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Christianity Quotes by David Platt

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Every saved person is said to owe the gospel to every lost soul, and the gospel is presented as a call to act, not just to think. Platt stresses that a high view of God’s sovereignty drives bold missions, and that Christians should address poverty, marriage, and other issues as part of sharing the gospel.

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The primary reward of the gospel - God himself

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Christianity is radically different from every other religion in the world.

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We are not the end of the gospel; God is.

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God's revelation is in the gospel not only reveals who He is, but it also reveals who we are.

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Christianity does not begin with our pursuit of Christ, but with Christ’s pursuit of us.

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What drives passion for getting the gospel to all people is not guilt, it's glory.

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We are settling for a Christianity that revolves around catering to ourselves when the central message of Christianity is actually about abandoning…

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While the goal of the American dream is to make much of us, the goal of the gospel is to make much…

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I wonder sometimes, though, if we intentionally or just unknowingly mask the beauty of God in the gospel by minimizing his various…

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God has made a way of salvation for the lost. Not a way, but the way. And this is the good news…

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People who claim to be Christians while their lives look no different from the rest of the world are clearly not Christians

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Believing in the Jesus of the Bible makes life risky on a lot of levels because it is absolute surrender of every…

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And as we meet needs on earth, we are proclaiming a gospel that transforms lives for eternity. The point is not simply…

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“In the process we have unnecessarily (and unbiblically) drawn a line of distinction, assigning the obligations of Christianity to a few while…

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We need to know what the Bible says about abortion and marriage, poverty and slavery, and we need to see how all…

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“The road that leads to heaven is risky, lonely, and costly in this world, and few are willing to pay the price.…

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Somewhere along the way we have subtly and tragically taken the costly command of Christ to go, baptize, and teach all nations…

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“In that moment I realized the extent to which we, as churches and Christians across America, are in some cases explicitly and…

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“Christianity does not begin with our pursuit of Christ, but with Christ’s pursuit of us. Christianity does not start with an invitation…

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We live in a church culture that has a dangerous tendency to disconnect the grace of God from the glory of God.…

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The price is certainly high for people who don’t know Christ and who live in a world where Christians shrink back from…

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“Fundamentally, the gospel is the revelation of who God is, who we are, and how we can be reconciled to him. Yet…

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“And in some sense, God also hates sinners. You might ask, “What happened to ‘God hates the sin and loves the sinner’?”…

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I believe that the gospel and the American Dream have fundamentally different starting points. The American Dream begins with self, exalts self,…

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“Note the contrast, however, when you diagnose the problem biblically. The modern-day gospel says, “God loves you and has a wonderful plan…

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Therefore, when I look for a church, I look for the music that best fits me and the programs that best cater…

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“Being a member of a local church is not very important to most professing Christians today. Church hopping and shopping are common…

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“As American Christians, we celebrate the idea that "all men are created equal." This statement from our Declaration of Indepenence is grounded…

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Saturate your preaching with the gospel in the church, so that you people speak gospel in the world.

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Every saved person this side of heaven owes the gospel to every lost person this side of hell.

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“The purpose of God's Word is to transform people in every country and every century into the image of God.”

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The gospel confronts us with the hopelessness of our sinful condition. But we don't like what we see of ourselves in the…

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I am finding deep joy in depending on Christ for the guidance only He can provide as He produces the fruit of…

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Christianity does not start with an invitation we offer to Jesus, but with an invitation Jesus offers to us.

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The gospel reveals the glory of God. According to God's Word, he is the sovereign Creator of all things.

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We have a dangerous tendency to misunderstand, minimize, and even manipulate the gospel in order to accommodate our assumptions and our desires.

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Disciple making is not a call for others to come to us to hear the gospel but a command for us to…

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We desperately need to explore how much of our understanding of the gospel is American and how much is biblical.

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Peruse the Christian marketplace, and you will find a plethora of books, songs, and paintings that depict God as a loving Father.

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“How many of us are embracing the comforts of suburban America while we turn a deaf ear to inner cities in need…

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Every saved person this side of heaven owes the gospel to every lost person this side of hell.

He (Jesus) came so that we might receive new life through supernatural regeneration.

The road that leads to heaven is risky, lonely, and costly in this world, and few are willing to pay the price. Following Jesus…

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What if the word of God was enough to inspire passionate worship among his people?

May even the concept of unreached peoples be totally intolerable to us.

“Disciples like Peter, Andrew, James, and John show us that the call to follow Jesus is not simply an invitation to pray a prayer;…

A materialistic world will not be won to Christ by a materialistic church.

“Note the contrast, however, when you diagnose the problem biblically. The modern-day gospel says, “God loves you and has a wonderful plan for your…

And ultimately, If you sin against an infinitely holy and eternal God, you are infinitely guilty and worthy of eternal punishment.

Instead of trying to conquer sin by working hard to change our actions, we can conquer sin by trusting Christ to change our affections.

Jesus came to live the life we could not live and to die the death we deserve to die.

The Bible clearly reminds us that left to ourselves, we would be lost forever.

The boss says that games in hand are no good unless you turn them into points. What he's getting at is that games in…

God beckons storm clouds and they come. He tells the wind to blow and the rain to fall, and they obey immediately. He speaks…