Radical Christianity

Several months back I finished reading the book Radical by David Platt, and it impacted my thinking in an incredible way. If you're a Christian, then there's a good chance you have heard the term "radical" used a great deal lately. It has been primarily used to reference some type of sacrifice or step of faith that a believer has made in their life.

If you decided not to get that big car, or gave up your dream of owning a nice house in “suburbia” you might have considered that a radical decision.  Maybe you decided to give up your Spring break at the beach this year, and instead take a mission trip to a Third World country. Or, better yet, pay off the thousands of dollars you owe the bank--now that's radical!

Let's look at this from a different angle--is doing what you are called to do radical? Doing something about the thousands of children that die each year from preventable disease, fighting against the sex trade in Asia, or just forgetting about your own desires and serving others--is it radical to do things like this, or is it simply what is expected of us?

So I ask you, if you claim to be a follower of Christ, are you willing to practice radical Christianity? Christ calls all of His followers to live this way. Impossible? Yes, within our own strength. Yet nothing is impossible with God. Take the challenge of radical Christianity and let the supernatural power of Christ shine through you, even in the face of evil.

"Suppose one of you had a servant plowing or looking after the sheep. Would he say to the servant when he comes in from the field, Come along now and sit down to eat? Would he not rather say, prepare my supper, get yourself ready and wait on me while I eat and drink; after that you may eat and drink? Would he thank the servant because he did what he was told to do? So you also, when you have done everything you were told to do, should say, we are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty.” (Luke 17:7-10)

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