if you just gave them away?

At the end of the book, he challenges you to do the Radical Experiment during a one year period:

1) Pray for the entire world – great resource Operation: World
2) Read thru the entire Bible in a year
3) Sacrifice your money for a specific cause or organization – we usually give of our excess, convenient, easy — this challenges us to forgo something we want to give to someone who needs it more
4) Spend your time somewhere, where you normally would not – overseas missions, homeless shelter, etc.
5) Commit to multiplying people who will enter the Kingdom — reach the broken and the lost.

If you take the Radical Experiment to heart, imagine what God could do in and through you. This book will rock your world! Be expectant. Be transformed. Be ready for God to use you!

(Posted on 1/15/11)

What is Jesus worth to you?” is the question that Pastor David Platt asks in his book, “Radical.” Pastor Platt goes through the basics of the Gospel, discusses what it means to be a true Christian, and challenges the Christian to truly live the way Christ commanded His followers to live.
My favorite part of this book is how thorough and biblically he discusses the Gospel and true Christianity. He brought up some points that I never thought of before. Chapter 7 (entitled “There is No Plan B”) alone is worth listening to. In this chapter, Platt lists seven truths about the Gospel, in which he eliminates excuses about the Gospel (from both the perspective of the saved and unsaved) and reiterates the true Gospel message.
“Radical” ends with a one year challenge to Christians, consisting of five components. Some of them seem so basic, such as praying and reading through the Bible. The sad thing is that most people who claim to be Christians don't even do the basics of their faith.
This book is a good melding of books that I have either listened to or read in the past. It has the “sold-out-for-Jesus”-ness of Francis Chan's “Crazy Love,” and it challenges Christians to come out of their comfort zone to help the poor and oppressed like Richard Stearns' “The Hole in Our Gospel.”
“Radical” is convicting, challenging, balanced, life-changing, and refreshing. I encourage every Christian to listen to this book.
This review was written as part of the christianaudio Reviewers Program.

(Posted on 12/30/10)

RADICAL isn't the book you would expect from the youngest pastor of a megachurch in the U.S. Telling his own stories and those of others, the author delineates the difference between a Christian version of the American dream and true biblical faith. Listening to this work is like hearing the frank tone of the pastor's earnest pleas on a Sunday morning. This audiobook compels listeners to take notice of the message to forsake all for the cause of Christ and challenges them to rethink their lives. The message that even our fork and spoon are luxuries can be hard to hear, but listeners will be consoled by Platt's honest admission that he's still struggling with this message, too. R.Z.R. © AudioFile 2010, Portland, Maine

(Posted on 12/9/10)