When we realize we have the responsibility to teach the word, it changes everything about how we hear the Word.
David PlattRadical obedience to Christ is not easy... It's not comfort, not health, not wealth, and not prosperity in this world. Radical obedience to Christ risks losing all these things. But in the end, such risk finds its reward in Christ. And he is more than enough for us.
David PlattEverything in all creation responds in obedience to the Creator... until we get to you and me. We have the audacity to look God in the face and say, "No."
David PlattWe assume that our race simply deserves heaven; that God owes heaven to us unless we do something really bad to warrant otherwise.
David PlattAs long as you and I understand salvation as checking off a box to get to God, we will find ourselves in the meaningless sea of world religions that actually condemn the human race by exalting our supposed ability to get to God. On the other hand, when you and I realize that we are morally evil, dead in sin and deserving of God's wrath with no way out on our own, we begin to discover our desperation for Christ.
David Platt