It's important to realize that we adopt not because we are rescuers. No. We adopt because we are rescued.
David PlattWhile the goal of the American dream is to make much of us, the goal of the gospel is to make much of God.
David PlattWe desperately need to explore how much of our understanding of the gospel is American and how much is biblical.
David PlattThe gospel confronts us with the hopelessness of our sinful condition. But we don't like what we see of ourselves in the gospel, so we shrink back from it.
David PlattAnd as we meet needs on earth, we are proclaiming a gospel that transforms lives for eternity. The point is not simply to meet a temporary need or change a startling statistic; the point is to exalt the glory of Christ as we express the gospel of Christ through the radical generosity of our lives.
David Platt