"The New York Times bestselling author of Radical challenges Christians to trade in an American gospel that prostitutes the words of Jesus for the sake of comfort, politics, and prosperity and return to a biblical gospel that exalts God above everything in this world"--
The New York Times bestselling author of Radical challenges Christians to break free from an American gospel that prostitutes Jesus for comfort, power, prosperity, and politicsand fully pursue the true gospel that exalts Jesus above all.
Pastor David Platt believes weve gotten really good at following a really bad gospelone that worships American ideas over biblical truth. Its time for disillusioned, discouraged, and divided Christians, and the next generation, to follow Jesus into a different future.
But we have to make a choice: an American gospel or the biblical gospel. Worldly division or otherworldly unity. Compromise with the idols of our country or commitment to Gods call in our lives. In Dont Hold Back, Platt encourages followers of Jesus to take necessary risks and find unimaginable reward as we:
Work fornot againsteach other, especially when we disagree
Turn the tide on centuries of racial division in the church
Trust all of Gods Word with conviction while loving everyone around us with compassion
Do justice with kindness, and experience the good life according to God
Play our part in spreading the gospel to all the nations of the world
We can experience the full wonder of Jesus and transcendent beauty of his church here and now. But in order to do so, some things need to be different. Starting not in those people, but in each one of us. With the gospel in our hearts and God as our prize, lets press on and dont hold back.
