Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream - A Review

What if the American Dream is antithetical to the Gospel? What if we were to truly live out the commands of Christ in our lives? How would that change our lives? These are the questions asked by David Platt in Radical.

I was very challenged by this book. It forced me to evaluate my priorities, my actions, my spending habits and my loyalties. In many cases, I was convicted of choosing a false Gospel - one built on serving myself rather than Christ, one of pursuing self interest over serving my fellow man. Specifically, I was challenged - and am continuing to evaluate - how I should handle my income and my time.

Did I agree with everything Dr. Platt argues? No, but it has forced me to sincerely pray and critically evaluate my priorities. And that is the point of the book.

Radical would make a great great study for a student group, a workplace Bible study, a church Sunday school class or a home group. If you want to be challenged, this is the book. If you want to continue to live a comfortable, safe Christian faith, I recommend this book (warning: it will challenge you).

Download the first chapter here.

I highly, highly recommend this book.




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

Book Review - The Shelter of God's Promises

"Even in the eye of the storm, we our hearts to remember that no matter how hard life gets, we win!" (p. 147).

I requested this book for my wife. She has been immensely blessed by Sheila Walsh, and I thought she'd enjoy this book.

I choose to read it first, mainly so I could complete my review of the book. I was very impressed and very blessed by it. It wasn't what I expected; I'm not sure what I did expect, but this wasn't it.

Walsh takes broad promises and applies them to our lives as believers. Many of the promises are eternal with temporal implications, but the promises are laid out such that they remind of a greater hope than the temporal of this world.

The book seems to be written to women, which would make sense, given Walsh's ministry is aimed at women. That said, I was very blessed and encouraged by this book.

I strongly recommend The Shelter of God's Promises.

"Christ's promise to us is not that He will give us shelter, but that He will be our Shelter" (p.183).

Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from Thomas Nelson Publishers as part of their BookSneeze.com book review bloggers program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255 : “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”